Stockton Monday, Week 4
Bryan, Blake, Wyatt, Priscilla, Maeve-Gardeneers
Today was a really fun day to kick start the week. In our garden we shared with the Farm Animals. There were plots that some families can buy so that was cool. My group spread wood chips to make a road on the farm. Another thing we did was start making places to plant plants. We put down cardboard and put soil on it
 Joshua, Ashlin, Maddie, Cole—Farm Animals
Day one at the farm. There is nothing like spending a day on a farm. With nothing but our bare hands (and maybe a few rakes), we animals leveled small mountains of mulch mixture in the heat of the scorching sun. In the baking sun, we created-like cement mixtures to create a wall of mud, separating different parts of the farm. Day one was a success. We made mountains bow, and we made walls to protect. All in the name of love, community, and God.
 Ashlynn, Kyle, Noah, Lars, Courtney- The Benchwarmers
The Benchwarmers started the day by sanding down premade benches from previous SSP groups and organized the lumber yard. We then left the church to gather more wood from the community farm, but it turned into a huge project of reorganizing the front part of it. This consisted of organizing lumber, moving crates and stakes, and much more. We ended early so we helped the Gardeneers with their project. Afterward we gave water to chickens and helped the farmer with a few things that needed to be moved, and ended the day on a fantastic note.
 Brennan, Sierra, Will, Mitchell, Zach
It’s hard to look out upon a backyard filled with a dozen old, rotten cars and piles of trash and hold your judgment. Images like these stir disgust and indifference to the lifestyle of a person who might keep a backyard like this. It just so happened, that on the first day my group and I arrived at this tattered work site that our daily theme focused around fair and proper judgment. We are taught in Proverbs 31:4 to speak up and judge fairly and my group was able to apply this knowledge to our work site today.
 Coco, Grace, Kevin, Ben, Nate, Quinn- The Kaleidoscope of Color and Sound Â
We started out the day by finishing the weeks before us by sanding down the boards and doorframes. Then we started to prime all four walls in the room. Two of the walls had burgundy paint, and the other two were white. We also had to sand down and prime the door. Being stuck in a room with six other people was fun because it was an awesome bonding experience. Tomorrow we will put a finish coat of primer and then begin to paint.Â
