Lots of us were in the midst of entering into the 'finishing touches' stage (touching up windows, inserting window screens, etc.) while the major jobs of getting the roof supports and roofing up continued.
Our good luck on the weather held until sometime in the afternoon when the rain started and both house crews were forced to take all their work inside (painting specifically). At that point, hands started turning sky blue at the Casa Cielo and papaya pink at the Casa Rosada (pink house) from handling all the damp window finishing strips and some faces (including mine) soon followed the same color pattern.
Casa Rosada progressed on with the proud help and assistance of the boys who will live in that house down to the 2-year old , Elian, and those of us at Casa Cielo walked away thrilled to death that we had managed to get everything done except the window installation.
And then the Tears!
All those in the brigade went out to a restaurant for dinner and prepared on the spot a few words about their favorite part of the trip. Emotions overwhelmed quite a few of us and we were moved to tears by the strong sense of community developed on the trip. Some comments-
"Happiest times of my life"
"I love it!"
"Being able to get together, work together, and meet such a great group of people!"
Authored by Jane Miller
The 'Papaya' house at the start of the day.
Julie and Eian painting.
Stacy working on window trimming.
Karol and Elian.
Anderson, Deiner, Karol and Elian.
Deiner pounding nails into the floor.
The 'Papaya' house at the end of the day.
