An evangelical Christian, Trujillo credits God and the Los Angeles church volunteers for making his dream of home ownership come true. They have families of their own but want to help others. They made the American dream possible for us. At first, she and her peers learned to carry the bulky wallboards without folding them around corners. By the end of the build, the teens balanced on sawhorses to panel a ceiling drywalling s equivalent to scaling Mount Everest.
Every person deserves a simple, decent home.
Working with other volunteers and future homeowners on the project, churchgoers also shared their faith. Conversations about spiritual matters sprung up between carpenters, painters, landscapers, plumbers, electricians and cooks. One congregation passed out Bibles on the job site. Some of Kristen s peers rode a makeshift seesaw with the neighborhood kids, a witness without words. Though it s a clich that volunteers gain more than the people they serve, the idea fits Habitat for Humanity to a T square.