Day 4 of House 2

Sadly, today was our last work day on the house. After applying a beautiful coat of stucco we saw our last four days of hard work amount to an incredible blessing of joy for the family we were working for. Unexpectedly, we had a special surprise! Despite their current state of poverty, the family cooked for us an outstanding authentic Mexican meal for our entire group. What a treat! The house blessing was especially moving, as the priest in our group asked God to bless and to sanctify our house and everyone who will live in it. At the end of the service, the sister of the mother we built for said a special prayer for us that touched all of our hearts in a very deep way, leaving tears in the corners of our eyes. It's often a paradox that we find when coming to Project Mexico. At the beginning of the week we all feel that we are here to give something and yet, we come out of the end of the week having received something--something hard to describe and even more so, impossible to measure.