Today we took a long bus ride up the mountains to visit two schools in Tsizba to make two minor repairs to two Living Water Systems that Bay Presbyterian installed in January. The kids were happy to see the Gringos and the director welcomed us with open arms. We had some suckers for the kids and once the word got out that we had suckers, the kids all came running and it was quite a scene.
Tom, Ellen and Chris from Bay Presbyterian Church went back to the Habitat house. They poured two more columns and continued to level the floors with dirt by hauling buckets of dirt up from behind the house.
Our work ended at noon and Eliazar and the construction crew picked us up with Elvira and little Jose. They took us up the mountain to a look out point to view Jacaltenango from above. We could also see San Marcos and San Andres and the hills of Mexico.
After a few sodas, Eliazar took us to a church that had a beautiful large white cross in front of the church overlooking Jacal. Then we headed home.
We ate our last dinner together with Eliazar and after dinner, it was time for a celebration put on by Eliazar from Habitat and the committee. We danced the night away and each of us was given a hat as a thank you for all of our hard work. The people thanked us over and over and over again. They appreciate everything that we have done and everything we are planning on doing. Mr. and Mrs. Rojas joined the festivities also and we danced many dances together and laughed the night away.
Once the music was done playing, we said our good-byes to the Rojas family and a few tears were shed. They invited us back again to stay with them and continued to say...."Mi casa es su casa."
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