Today was the perfect day! We again separated into two groups, one made the short journey over to the mural site in Smoketown, while the other group headed to the farm. For the farm group, we had to start our day bright and early to leave the hotel by 7:50am. We spent all morning building an irrigation system to collect rain water, clearing brush and moving mulch, and also planted broccoli and other vegetables all morning. It sure was frigid, but our spirits kept us alive!
For the mural group, we enjoyed sleeping in until 9:30 this morning. When we reached the mural sight, Mary greeted us with hot chocolate and coffee…what a treat! After we enjoyed our morning delights, we got to straight to work listening to the top 100 hits from 1999. We began outlining part of the mural and finished almost all of the painting. By mid morning we made a new friend. He was quite the character and gave us advice about the mural with some collaboration from his friends from across the street at the soup kitchen. In return, we gave him a cup of coffee. For lunch we went to the United Way and listened to a local farmer speak about her family's farming business, which was very interesting!
At two o'clock both groups had made their way back to the hotel to get ready for our next adventure of the day! We piled in the vans and headed to Gilda's Club, a non-profit community center for families and patients affected by cancer. We spend two and a half hours preparing a heartwarming banquet of spaghetti, salad, garlic bread, brownies, and peanut butter cookies. We served over fifty individuals and had many compliments about our meat sauce! We were happy to be able to help Marie with the clean up especially after telling us she normally has to do it by herself.
Today was another great day in Louisville! We are excited to hopefully finish the mural tomorrow and spend more time on the farm. Be sure to check back to see how it goes! That's all folks.
Written by Jenna and Stephen
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