Monday, March 22, 2010

Neighbors and Friends

This week we built 6 houses and tomorrow one more starts making our Spring Break 2010 total 7 homes for families. That alone is a pretty successful venture, but let me tell you about something that participants don't necessarily get to see when they come down.

Yesterday Gold Canyon Community Church finished a house for Pablo, Yolanda, and their family. After they finished the house we all gathered outside for a group picture. After which everyone hugs, says their goodbyes, and gets in the car to drive back home. Usually these hugs take place between the volunteers and the locals. This particular time I saw Yolanda hug one of her neighbors, Alma Rosa. Yolanda told Alma Rosa how awesome it was to meet her and get to know her this weekend and then she thanked her for helping build her house.

These were two neighbors that didn't know each other at all before. I know I've written about this before so this is obviously something that gets me excited. Every time it happens so tangibly and visibly it completely confirms our mission here and encourages us to keep going. Thats only two neighbors. How many of these interactions do we not get to see?

Thank you to Gold Canyon and all the other churches and groups that came down to help build more hope in a hopeless part of Puerto Penasco.

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