Trinity Friends,
I hope that you are reading this blog because of the provocative title! Gotcha. Honestly, you will never believe what our work group did today! In the morning, we visited a home site owned by a recently widowed mother with two boys, 14 and 10. Esperanza selects families based on need as well as their sweat equity in the program. The program works much like Habitat for Humanity in the U.S.
The families in the neighborhood pitched in with us to help pour a cement roof and a patio for the family. This kind of altruism doesn't happen in every neighborhood! Neighbors who live in the vicinity of Esperanza families always come through. Some of them also made lunch for all of us after the work was completed. The house we worked on is in a Colonia named "La Morita" best know for the mountains that identify the area. The streets are very steep and at one point we were chasing a run away stream of cement down the road!
The College of Wooster students who came with us this year have all been great! They have worked diligently for two different households so far. It feels good to do good. These students have enabled us to complete more projects through their dedication because they can see the need. Pouring cement is hard work and we have done more pouring on this trip than usual. Some of the students worked on the roof tying rebar to make a frame for the cement to be stronger. Others worked near the patio, shoveling dirt into buckets to ensure that the patio is poured evenly.
Thanks for following our Mission Trip and especially for your support of these efforts.
Rev. Dr. Kevan S. Franklin,
Pastor, Trinity United Church of Christ
Wooster, Ohio
Make good trouble.
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