Friday was a great day in Bay Saint Louis, my friends. I got to be in the group that cut down three rather tall trees that were threatening the integrity of a couples' house.
Today was a lesson in know-it-all-ness. The guy we were helping out knew how to cut down trees with only one or two people, but his body was too beat up to do it anymore. Well, I swear we spent an hour conjecturing on how it would be done even though the guy told us how to best do it. We even practiced on a smaller tree.
Eventually, though, we gave in. His way was faster, easier, and safer. And Dave still got to use the chainsaw. What we had to do was get a rope tied around the targeted tree and then use a pulley-like system connected to another tree--this would get the tree to go down in the approximate direction that we wished. Plus, no one would be in the way of the tree as it fell.
Well, it worked! And it was amazing watching these giant trees fall to the ground! And I would have to say that Brian won the contest for the least know-it-all-ness even though he was probably the most capable of all us college-age people. Humility, even though most desired for us by God, isn't common, so it's obvious when present.
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