Today I got the oportunity to go to one of the colonies and help build a house for a family that was living in a shack made out of scrap wood... that is what Homes of Hope do. It is a ministry dedicated to provide homes free of charge to families that own land but are to poor to build a proper house for their loved ones.
The Family's Old House>
Teams from all over North America come and build the houses in two days time. I had the priviledge to help them by translating, painting and laying down shingles on the roof.
The Family :o) >
My favorite part of the whole day was getting to know the family and have them open up and share about their lives. The husband's smile getting increasingly bigger as the day went by and it was coming all together. They were so excited! The last thing to be finished was the roof and the expression on their face was one of "we don't care if its finished just give us the keys! We want our new house!!" They have two children (6 year old and a 1 year old) and one on the way who is due to be born in December. Pray for the wife as she has been very ill for two months now with a cough. She has no energy and has lost weight. She has been to the doctor and is waiting on test result to find out what is the problem.
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