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Everything You Should Know About CHRPA In One Blog - Allie

2/14/2015

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​Hanbyeol and I spoke at our job's Annual Meeting last night. Below is a very serious speech that we wrote together reflecting on the past 5 months of working at CHRPA.

H: On Sept. 3, 2014, Allie and I started our CHRPA story. We will not tell about EVERY day and every job, but here are a few things we have learned so far:

A: There was our first CHRPA school where we learned how to solder copper and every CHRPA school after with Dan R and other CHRPA worker’s careful planning and creative teaching. We learned that plumbing is Hanbyeol’s passion and there’s nothing more fun than the Wirsbo expander tool.

H: We have learned that biking to work is the most fun in the afternoon, when we aren't 20 minutes late for work. True community is when Allie bikes so much faster than me, but I still like her at the end of the day.

A: Community is also when Hanbyeol wakes me up at 6 am every morning for work because I can’t do it on my own.

H: I taught a CHRPA school lesson on Wirsbo, SharkBite fittings, and Rayhow pex to a group of people who are all older than me, something that is not usual in Korean culture.

A: And there’s nothing more satisfying than completing a 2 week gas job with Josh and Dustin, and the all you can eat popcorn at Ferguson's that comes with it.

H: The smell of cats will never leave me and there’s nothing better than a client with puppies.

A: Hugh is a walking story book and figuring out a challenge on Thursday afternoons is so satisfying

H:  and it’s a good day when you are completely covered in flash and seal.

 A: I have learned that the most important thing about working with clients is just to listen

 H: I have learned to not bow, like in South Korean Culture, to clients but how to shake hands instead And how to nod and smile in conversations I don’t understand. No hablo español.  

A: We both have learned to count how many times Dan W. says “shoot” in one working day (record was 12).

H: We have learned that CHRPA girls are the strongest, talented, smartest, beautiful women in the world.

A: We’ve never eaten as much ice cream as we have in the past 5 months.

H: Drinking Water is really important and the ability to laugh at mistakes, like falling through a roof is necessary.

A: This job could be hard and stressful, but because of the staff and volunteers who have let us learn, laugh, and grow with them this year, working at CHRPA has been a wonderful experience for both of us and we are excited to see what the next 6 months have in store……

H: dios te bendiga
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