We Are Getting It Done!

What a great week we are starting in Chattanooga!!

Encouragrams!

When packing for this World Changers trip, don't forget to include some colored pens, stickers, and markers for your Encouragrams! A very vital part of your World Changers week is your visit to your Encouragram envelope where friends and crew mates can place encouraging notes for you and where you may do the same. Encouragrams are a great way to give others a kind and encouraging word to make their day! 

Where We Will Be Working!

Ricky and Eric have been busy selecting worksites and preparing material lists for our Week Two project.  They are working now on reviewing crew chief applications and matching up crew chiefs to work sites that fit their skills; the crew chiefs will be receiving detailed information about the specific work they will be doing and the tools they need to bring.  It always helps, however, for the kids and adults to have a peek at some of the sites where they will be working.  It is also very important to stress that they come prepared with their tools -- paint brush, hammer, scraper, safety glasses, and work gloves.   Other items such as paint roller frames and roller pads would be a big help, too! 

These two houses are good examples of many of the jobs this year -- exterior painting.  The houses will have to be scraped, and some minor repairs completed.  Then the house will be painted.  Obviously, painting supplies and scrapers will be needed for each participant. 

Some of the work will be with porches and decks.  Several houses need the porches or decks torn off and rebuilt.  There are also a couple of homes that need handicap ramps to be built.  This is where work gloves and hammers will be essential!

Also several houses will need interior work.  These, for example, need sheet rock repair, walls painted, and other interior work.

What to Pack!

Since our project is almost here, many of you are asking what to bring. Since the worksites haven't all been assigned, here is a generic packing list for students and adults. 

If this is your first experience with World Changers, it is important to remember that your clothing is part of your Christian witness, so all shirts should have sleeves (no spaghetti straps or tanks) and all shorts should be long.

CLOTHES
For work -- 4 work teeshirts
2 or 3 pair work jeans or carpenter pants
work shoes or boots
socks

For worship, free time, and travel --  4 of 5 teeshirts with sleeves
1 pair "good" jeans
long shorts or capris
athletic shoes or sandals
a hoody or sweater
sleep stuff (remember -- with sleeves!)
raincoat
shower shoes
sleep clothes -- with sleeves
shorts and teeshirt to wear to shower trailer

STUFF
toiletries (soap, deoderant, shampoo, etc.)
sun screen
chapstick
insect repellant
small bottle Febreeze
large plastic bag for dirty clothes
2 towels and washcloths
air mattress (twin is best)
sleeping bag or sheets and blanket
pillow
money for mission offering
pen or pencil
Bible and journal
water bottle           
hat or visor
work gloves
paint brush
scraper
safety glasses
hammer
sunglasses

Our Home Away from Home

The lodging facility for Chattanooga World Changers is Brainerd Baptist Church. It is located at 300 Brookfield Drive, Chattanooga 37411. Brainerd has hosted WC crews for years, and they are masters at it. The church is not new is a very nice, well-maintained facility. You will register at the front porch of the church, then you will unload at the sliding glass door entrance on the side.

Boys will be rooming on the first floor in preschool classrooms, and girls will be rooming on the third floor in classrooms. The second floor houses the church offices, so it is off-limits. Here is a sample classroom where the boys will be staying, but of course, the furniture will all be pushed into a corner or into the hall. There will be two restrooms on the both floors for your use, and all showers will be taken outside in Disaster Relief shower trailers -- two for boys and two for girls.

We will gather for our delicious meals in the fellowship hall, located under the sanctuary, just steps away from the rooming quarters. Our meals will be provided by the church's disaster relief team who are masters at preparing and serving delicious meals quickly and efficiently!

Our worship services will be held in the large church sanctuary.

You will find Brainerd Baptist Church to be a fabulous facility for your week in Chattanooga! The space is roomy, the people are helpful, and the location is central. Just wait!