Our last work day, such a happy day!

We will start off with Flory's Flowers

 

 

Today was bittersweet.  For anyone on the outside following us on this adventure, today was great!  It was our last work day, we get to go to the beach tomorrow for some sun fun and rest and relaxation, only to depart home on Sunday morning and share our adventures and experiences.  For us here, it was the end of the connections, and relationships that we had created over the past week...which was harder than I expected.  The good news is, that there is always more work to be done, as long as we have leaders, and time available to help.

 

Even though our broken Spanish barely communicated with the masons, the families, and the locals here, we were all part of something bigger than any single one of us.  We did a lot of work on the houses.  And for every day that we spend as a group working on these sites, is roughly equivalent to 3 days for the workers.  They truly appreciate us being there.

 

Having finished digging that darn hole for the septic, and putting up the walls as high as we could, we finally took our last scoop, or painted our last stroke.  We then went to lunch where we had a very special celebration for the week.

 

After a very warm and heartfelt thank you from members of the community, and from Habitat El Salvador, it really hit home what an impact our short week here could have.  With no more work, we could really hear the gratitude, and the magnitude of what we had just done for the community.

 

      Here are our interpreters that we had for most of the week,

Alex on the left, and Miguel on the right.

Our musical entertainment for the celebration!

Everyone was on the dance floor with a smile on their faces!

The one thing that was translated of all the thanks, and happiness that hit home to a lot of us was this.  God will reward you, because we can not repay you.

 

 

Our Team!