Our West Bayfront

Blog #6 To friends and family - this is Caden with the last blog post of the trip.          This week has been a life-changing adventure where each person has grown from the different experiences we have all encountered this past week. On our first day of the trip, we saw the most beautiful but mistreated people in the Erie community and it was truly an honor to serve them at Sunday Supper. Each morning we helped build the Saint Joseph Faith in Action home, which is one of the embers of hope in the Our West Bayfront/ Gannon community. I see this house as a spreading a fire that will reignite the surrounding community.           We also met with truly beautiful people who see Erie as the most marvelous place on earth and are dedicating their lives to the revitalization of Erie. Some of these people are not even original members of the city but have adopted it as there own.  It is truly a sight ...

Hi there this is Mariam one of the group leaders blogging today. So today we woke up early in the morning about 6:45 and prepared breakfast and were ready by 7:45 to work on the St. Joseph house to work on the dry wall. We finished the kitchen area so we really felt a sense of accomplishment because we started working on the house and it was just a frame inside.and now we can actually see the rooms and how every thing going to look like. But when we went today because of the weather we had to start an hour later. So instead we want to the MLK center and asked them if we can do something and they told us to prepare and clean a classroom so we did then we want and worked on the dry wall tell lunch time. Then after finishing lunch and cleaning up we went to the MLK center again to work on the library. We worked on organizing the books into the shelves and make sure that the books were for the right age group which was from 6 to 12 years old. After that we got the chance t...

GOOD MORNING FMAILY AND FRIENDS Blog # 5 the coolest of the blogs ;) My name is Caden and I’m taking you on bards tale. 6:00AM … Our day started with a wonderful breakfast, made by our amazing team leaders Sam, Maddie, and Mariam. It gave us energy for the hard work for the rest of the day. As we sat down we spoke about how much the R and R from yesterday boosted our spirits and moral. We also spoke about how we were ready for the new day! 8:00AM – 12:00PM … We were definitely underdressed for this occasion (not expecting the temperature drop from the high 60s to low 30s) but nerveless we were not broken. We pushed on and made it to our destination. The St. Joseph Faith in Action Home, it was the day we’ve been waiting for. Drywall day, with our stout hearts we were ready for this challenge. Unlike our last for insulation, drywall is a much harder challenge to traverses and to conquer. Though we only put up three walls, we felt that we had a su...