A few weeks ago we spent a Saturday morning helping our guard's family with their new house. The most common type of house here is a stick and mud type of house. First, they build a structure out of sticks and logs. Then, they mix up a thick mud and put the mud on walls. We wanted to show our love for this family by helping with this process.
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| Here is their old house. It is so very tiny and about 6 people lived in it. Imagine when the torrential rains came!?! |
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| Moniz's wife and I working in one of the bedrooms. |
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| Lilly helping |
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| Emma helping too |
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| Moniz and his big smile |
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| Sheldon.....getting dirty! |
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| Smile Sheldon |
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| I really like Moniz's wife. She is very kind and not afraid to talk to me. So many women don't seem to care if they have a relationship with me or not. She is different. One day in the spring she walked 2 hours from their village just to bring me a bag of her rice!!!! 2 hours!!!! |
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| All done....and the mud to show for it. |
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| Way to go Meg!!! Skirt and all! |
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| Meghan loves pictures of her feet. |
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| They were so kind to give us mangos and some rice. We ate some mangos as a snack and then took some home. |
Tracy
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