Hang 10

“Hang 10” is our team name.

Why? Because there are ten of us.

Because we come from California.

Because we hang sheet rock.

Because cool, dude.

Every team has created its own cheer. Our cheer is:

Hey dude!

What do we do?

Make sheet rock rock.

Besides hanging sheet rock, we have learned how to mud it, sand it, tape it , then sand it again. We learned the importance of “measure twice, cut once.” We learned that a new window, set in place, still needs pieces of sheet rock cut carefully to fit around it, and strips of metal edging held in place by many nails. By pounding nails we learned why the name sheet “rock” is apt.

Our team has six adults and four youth. This morning team (adult) and the four youth went on a swamp trip. When they were asked if they saw anything different, they replied with “everything.” It was flat. The weather was cold and windy. They learned the difference between a bayou, swamp and marsh. It was eerie and weird, with hanging Spanish moss and creepy trees. They saw the last remaining grove of Cypress trees still living, and they have little spikes under them coming out of the water. They saw oil rigs and man made oil canals. They learned about a way to catch fish called “cast netting” One of them said that there must be a lot of wild life here because they hunt almost anything that is possible. They saw a dead alligator. They saw lots of blue herons, and it was cool to see them flying around in their natural setting.

The youth came back to the center after their trip. We all had lunch, and a short devotion together as a team, and went back to work in our job sitefor the rest of the day.

-Susan Sargent