Wired construction team rocks!

This group of young people filled this 20-yard dumpster to the rim at Love In Action.

Young people nowadays, all they do is play video games and sleep. They wouldn't know hard work if it hit them upside their heads. Aren't those the prevailing thoughts about teenagers?

Well, the group of young people we were blessed to spend last week with experienced very little sleep at Wired and definitely no video games were played.

Instead, they put in six long hours Monday-Friday at Love In Action working in the heat and humidity of our south Alabama summer. Before coming to LIA by 9 a.m., they were having Bible study, worship and prayer. Then after working all day, they had worship services each night, followed by more Bible studies. That's why it's called, "Wired tired."

The goal for last week was for the construction crew to demo two suites at Love In Action. Goal accomplished. They quickly demoed suite 1, and then spent four days clearing out suite 6, ripping out a kitchen, and removing flooring. All of the debris was tossed into a 20-yard dumpster. By Wednesday, it was almost filled to the top.

After finishing the work early on Friday, they moved downstairs to suite 4 to organize the food we had just brought in a week earlier from our food bank.

They worked non-stop until boarding the bus Friday afternoon. They did break for lunch and Bible study each day, two very important parts of each day.

The work they accomplished would have taken us a very long time to do. I seriously doubt we would have accomplished it by the end of this year.

Now, as the Lord provides, we will be able to renovate those two suites to make classrooms for discipleship classes, an area for larger meetings/gatherings, and a karate dojo. That's the part that caught our young friends' attention.

Our goal is to teach self defense for free to women who are homeless and live at the House of Ruth. Some of our volunteers want the training as well. Bro. Dan Levy is an 8th degree black belt and has taught self defense for decades. This well be a very unique ministry that could literally save some women's lives.

Thank you Wired youth and leaders. Y'all rock!

Thank you also to our long-time volunteer, Robert Pedrick, for leading the efforts and showing the youth what needs to be done. Robert was sure enough tired by the end of the week. He started working before the youth arrived and well after they left. For someone in his 70s, Robert doesn't let any grass grow under his feet. We love you, Robert.