In the first picture, Sheri and Cory take a well deserved break from all of the plaster dust.. The next picture shows Cory right back at work and ready to cover some walls.
Patrick is all smiles about getting ready to work.
Tim and Karen get to work on finishing the plastering in one of the bedrooms. Josh and Larry learn the hard way that this can be VERY dusty work.
Not sure how these next couple of pictures will display, but call it the many faces of Laura. One is Larry, Laura and Patrick taking a break and the other is of Laura hard at work.
The boys learned that they can still get their tails kicked by a girl. Dottie had those boys working HARD!!
In the next few pictures Bill and Cory get instructions on applying the plaster - hey Cory, shouldn't you be paying attention? :) Next you see Bill and Mary Ann working hard in one of the rooms.
Larry and I are really digging working with each other. :) Come on, you know I couldn't pass that pun up!
The boys finally get to clean up after working so hard with Dottie.
Hopefully the next picture shows Carmen under the Habitat sign at our work site.
Larry and Cory before we start the work. They don't know about all the dust they are about to encounter which is why they are smiling!
Larry stops to help out some of the miners - how'd that work out for you Larry?
One of the chapels in the Salt Mine. Me and my new friend in the Salt Mine. I believe the hat is quite the fashion statement and can't wait to find one of my own to buy!
Okay, after many challenges I have found an internet connection at Hotel Sezam! I need to update you all on yesterday's adventure as well as the first day of work. After a good breakfast, we set off to the bus stop to catch the bus to the Salt Mines. We got oh so much more. We got to see Krakow's finest (their police) in action. As we walked up to the bus stop we saw a very big shirtless man being arrested - however, he was putting up quite a fight and resisting arrest. One of the cops wrestling with him was even bigger than he was but it took 4 more cops showing up to do the trick. One of the hinderances to the first two cops was that they had the man's wife yelling at them and pulling at the cops - sooooo, two more cops came and pulled her away. WOW, all of that and it wasn't even 9:00. How do you top that??!! :)
The first day of work involved plastering and digging....LOTS of digging. I was on the "trench digging detail" :) We were digging out the back patios for the families. You can see from the picture that these are multi-famliy buildings. I am sure I will be sore tomorrow as I am already starting to feel it. It was worth working outside because there was a group of men working without their shirts on out on the road by the house - the view here in Gliwice is nice :)
One of the chapels in the Salt Mine. Me and my new friend in the Salt Mine. I believe the hat is quite the fashion statement and can't wait to find one of my own to buy!
Okay, after many challenges I have found an internet connection at Hotel Sezam! I need to update you all on yesterday's adventure as well as the first day of work. After a good breakfast, we set off to the bus stop to catch the bus to the Salt Mines. We got oh so much more. We got to see Krakow's finest (their police) in action. As we walked up to the bus stop we saw a very big shirtless man being arrested - however, he was putting up quite a fight and resisting arrest. One of the cops wrestling with him was even bigger than he was but it took 4 more cops showing up to do the trick. One of the hinderances to the first two cops was that they had the man's wife yelling at them and pulling at the cops - sooooo, two more cops came and pulled her away. WOW, all of that and it wasn't even 9:00. How do you top that??!! :)
So, it was off to the Salt Mines. This is a really great thing to see and so much history to it. The mine is over 700 year old!
We took off from the mine to Gliwice. We checked into the hotel and then split up the group and went to different family homes for dinner. My family is actually a board member for Habitat Gliwice. She was facinating. Her grandson was there to translate - thankfully. She cooked us a traditional Polish dinner and it was wonderful!!! We talked for a couple hours and then came back to the hotel. The other groups had dinner with the families that are getting the Habitat homes and it was a great experience for everyone.
The first day of work involved plastering and digging....LOTS of digging. I was on the "trench digging detail" :) We were digging out the back patios for the families. You can see from the picture that these are multi-famliy buildings. I am sure I will be sore tomorrow as I am already starting to feel it. It was worth working outside because there was a group of men working without their shirts on out on the road by the house - the view here in Gliwice is nice :)
Even more than that was the fact that the inside plaster work was VERY dusty and hard to work in. All in all, I think I got lucky with my assignment. Josh and Riley were denied break time by Dottie until they finished their wall - that gal sure kept them in line!
All in all, the team put in a very hard day's work!
More to follow...
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