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The children at the Buluri Primary
School
wave good morning to us on our last morning drive to the work site.
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The house as it stood on Monday
morning.
Here, Jared and Etoke are sanding down the door to fit the door
frame.
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(From left to right) Mike, Marian,
Bonnie,
Eden, Jen and Betsy work on mixing the last pile of mortar for the
house.
By the point, the women of the team had proven their
mortar-mixing abilities
and fired Mike and I :-)
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One of the local workers uses a
sponge
to cover the rafters in used motor oil - this will help prevent them
from
rotting in the humidity of the rainy seasons..
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The house is all but finished!
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Every day on our way back from the
worksite,
a parade of children ran after the pickup truck. So today, Tymberlee and
I decided to try it ourselves. All I can say it, someone get
these
kids a jersey - we were done in about thirty seconds!
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One of the baby goats reaches for
the top
of a pile of grass.
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I
put my bag down on a rock to take pictures of the mother goat and came
back
to find the baby goats examining it. I had to take it away when
they
started trying to eat the strap!
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I sat still for about half an hour
before
the baby would approach me of its own volution, but it was worth it.
It
crawled all over me and examined every pocket of mine looking for
something
to eat. I want a baby goat!
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The local workers complete the
final touches
to the house - cleaning up the door panel and placing a pink ribbon!
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Here,
the home owner is helped into her best dress for the ceremony in which
she
will be given a new house.
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The
scissors are brought forward. The video on the Day 11 page shows
the
actual ribbon cutting.
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Once inside the house, a prayer was
said
by Reverend Charles to bless the house and its inhabitants.
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On our way back to the ceremony, a
school
bus passed us filled with students. Yes - this is a school bus.
It
was a constant source of inspiration to see the trials children went
through
to go to learn.
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The church where the ceremony was
held
was located on the grounds of a school. This is the school's main
building.
Needless to say, this school (a private school) is better funded
than
the public Buluri Primary School.
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The church where the dedication
ceremony
was held - notice the rules painted on the outside walls.
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The national Habitat for Humanity
representative
addresses the audience at the dedication ceremony.
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The home owners are presented with
a bible
at the dedication ceremony.
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While we were at the ribbon cutting
ceremony,
this lady was trying to sell the locals a Chinese herbal supplement!
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Owkare
and I pose outside the church following the dedication ceremony.
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Walking back home after the
dedication
ceremony. I thought this tree was so beautiful!
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David thanking us at our final
dinner in
Bululu. David constantly went out of his way to ensure our
comfort
and happiness. I cannot imagine the trip without him.
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