Since
I have lived in this house off of Pauline Drive I have wanted to paint
the entrance. It was rusting and paint was peeling off. I feel like we
live in a great neighbor but as you drive through the entrance it
resembled less than the people who live there. So using the work force
and good works of the young women, we did it!!! Mindy needed her good
works project and the YW needed an activity of service. Mindy and I
planned it out and Trevor donated the paint. (He paints for the church
and we were going to use Elder Ballard's paint, however he grabbed the
wrong one out of his garage, so it isn't as holy as we were planning).
The first night the girls prepared the cement by scrapping the chipped
paint off and cleaned up the leaves around the entrances. PS We
expanded it to all four gates to both of the entrances to the
neighborhood. The girls also spray painted the ironworks.
The
next week the girls painted the concrete white. I unfortunately had
parent-teacher conference so I could be there. I really felt horrible
but couldn't do anything about it. I trusted that Mindy would be able
to carry through the organization of finishing up. It was a crazy busy
night for me at conferences but I hurried home, however the girls were
done. As I drove into the neighbor I was so happy with how the girls
had improved the look of our neighborhood. I drove around the circle
between the entrances a few times to look at it. I am so proud of them
for their willingness to do good works and do it with a happy heart. I
still need to go and touch up where white paint got on the iron but
overall it looks soooooo dang good. Number 13.....check.
