They also visited the equivalent of a nursing home, had dinner with a local family, and Lydia helped at a school. The follow pictures capture monents of the week.
Back to work. Now the effort has moved to preparing the inside of the house.
Sunday, February 7, 2016
Cara's and Lydia's Mission Trip 2015
In the Spring of 2015, Cara and Lydia went on a mission trip to help build houses for impoverished families living in a small community in the jungles of Jamaica. They maxed out their checked baggage with clothing to be donated and had only a carry-on bag for their own supplies for a week of manual labor in the tropics. Their labors included up-hill daisy-chaining of raw materials, stucco-plaster-mud application (I don't know what it is), more daisy-chaining, some digging, and more daisy-chaining.
They also visited the equivalent of a nursing home, had dinner with a local family, and Lydia helped at a school. The follow pictures capture monents of the week.
Lydia spent part of a day at a primary school. This picture is wonderful.
As I mentioned in the intro, the girls had very few supplies to get them through the week. So, as I understand it, Lydia and her friends had to borrow dresses from the thrift shop so they could be appropriately dressed for work in the school.
More uphill daisy-chaining...
Day 3 includes time spent at a nursing home.
Back to work. Now the effort has moved to preparing the inside of the house.
Time for a little Cricket.
Finishing up the house. A family of 5, 6, ? will gratefully call this place home.
Mission accomplished.
They also visited the equivalent of a nursing home, had dinner with a local family, and Lydia helped at a school. The follow pictures capture monents of the week.
Back to work. Now the effort has moved to preparing the inside of the house.
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