Monday- Breakfast at 6:30 AM with teams, unload the food shipment for the week, do odd jobs/office work/ work in the warehouse, eat lunch, work in the warehouse, take off at about 4:00 PM to go to the gym, eat dinner with the teams at 6:30 PM, hang out with them after the evening program
Tuesday- Sleep in! Catch up on email and just chill, leave at about 1:00 PM to go to the gym, go to staff meeting at 3:00PM, eat and hang out with teams
Wednesday- Breakfast at 6:30 with teams, work in the warehouse, lunch, work in the warehouse, leave at 4:00ish for the gym, eat dinner with the teams at 6:30 PM and hang out with them after the evening program. I love the program this night because teams share what they've experienced so far since they've come.
Thursday- Breakfast at 6:30 with teams, go out with a team to the city all day, block party (community outreach) from 5:30-7:30 at one of the worksites in the city
Friday- Breakfast at 6:30 with teams, debrief teams, work in the warehouse til lunch, done for the week!
Saturday- Day off! Unless a team comes in...
Sunday- Church, meet and greet incoming teams, finalize details for the week
Last Saturday, for the fourth, I went with the Lewis Fam to one of their friend's houses that was having a birthday party for their daughter/ Fourth of July party. About 6 families came, and we enjoyed swimming, jumping on the trampoline, eating some amazing food, and just being with each other from 4-9. On the drive home we were able to enjoy some fireworks, and then we arrived home to find the Lewis's neighbors were shooting some off as well. We ended up staying up til 10:30 enjoying the show they put on right in front of
us!I have loved getting to know all the teams that have come through, but this past week was 
probably my favorite. The team that came in was from Maryland, and was the only team we had that week whereas we usually have at least 2 teams. Although they had 38 people, I got to know most of them really well because I didn't have to worry about spreading my time between teams. By the end of the week I was totally exhausted because I ended up playing games and hanging out every night until after 10 PM, but it was definitely worth it. Because teams have a half day of work on Friday, they invited us to 
come to dinner with them in the city. We went to a place called Mulate's, a restaurant that is set up as a long hall and has dancing every night. Katie and I shared red beans and rice and corn and shrimp chowder--it was delicious!
probably my favorite. The team that came in was from Maryland, and was the only team we had that week whereas we usually have at least 2 teams. Although they had 38 people, I got to know most of them really well because I didn't have to worry about spreading my time between teams. By the end of the week I was totally exhausted because I ended up playing games and hanging out every night until after 10 PM, but it was definitely worth it. Because teams have a half day of work on Friday, they invited us to 
come to dinner with them in the city. We went to a place called Mulate's, a restaurant that is set up as a long hall and has dancing every night. Katie and I shared red beans and rice and corn and shrimp chowder--it was delicious!
There's a very nice elderly gentleman at Mulate's that insists on taking ladies out on the dance floor and showing them a few steps. Did he come get you?
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