In the end, we were able to finish all but the mud on the outside of 1 ½ walls on the kitchen. I think that as we worked we forgot what we were doing this for, but to leave behind the family at their home when we were all done brought everything into perspective. This family didn’t have a kitchen, and now we’ve provided one. It’s crazy to me how easy it is to serve in the communities of destitute around the globe.
I’ve received some great pictures from our time at the service site, I’ll attach some of them. Also, Josiah, a member of our team, put together a video that’s now up on youtube at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gESaspWg2Rg.
In about an hour, we’ve got some of the kids that are our age from Haniville (the township we worked at) coming here to hang out with us for the night. It should be a lot of fun. Please enjoy the video and pictures. I hope you begin to see why our hearts have truly developed for what we’ve just finished serving in. Life’s good, God’s better!
A couple of us got a pic with Polina, the owner of the house we added a kitchen onto. Polina lived with her daughter of 35, who also had a son. Her daughter was HIV+, she also had a 7 year old son who hasn't been tested but is believed to be in good health. Then, Polina's other daughter and son-in-law have both passed from HIV and they left a 8 year old boy behind who is also HIV positive.
This is the kitchen 3 weeks in. You can understand just how big of a kitchen we were adding when you compare it to the rest of the house.
Here's our final product. We still had mud to add to a wall and a half on the outside, but we did a ton of work.
This is a hysterical picture. The last day (Thursday), we were heading back to the kitchen after lunch and school had just let out. As we walked we drew more and more of a crowd.
Our last walk out of Haniville. What a blessing it was.
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