Wednesday, June 5 - Another Nutty Day

 

We started off this morning with some farm fresh eggs! We got them yesterday at the Old Poor Farm. We then headed out to Sleep in Heavenly Peace. This organization helps provide beds to youth in and around Omaha. In the last six years they have made 2800 beds! We started off an assembly line that started off with us making the guide for all of the drilling. They then drilled the holes with the drill press. This was then passed along to the sanding station who were very thorough to make sure that no hands and feet got splinters. Some of the people were very excited to learn new skills and some absolutely hated it (maybe just disliked it). This was then passed onto the assembling team who used a jig to put the lumber into the right spot to mark where the holes should go. Bolts were then added to attach everything together to form headboards and footboards. In an amazing feat Corbin managed to lift 14 of these frames over his head several times to go through the last step, the staining. After this they were left to dry.

We did this whole process for around 3 hours before having a break for lunch, lunch today was sandwiches that we made during breakfast. During this lunch we asked many questions and confirmed our love for this organization. This organization has chapters all around the country, even some in Kansas City!  After lunch we started the delivery process, this consisted of us packing up all the parts, headboard, footboard, rails, slats, mattress, pillows, and sheets. We were then split into groups of 3 and 4 and headed out to the assigned houses and apartments. There was a wide variation in the families we delivered to, from single mothers to much larger families. Two types of beds are available, the single and a bunkbed. All the families were very excited to get the beds especially the kids who were particularly enthusiastic. After making 24 beds over several hours (they were impressed with our productivity and quality). We met up at the church to get ready to go to Tyler’s parents’ house for a delicious barbeque dinner. (Our hosts also provided surprise ice cream treats from Dairy Chef….yum!) t was wonderful to relax and have fellowship together after a looong and rewarding day. Then we headed back to Sleep in Heavenly Peace to be ready tomorrow for the day at Henry Doorly Zoo.

Team 3 - Cora, Melanie, Gene - and JinHee in spirit







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  1. AnonymousJune 6, 2024 at 4:51 AM

    Thank you for taking time on your very busy days to share your activities. You are stellar representatives of LUMC & examples of Christ's love.

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  2. AnonymousJune 6, 2024 at 4:50 PM

    Go, LUMC Mission Team, Go! Looks like you're having a good time and making a big impact!

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