Earlier in the month I had the privilege of traveling with
members and friends of CTK to Guyan
Valley, West Virginia
to work on making homes warmer, safer and drier. We worked with Appalachia Service Project (www.asphome.org).
Our team was assigned to a house in need of a wheelchair
ramp. The father in the family has been
recovering from several illnesses and is currently in rehab. He cannot be released from rehab until the
wheelchair is working. So, we set to building
the ramp. I like to think that I was the
trip’s manual labor. Cameron, my old
roommate went with, he was the brains. Cam and another team member laid out the ramp—measuring,
leveling, re-measuring. Me? I dug
holes. We had to dig about sixteen holes
to build the ramp and were able to dig them all in one day! I did have to dig one hole that we didn’t use—we
just called that my practice hole. (I sound more chipper about this practice hole now, I didn't think it was so funny then). The
trip was an amazing experience and again, I am so thankful for the ways that
God is using people to reach out and be tangible representations of God’s love
in the world.
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| Teammates Pat and Maria cutting wood for the ramp. |
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| Jimmy leveling |
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| The ramp (note all the posts that needed holes!) |
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| The ramp getting decking |
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| Our fearless leader Cameron |
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| We had to move the steps to the other side of the porch. |
We wanted to make sure the ramp worked so Pat gave it a whirl.
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