Friday, January 28, 2011

The team that built the home and the family

It was a wonderful experience that truly makes a difference in people´s lives

My home stay family

Ilse was a tutor, cook and friend.  Her husband Oscar was rarely around when I was in the house. Marta is a 20 year old from Germany who wants to major in International Business. She is fluent in English, Spanish and German, a very good start.

The work the family members do to get a house built

This guy carried five blocks at a time over a distance of about 75 yards over uneven and even sandy soil for three hours straight. His home will be built next week and the family must get the materials from the street to the house site by the time the work will start. The materials were just delivered this morning (Friday). His wife matched him step for step with two blocks on her head for three hours!!