Sausage Biscuits and Cracker Barrel

Before we begin this post we would like to apologize for our lack of communication during the spring break trip. When we arrived at St. Luke's, the church we were staying at, we found out that we wouldn't have access to wifi...therefore, the lack of blog posts.

Now that we're back on campus we can now give you a rundown of the Habitat For Humanity Spring Break Trip 2011! (Get excited!)

Monday, March 7th


Wake-up call comes before the sun is up at 6 am and we scramble to our white 15- passenger vans. After arriving on site, we eat our first of many sausage biscuit sandwiches and are greeted by Brinkley Pound, the director of the Columbus Habitat for Humanity chapter, a City Council woman, and a multitude of Habitater's from schools across the country. After breakfast we meet our contractors and get to work on the cold, concrete slabs were supposed to resemble houses by the weeks end. By the end of the day, we had four walls, rooms, and were starting on the roof.

Before

After Day One

Tuesday, March 8th

We were fortunate to have absolutely beautiful weather on Tuesday; however, we all became red lobsters due to the wonderful gift of sunburns from the Georgia sun. The roof went up on one of our two houses and preparations were underway to start siding. For dinner, the lovely Trinity Episcopal Church prepared a Marti Gras dinner of pancakes followed by a parade. 

Wednesday, March 9th

Shortly after arriving on site Mother Nature struck and sent a storm our way. Since the weather kept us from building we spent the day acting as Georgia tourists and toured the National Infantry Museum then headed to Alabama for dinner at a nearby Pizza Hut.

Thursday, March 10th

Windows and doors were installed in the house and the porch went up on the house today. We also started siding and tar-papering the roof.

Thursday night, St. Luke's hosted all of the Collegiate Challenge Teams for dinner and a talent show! Ashland University displayed a wide range of talents from Morgan Mirtes banjo playin', Brie Diehl and Kelly-Ann Carter's pick-up lines, Ashliegh Jarzenski's dancing, and Brie William's taekwondo board-breaking skills. Congratulations to Ashland's own Brie William's for winning first place in the talent show!

Morgan playing her banjo and singing Katy Perry's "FireWork"

Ashliegh dancing to Sam Sparro's "Black & Gold"

Talent Show Champion Brie showing some kick-butt Taekwondo moves

Friday, March 11th

The weather was beautiful during our last day in Columbus, Georgia. During our time on site we started shingling the roof, finished the siding, and blessed the house. It is tradition for Habitater's to write on the walls of the house to bless the house and the family that will be living in it. We were able to meet and talk to the family that would be living there and Ashland's team felt very blessed to be able to help out the wonderful Ingram family. 

A few of our blessings:

By the end of the week it was amazing to see how far we progressed during the Spring Break trip. When we arrived on Monday morning we had just a slab of concrete; by the time we left on Friday evening we had a house. 

Before

After