So the task for some was to carry freshly cut logs, pile them, and repeat. Said logs would be used to build a new cabin. Said logs were in the woods, lying where they had been cut and brushed (branches trimmed off). We had yokes - a 2x4 with a length of rope that went under the log, making a cradle to carry it, the 2x4 serving as the handles. 3 teams of 4 people....already way too much math this morning. We got to it. First log wasn't bad. By log 43, we were spent. The trick was to work together to navigate the log thru the underbrush, over rocks, around standing trees, and to the pile. The thing about these logs...still fresh. Little full. Lot of sap. No one got that reference (Christmas Vacation) when I dropped it mid-carry, by the way. I weep for this generation.
This was a HARD two hours. I am sore this morning. Imagining they will be too. A task far from the norm, likely more challenging on many levels than what some had done in the past. Our other groups got to clean cabins - by all reports, equally as challenging in a different way, as kids don't clean up after themselves (bathroom included) when away at music camp. Surprise! The third crew was piling sticks and branches, scouting the woods and clearing trails. No rakes, wheelbarrows, just their own two hands. This all done at about 9000' elevation. We all slept pretty well.
That said, we will be back at it shortly. Smiling the whole time. Cuz it feels good to do something beautifu for Jesus.
