Greetings from Hope House! The gang is still hard at work trying to get in their last bit of work before "calling it a day". We have finished with the depot...it is in such good shape now...I am THRILLED!!! see the picture below...isnt' that a grand site!!

Now they are whipping together some more school desks. Carpenter Bob has a lot of pieces cut, so they have quite a little assembly line going. What a Blessing they are.....as are all of the teams that visit Hope House! There are now words to truly convey my appreciation for all of the work that is done and the spirit in which they work together.

Katie (with the drill) and Mary Anne even get their hand in at the desks.

Before donning our sweat rags, we did take time out this AM to absorb a little Haiti culture as we drove to downt0wn and visited a cooperative Haitian craft store. The streets were humming with life...people everywhere attending to various and sundry tasks.

Yesterday was also a full day. The morning was spent at the school, painting the bathrooms. What an improvement! It has been a chore I have been wanting to see done for a long time. Bob got the termite eaten door jamb fixed in the kitchen..another plus! On the way back to Santo 3 we passed by the Metal workers and most of the gang came away with at least one article in hand..me included (as usual).

Judy and Darryl..putting on the finishing touches...the team got 7 out of 10....I kidded them that they lost marks due to the amt of paint droppings on the floors!...they said that was the style in Bettendorf...I found that a little hard to believe so the score did not change!

I will say tira for now so that I can attend to dinner and to make a final "inspection" of all of the work done.

Cheerio,
Debbie