Day Two!

Dear Congregation,

Today was day two of our trip to Grand Rapids, Michigan. The day started with wake up calls, cereal, and dishes. Then we were off to UCOM to  work with them again. We split up into several groups to tackle the various tasks UCOM had ready for us. One group made baby baskets for new mothers in need of diapers, bottles, blankets (actually they were hand made quilts), toys, and other baby items.  Another lucky group went outside and weed again, and mow with a good old-fashioned push mower. Others were doing odds and ends jobs such as scraping wall paper off a bathroom wall, and pouring concrete (we wrote TUCC-11 in it!) for a new step outside of the building. Some of us also worked with the children's summer school that UCOM hosts. The last big job that was tackled today was organizing, sorting, and cleaning a room full of women's and men's career clothes and toys. About halfway through we managed to uncover a table that we didn't know was there, under all the clothes and toys. We organized all the suits, jackets, and pants into all the proper places, which took practically forever. But at least we learned how to measure and size men's slacks and suit jackets. We aren't totally done with the room, but by tomorrow there should be a fully functional career clothes center that will also double as a room for watching children during free English classes that UCOM gives. We were fed an excellent dinner and lunch by some volunteers at UCOM, and after dinner we returned back to our dorms and played some kick ball, pool, and a group word game (fishbowl).
Thanks for reading our blog! Goodbye!