Getting to know Louisville, KY

Entry from: Sunday July 19th 2009  Louisville, KY

Right before we rode on the Highway for a mile

 Yesterday we finished our 6-day stretch of biking and we are now at a total of about 330 miles, which puts us in Louisville, Kentucky.  It’s nice to have a rest and to spend time getting to know each other better.  I am amazed at how well we all get along as a group and I really think the next weeks are going to be wonderful.   

Don Erler

We are staying at Oakgrove Baptist Church for the next couple nights and they have been great to us so far.  We were treated to lunch at a church called Spirit of Love, which is just down the street from where we are staying.   They fed us macaroni and cheese, fried chicken and green beans.  Excellent.  After we ate, Don Erler, the head of the Fuller Center here in Louisville gave us a little overview of tomorrow’s workday and we got to meet Carolyn and Mary, two people who will get their homes fixed tomorrow.  

Feast at Spirit of Love

We also got to meet Charles who was the first person who got a home from the Fuller Center here.  He used to stay at St.Joseph’s Homeless Shelter because he didn’t make enough money to pay for a home. But the Fuller Center helped him and now he owns his own howse.  They also took us on a tour of Louisville and we got to see Churchill Downs and the Louisville bat store, which was pretty cool for me because one of my dad’s favorite things is horse racing and one of my brothers favorite things is baseball so I found a way to appreciate the city because it reminded me of my family.  

Charles (in black polo)  gave us a tour around his house

Tomorrow will be our 2^nd day of building and it sounds like it’s going to be a pretty busy day, we have siding to do, framing, and painting and we are going to break up into 3 teams to take on the these projects.  I am looking forward to a productive day tomorrow and I hope that we all wake up full of energy so we can get as much work done as we can before we get back on our bikes and head for the mountains.     

Churchill Downs

written by: Nick Reina

photos by: Esther Hyejin Chung