EFCA Crisis Response

I've told a lot of people that I'm doing hurricane relief this summer to simplify what I'll be doing, but I am actually hosting the teams that come here to do demolition and construction. EFCA Crisis Response offers free labor to homeowners whose homes have been destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. The homeowners are responsible for buying the materials for their new home, or paying back Crisis Response (CR) after we buy the materials. Teams come from all over America to provide this free labor. The team we had this past week only had 40 people, but there can be over a hundred people in a team. From what I understand, I will be responsible for welcoming the teams, telling them what they'll be doing, giving them instructions, cooking their meals, and setting up/tearing down their living quarters. I will be working under a woman named Katie Hooks, and with another girl my age named Allison Horst. I am meeting with Katie and Allison next Wednesday to define our jobs and responsibilities.
Today I arrived at the church at 10:00 AM to help the team who was leaving. The church sanctuary is used as the men's sleeping area as well as the dining room. We had to vacuum the entire sanctuary and set up all the chairs so that they would be ready for church tomorrow. Afterwards, we tidied up the youth room, where the women sleep, and picked up scattered trash and abandoned clothing. We were done a little after 12:00PM, so I drove back home and just chilled with the kids all afternoon! Actually, Kara and Caleb worked hard to make us dinner-- pizza quesadillas, fruit salad, and coffee ice cream blended with thin mint cookies. It was delicious!