Arriving in Portland on a Dreary Wet Day

Sorry we are posting our first blog so late, but it was a long day.  After driving in a steady drizzly rain, with some high winds at times; we arrived mid afternoon.  We are staying in a church in Scarborough, ME, just outside Portland.  Then we went into town to the Root Cellar--a community center where we will eat our meals and work with neighborhood children.

Tomorrow we are up early to begin our work with the people here.  Some will go on construction detail, while others will work at the homeless shelter/soup kitchen.  Should be quite a day.

Here are some thoughts from two of the boys:

After a long and enjoyable bus ride with our companions, we arrived in rainy, windy portland. we met up at the church and got settled around 4 o'clock. at 5 o'clock we all made our way to the Root Cellar and got to know some of the other groups on the trip by eating together and working together to clean up after ourselves. we then got back into the vans and drove around town aimlessly packed into the vehicle like sardines, singing songs and sharing a good laugh, haha. after having a brief meal at the infamous McDonalds, we made our way back to the church and had a half hour of quality time between all of the groups, we now have trouble finding the light switch to eventually end the night.
Austin

T-oday was really fun. We spent a lot of time as a group and preparing for the trip ahead of us. We all cannot wait to help out these people and change their lives.
Seamus