RVICS Volunteer Experience Palacios — post 2

It Could Be Illegal to Have This Much Fun While Volunteering

Week one has been a hoot.

My teammates squeezing in a little fun while working. Our leader, Helen is pushed around by Sandy. Lois is always the innocent bystander.

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I haven’t laughed this much in a long time. I did a lot of painting on our last assignment, and none so far on this one. As with the previous RVICS experience, the men are scattered everywhere doing various jobs. They are doing sheetrock work, plumbing, and painting, just to mention a few.

Our fearless leader, Chris is “helping” Tommy. Bill is 6'4'. Cutting in at the baseboard is rough on the back and the knees.

We ladies spent our first day removing bricks from an area and stacking them to be used elsewhere. Since then, we spent a lot of time moving furniture. There are three conference rooms, a dining hall, hotel rooms, bunk rooms, and many bathrooms. There is quite a variety of chairs and tables. Our captain here at the Texas Baptist Encampment, Rob, wants all the rooms to have the same tables and chairs. The camp lacked symmetry.

We are getting our instructions doled out in doses, leading to confusion. There are names for all the buildings, but none have signs signifying which ones they are. The map of the camp led to more confusion, a lot of…