Doug Dunnavant of Tuscon, Ariz. hammers a nail into a roof on Logan St. as Raechel Davis of Quanah, Texas and Nick Johnson of San Antonio, Texas help. "We try to teach them to give themselves away to service of other human beings for the rest of their lives," Jay McCollom of the First Baptist Church, a sponsor of the event, in Gallup said. [Photo by Brian Leddy/Independent]

Sarah Hunn of Tucson, Ariz., and Nicole Fowler of Russellville, Ark., laugh as they work on painting a wall at a house on Morgan Street Tuesday afternoon. About 200 youth and adults from all over the United States descended on Gallup this week as part World Changers, a Christian group that seeks to help those in need while also teaching spiritual lessons to participants. [Photo by Brian Leddy/Independent]

Participants in the World Changers program pray during a service on Tuesday evening. The program is sponsored by the First Baptist Church here in Gallup as well as the Baptist Convention of New Mexico and the Western Baptist Association. [Photo by Brian Leddy/Independent]

PUPPY LOVE: ABOVE: Chaz, a bassett hound, rests up after strenuously demonstrating his trick of playing dead for the judges Friday during the Kid's Pet Show at the Gallup Sports Complex. Chaz impressed the judges enough to earn second place in the competition, and did not even have to resort to his other trick of tripping on his ears. BELOW: Cocoa, a pug owned by Jackie Daniels, does his best to pass as a bumble-bee Friday morning.[Photos by Jeff Jones/Independent]

Hayley Menapace gets a doggie kiss from her blue heeler, Dakota, while waiting for the judges to tally the scores Friday. [Photo by Jeff Jones/Independent]