Tuesday, July 8, 2008

May 20, 2008 Greater Auckland Habitat Office/ReStore

Weather:  Rain and some sun.

 

Today we started work. Readers of this blog probably were thinking that we were never going to do any work.  We knew that eventually it was going to catch up with us.  After a lot of touring and sightseeing everyone was anxious to get to work and there was plenty of opportunity to do that.

 

 

 

 

Fixing lunch in the Habitat office kitchen.

 

Our day starts onsite with devotions about 8:30AM with team members taking turns.  Then Mike and/or Tish explains what they would like for us to do and a briefing on safety issues that might be related to the days work.  Most of what we’re doing involves proper setup of scaffolding, tying off ladders, and things like that related to painting.  About 10:30AM we break for tea or as they call it in New Zealand a smoko.  About 12:30PM we take a lunch break and then around 3PM another tea break.  As we meet with Tish, Mike, Warren, and any others that might be in the office during these times there is a lot of great discussion about varied topics (we try to avoid politics!) and most importantly a building of friendships.

 

 

Front of the RStore with old colors and some of the inventory.

 

 

 

Joan and Joyce pressure washing getting ready to paint.

 

 

 

Jay and ReStore box truck, a great size for getting around in Auckland.

 

In order to set up scaffolds and ladders to gain access to walls that need painted we have to move a lot of materials stored or displayed along the outside walls.  This will take quite a bit of work and time but we dive in and get started.

 

Tonight it felt good to go back to the campground tired from physical work for a change.

 

Another good day.

 

Kiwi Word of the Day:  Capsicum – Bell pepper.

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