Whew!

From: Peter Hendee

Monday morning was the toughest for me. I ran out of fluids and energy. After that, I drank enough water and coke to stay on a steady course. Fortunately we enjoyed much relief from cloud cover during the week. And my sunscreen never let me down.

The showers at Camp Hope looked very sketchy when we arrived Sunday night. (See picture in blog.) Monday they turned out to be WONDERFUL showers - with clean water. We were all hot and sweaty and dirty after a day of work.

I felt like I spent a little time this week waiting for instructions what to do next; looking for my next job. Not that I minded short breaks.

My primary memory is helping nail walls in place. (Other people built the walls.) It was nice to see the house take shape one wall at a time; exterior walls and interior walls. Another memory is people asking me to hold things up high or nail things up high - since I am tall and it saved a trip to get a ladder.

I like the food at Camp Hope but I am not a picky eater. I sometime just had the salad at dinner because we ate full lunches plus heavy snacks - like "crack cookies," an addiction I will let someone else explain.

Camp Hope has a tin roof. Even a light rain sounds like hail. It was a bit startling the first night (woke us up) but I like it.

We left Horizon's name and a chalice painting on the wall at Camp Hope. The building is full of remembrances from volunteers.

Time to "roll-up" this entry.