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Skilled workers? / 05.19.09, 02:10 PM
The other Friday, Zack and I needed something to do for the afternoon. Well, actually, he needed something to do and I joined him. There is a brother from our church, Aucion, who is working on some houses to make into apartments. He has been working on them for a real long time and has some done, but others are not even started. He’s a pretty ambitious guy and has a plan to be a millionaire in like ten years or something. I hope he gets there.
Anyway, he hadn’t been to church in a long time, so Zack called him and was just chatting and seeing what was happening. In the course of things, Zack asked if we could help him with anything. Not being one to say no to free labor, he said sure and we set up a date. Friday it was.
His wife picked us up and we first went to another house that they’re buying to fix up. It’s kind of half way done, I guess. I don’t think I could be a house flipper – I don’t have enough vision. After meeting with the realtor for a second, we made our way to his house which is right down the block from the house he was working on. So…I routed some floor molding and painted it. Aucion apparently didn’t care that I hadn’t ever used a router in my life, and I guess things turned out ok. Zack helped cut tile. He hadn’t ever done that before, either. His wife, of course, made us dinner (fried fish) and we finished up our work. No matter if you’re skilled or not, six hands work faster than two.
Although this story doesn’t really have much point (and is hard to follow), I just thought I would start sharing some stories of random things that happen in my life from time to time. It is, after all, relationships I am down here to build and so I will let you see how it is I build these relationships.
Peace.
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has Aucion been back to church since your working with him?
By colleen / May 19, 02:29 PM / #
Yep, and he came just today as well. A lady has since moved into the apt we worked on, so he is taking a break from the hard work and hopefully will be more active in church again. Zack and I hung our with him yesterday (Saturday) all day and had a good time!
By Tristan / May 24, 03:47 PM / #