Michael Jobman (left) and Kyle Finch
Photo by: Brian Morse
#POLAND18: Group of Bobcat Gridders Building Home in Poland
5/9/2018 1:29:00 PM | Football
A dozen members of Montana State Football are helping a family in need overseas
Call it #Poland18 or the Cats in Poland, or whatever other catchy name comes to mind. Montana State football coach Jeff Choate calls it something different. "Leadership through service," he says simply. "I think we've lost that a little bit in our society, and this is about instilling the element of service into the concept of leading." With that in mind, 18 members of the Montana State football program are serving Habitat for Humanity International by building a home for a family in need in Poland. The travel party includes Football Operations Director Cole Moore, videographer Brian Morse, and players Troy Andersen, Mitch Brott, Wilson Brott, Balue Chapman, Walker Cozzie, Kyle Finch, Jacob Hadley, Colin Hammock, Michael Jobman, and Luke May. Below is offensive lineman Colin Hammock's report on the trip through May 8.
We have spent the last two days building up walls for a new house for a Polish family of six. Some of the locals have been helping us, and the language barrier has made the work-site dynamic interesting. Even when we don't know what the other person wants, it is easy to see that hard work and a smile universally go a long way in earning respect and communicating. We spent some of our time today playing soccer with two members of the family and sports are another way to allow cultural barriers to be broken.
We went to the Gliwice radio tower today, the tallest wooden structure in Europe and one of the key locations that sparked the beginning of World War II. It is interesting to see where history was made. Tomorrow we visit Auschwitz, another place to learn so much about. We might be meeting up with a Polish football team later this week to see how they do things.
The process of building the house isn't really the hardest work, it is more planning and teamwork than anything. We are gradually stacking bricks to form walls and we have to be pretty precise while cutting bricks with a handsaw. We've also tried to be really careful keeping the mortar level to prevent problems when the walls get taller. We have one guy working with the glue, another handing bricks up to the person laying them, and another doing the measurements generally.
It's been a lot of fun so far, and we have more work and some great activities ahead of us.
We have spent the last two days building up walls for a new house for a Polish family of six. Some of the locals have been helping us, and the language barrier has made the work-site dynamic interesting. Even when we don't know what the other person wants, it is easy to see that hard work and a smile universally go a long way in earning respect and communicating. We spent some of our time today playing soccer with two members of the family and sports are another way to allow cultural barriers to be broken.
We went to the Gliwice radio tower today, the tallest wooden structure in Europe and one of the key locations that sparked the beginning of World War II. It is interesting to see where history was made. Tomorrow we visit Auschwitz, another place to learn so much about. We might be meeting up with a Polish football team later this week to see how they do things.
The process of building the house isn't really the hardest work, it is more planning and teamwork than anything. We are gradually stacking bricks to form walls and we have to be pretty precise while cutting bricks with a handsaw. We've also tried to be really careful keeping the mortar level to prevent problems when the walls get taller. We have one guy working with the glue, another handing bricks up to the person laying them, and another doing the measurements generally.
It's been a lot of fun so far, and we have more work and some great activities ahead of us.
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