All the teams left bright and early in order to make it to their work sites in other locations like Edmonton and Wetaskawin. We were told not to show up to ours in Leduc until after 9 am. So the day started with waiting. When we arrived to the house, the teens were raring to go but we had to wait for Lynda (person we worked for) to come from her house which took a while. She has a hard time moving in the morning due to her MS.
It started to drizzle and Lynda said we should leave and return another day. Joanne (a friend of Lynda) was there to talk her into putting us to work. We started on organizing her garage and had to ask what to do with each item we came across. (She feeds the neighbourhood cats and their were "presents" of mice and birds that were several stages of decay in with the items we were sorting.) Then the rain started to come down heavier.
Joanne asked if two people could come inside and pack dishes. They came back out 5 minutes later saying Lynda did not want that done. So we decided to wait in the garage and have lunch early.
An hour or so later, Joanne came out and Lynda had provided money for hot chocolate and donuts. We also figured out our plan for the afternoon.
By the end of the day, her garage was cleaned and tidied, shed tidied, 4 boxes of dishes wrapped and packed, loads taken to recycling and stuff set aside for the dump.
We also talked to Lynda and discovered her passion for horses. She showed us pictures of past horses and told us plans to get another one after she moved.
I felt like only made a small dent in what could be done for Lynda but to her , this effort, those little things we did was a huge amount.
Skor Team (Christina, Erwin, Krisa, Ali, Mike and Brent)
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