Marshmellow Suits at the Build Site

Today's build day started out with a short bike ride to a cafe in Janesville where breakfast was provided for us. We all got eggs, coffee cake, a parfait, and a drink. It was really nice and worth the bike ride on a build day. After that we rode back to the church and were shuttle off to a few different build sites. My site was a foreclosed house that was donated to Community Action, who were going to turn it into an affordable housing unit. Before that could be done, the house needed to be gutted. This is where we came in! There were about a dozen of us wearing white tyvek suits. Essentially we looked like giant marshmellows. It was quite the scene. On site we completely tore down a back room and cut the roof off and watched it fall to the ground and fold over. It was a whole lot of fun. Others worked at gutting the inside of the house with sledge hammers and other destructive tools. You could say we worked out a little anger at site. To relax afterwards, we went to a small pond and went for a dip. Before dinner a few of us went down to the local Boys and Girls Club and gave a bike clinic to the kids there. Once that was done, it was time to eat. Dinner was great, but desert was even better. We were treated to Culver's Ice Cream (custard based). It was the first time many of us tasted it and we all loved it. Following dinner we gave a presentation to the host and wrapped up the night going to bed early.