San Quintin Day 7

Friday was our last day on the job so we needed to finish everything up on the house. Rob Wall came to help us finish as we wanted to be done by lunchtime so that we could have the dedication ceremony while the husband and church people were there. We finished working about 1:00pm and learned that Vicky and some neighbours had prepared a Mexican lunch for us. There was pasta salad and refried beans with hard flat taco shells.

In this picture I am giving the house keys to Vicky. Each team member had a chance to say something about their trip and the experience and then encouraged the family. We gathered together and had a group picture with the family and their neighbours who had joined us for lunch. We are the ones in the Red Stoney Creek t-shirts while Kit has the blue one and the family and friends are the Mexicans ;-). The family were quite happy to receive their house. They had to buy the land themselves so I am sure they had been eagerly waiting for us to come and build a house for them. Fortunately Maria came and translated for us so that we could talk with them and have the dedication ceremony. Thanks Maria!

We also discovered that the husband is an ice cream seller who peddles an ice cream cart around all day. This was a blessing as we were able to buy some icy cream. I had a strawberry popsicle with real strawberries inside! Yummy.

Friday evening we went back to the camp and cleaned up and packed to get ready for our 4:00am departure. It was a great week which flew by soooo quickly.