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From Florida to Memphis

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For my first Habitat build of the year, I went back to Tuscaloosa.  Last year I spent about 2.5 months there.  It was really great to see the home owners, Lee and Paulette, actually living in the house.   Lee was on site almost every single day, working right along side us.  He and I got to be pretty good friends and he welcomed me back with a giant hug.   I came specifically to work with the college kids for collegiate challenge.  The first week I was with Stephen.  He's one of the younger site supervisor's but very knowledgeable and patient with the kids.  His house was close to completion; we were just waiting on the dry wallers so we could paint and lay the floor.  They were delayed for some reason so we spent the first part of the week building sheds for his house and the one next to him. The first group of kids were from Mizzou, or the University of Missouri as they were better known. They were typical of the great kids I've come to expect doing co