Friday, September 9
Our final day of building! Today we mortared the cement walls together using some serious teamwork! Many of us were up on ladders or crouching down filling the holes and gaps of the walls. Followed by other coming in behind to smooth out the mortar using water and sponges. Once the mortar dried, Suave the painter instructed us all how to paint the home and we began the final stage!
A bright blue paint on the exterior and a calming yellow on the interior. Suave kept us all in line and made sure we all had a job to be done. Lisa was able to join us again today on site and did some great painting between entertaining the kiddos with bubbles.
We did it!! We built a home!! What a neat thing to experience in just 5 short days... we saw the site go from a dirt ground, all the way to a home with windows, walls, doors, and paint! After we completed the work, we gathered around and Corradin, the grandfather of the family, shared with us is gratitude. He said people used to laugh at him when we said he would one day have a home for his family, but he always said his Faith in God would lead him to have a home one day. And here we stood in front of his him. The family was filled with joy and their kind eyes and smiles shown brightly.
Thank you Habitat for Humanity and Thrivent for this amazing experience and for changing this family's life forever!
Friday evening, we had dinner at a local restaurant with the family from the other build site. We also celebrated out team member Chris' birthday! Balloons, singing, and delicious chocolate cake. It was a celebration!
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