Reflection by Jake Ferrigno

Yesterday and today were more depressing than monday and sunday. On tuesday we had to tear down a house that habitat had been rehabed and was almost finished. The buyer had already put his/her 250 sweat equity hours into the house and now they had to hand it over to the city for it's base price (not including man hours). Joel said that they are losing $30,000 on the house. The thing that made me really mad was that the house was not in the way of the construction. The city is building a bridge to go over the train tracks that cut the city in half. Today was a better than tuesday except for the weather. Cloudy and scattered rain showers (Rochester??). We put in subflooring and some interior walls. We also helped set up a garden. Despite me sounding depressing, this trip has been a wonderful experience that I will never forget. I have made some great friends, built up and improved older ones, and learned the value of what I have.