Our team had prom last night, which was an indescribable
amount of fun. Linda, a Habitat employee, went above and beyond for us to make
the night perfect. She DM’d a pavilion in Centennial Park, a beautiful venue
nestled in a flaming red canyon cradling the Snake River, even set up supper
with prom-style decorations. We danced the night away (or up until the park
closed at 10pm anyway), bumping tunes on the sweet sound system that Chris (who
dressed as Christopher Robin) DM’d from his hairdresser in town earlier that
day. Everyone was in full costume with their date (Josh and I went as Eurotrash,
going by Hanz and Helga and basically just shouting, “I lohve Amerdica!” a lot)
and multiple people in the park stopped and just watched us (a few even joined
in the dancing!). A beautiful, beautiful evening indeed.
What’s more, after 3
nights of camping in the freezing cold, we had an awesome roof over our head!
We’re staying at the Kimberly High School and I have just been overwhelmed with
hospitality. The superintendent has arrived multiple times just to check in and
make sure we are happy and cared for – such an incredible person. One of the
toughest things for me is to fully express the gratitude I feel for the hosts
who are so generous to us. As for having to get up and roll out after a day or
two, probably never to see one another again…let’s not go there.
Our build day today for the Snyder family through the Magic Valley H4H was perhaps my favorite so far. Despite our crazy antics last night, our team rallied and showed up to the build site ready to rock and roll. I spent the morning working with a small team (the “A Team”, as we were affectionately dubbed by our site director) putting up the family’s backyard fence. We worked extremely well together and had entirely too much fun, despite the 100+ degree weather.
Our build day today for the Snyder family through the Magic Valley H4H was perhaps my favorite so far. Despite our crazy antics last night, our team rallied and showed up to the build site ready to rock and roll. I spent the morning working with a small team (the “A Team”, as we were affectionately dubbed by our site director) putting up the family’s backyard fence. We worked extremely well together and had entirely too much fun, despite the 100+ degree weather.
After a brief hiatus for dinner (pizza!) and, of course, a
midday nap I continued installing fence posts, but this time did so alongside
one of the homeowners. It was obvious he had spent countless hours on the build
site and for a moment I was unsure if he was a Habitat employee. It was amazing
to have that kind of 1-on-1 time with him and really learn about his family - they deserve all the happiness this home will bring.
After 8 hours of building, we settled down in the park across
the street for a nice picnic. The goodbyes were tough, especially after Mrs.
Snyder started crying. She told us how thankful she was for the opportunity and
choked out that she felt blessed that her family had the opportunity to spend
the day with such positive people. I hope she realized what a blessing they
were for our family as well.
I don’t have access to many prom pictures yet and we have
another century tomorrow so I don’t have too much spare time, but below is one
of Hanz and I that is super great so I suppose that will have to do until next time.
