These two had their second year of their "job" where they haul wood for a widow named Diana. It is a pretty hard thing. They come once a week and take 3 or 4 wagon/wheelbarrow loads of wood from her wood stack to her house and stack it inside (maybe 150 feet) and the loads are heavy and they do it whether it is muddy, snowy and even hot...(yes they still hauled wood in May this year and worked up quite a sweat doing so). This picture below is from last year- it was much harder for them and I helped them a lot more. We actually all kind of dreaded the days that we had to go haul wood. But they were each paid $5 each time and we knew it would be a good experience for them.
The picture below is from this year- they were much more capable and I helped much less this year- however- there were much more difficult conditions thanks to the hard winter we had. We even had to use sleds since the wagons wouldn't even roll in the deep snow. Something else changed this year- I started to look forward to Wednesdays. I felt like I could see their natures being changed from having to do this hard work and I loved the hour or so that we could spend together trying to work a little harder and talking to Diana (I would often challenge them to try and learn something new about Diana and try to hold a conversation with her).
This job has been a blessing and taught (not only them but me) much more about the value of work, money and being polite. I am grateful they have this opportunity!
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