A great project where we rebuilt and installed new appliances into the homes of the elderly and disables. There are different projects run every Saturday, and each one of them is for a different person or family that is in need of home repairs to make their lives easier. Usually these are elderly people living on their own or disabled in the same situation. This was another service project for the ward that we really enjoyed coming together and doing. However, I think RT underestimated how many people were going to show up because our group was shuffled around a lot, as they tried to find places for us to work and things for us to do. Who knew there could be too many people wanting to help better the community.
So our location that we ultimately ended up was an elderly lady who needed her kitchen repainted, a new stove installed and a new dryer installed along with the roofing of her house redone. Her yves were rotting away and so was her roof due to poor drainage and water damage. So the problem was, how do you fix a roof that is just falling apart? You cut off what's bad and replace it with something better. However, after reviewing the roof, it was found that the roof was previously fixed, but it was a poor job that has now damaged the roof even more than thought. So for once my vast amount of useless knowledge and facts, became a blessing. To save on money and supplies, I recommended just cutting back the rotting yves clean the gutter since the new California laws no longer require an extended roof. I was genius apparently and got my fair amount of praise, yeah! for useless schooling facts! It was fun, we painted, we hammered, we drilled and lots more. I had a lot of fun, and even though it wasn't the best run system, it was a fun day, and I will definitely come back and work with them again.
Turner working hard!
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