Day 1- Thomas

We started off the mission trip yesterday morning from First Presbyterian Church at the Sunday morning service.  After sitting through that we quickly made our way into the vans and started our journey to Bethesda, Ohio.  When we got here, we were separated into our bunks.  Here at the boys bunks, we had a very fun night playing basketball which included a dunking contest, a three point contest and also a game of PIG.  The next morning we were separated into different groups and went to our job sites.  My group went to a city called Shadyside on the far east of Ohio.  When we got there we met Bob, he was the person we are building a wheelchair ramp for.  We started off by hearing his stories and it quickly became obvious that he is a great guy and was considered the caretaker of the community.  Our first day of work was cut short due to lack of supplies, but we got some good work done digging holes for the foundation.   After we finished what we could we hit the road.  On our way home we made a unanimous decision to take a quick detour to West Virginia.  This was very exciting for me as I have never been before.  After spending about 30 seconds in the state we returned to Ohio.  We returned to the church where we ate dinner and talked about our day.  Our first day was very fun and I got to meet a lot of interesting people.

-Thomas Smither