Today is a very hard day to sum up in words on behalf of the whole group...it's certainly the type of day that each of us will have to describe in our own way to our friends and family when we return! We won't try to speak for everyone here, but please understand it was an amazing day and very personal for every one of us.
Today was our last day of work on the house and we met our goal in terms of the work schedule. All that is left is to finish the plastering the house and running electricity (which is done by the skilled workers) and according to Anne, Sak and his family will be moving in late next week! The work we accomplished in 2 weeks would normally have taken Habitat about 2 months or more to complete, so we were very honored to be able to help Sak move in sooner.
Lunch was with the workers on the jobsite as usual, but it was unusual in that we prepared and cooked it onsite ourselves (with Anne's guidance!). After lunch was our formal house dedication where we presented the "key" to Sak. He is a very humble man but expressed himself well and was certainly appreciative.
We left the jobsite early today and were back at our hotel by around 3pm - it gave everyone the chance to relax, shop, get massages, or just cool off in the pool before we headed to yet another beautiful seaside dinner. It was such a great end to a great two weeks of time together and a beautiful evening at that!
What a wonderful accomplishment! I suspect all of your lives will be forever affected by having participated in this experience. Many thanks for all of your tireless, hard work!
ReplyDeleteSherry Droste