Retalhuleu Guatemala - Terminado
Received an email last night from our Team Leader regarding our work with Habitat for Humanity last year. The two houses I worked on in Guatemala are completed and the families have moved in.
Generally, this is how we left the place minus the rebar and poured concrete which was completed on our last days. I was unable to find that photo.
And now, here they are living in their new home. Warmed my heart seeing these two photos.
And this is the photo I took of the same mother and child, just one year ago this month.
... and the little note she included with the photos:
"When asked about the volunteers who helped them construct their house, Manuela beamed. “They helped us a lot with the burden of the blocks. It took 1800 blocks (to build the house) and each trip, they worked to unload 300 blocks and carry them up to the house. It was a great advantage having them here and it made the work move a lot more quickly. It as a precious experience to have them here. The experience included my older daughter, Alejandra who often asks, “when are they coming again?”” she says and laughs, “we have the photos that they gave us.”
Generally, this is how we left the place minus the rebar and poured concrete which was completed on our last days. I was unable to find that photo.
And now, here they are living in their new home. Warmed my heart seeing these two photos.
And this is the photo I took of the same mother and child, just one year ago this month.
... and the little note she included with the photos:
"When asked about the volunteers who helped them construct their house, Manuela beamed. “They helped us a lot with the burden of the blocks. It took 1800 blocks (to build the house) and each trip, they worked to unload 300 blocks and carry them up to the house. It was a great advantage having them here and it made the work move a lot more quickly. It as a precious experience to have them here. The experience included my older daughter, Alejandra who often asks, “when are they coming again?”” she says and laughs, “we have the photos that they gave us.”