Sunday, June 22, 2008

2 Awesome groups and San Diego

This week I was assigned to two really great groups - Fair Oaks Baptist and Lincoln Presbyterian, both from Stockton, CA. They were building double Amor houses right net to each other, so I hopped back and forth between the two, answering questions, giving advice, and being an extra set of hands when they needed it. Both groups had fantastic kids - all great workers, which makes the week a lot more fun for me. In addition to great kids, they had great food, plus I could pick and choose what I wanted from both groups.
The two groups were building for two sisters, and we got to meet one of their husbands, as well as some kids and cousins. The family cooked lunch for us every day at the worksite, which was delicious. It's incredible to me how people can be so generous and giving when they live in poverty. It really challenges how I treat my own possessions. On the last day of work, they made pozole (again, delicious), a soup usually reserved for special occasions.
On our day off, we went into San Diego, splitting into two groups.
I wandered around the city with a couple of people, going to the Museum of Contemporary Art and Balboa Park. This picture is 2x4 Landscape, which was on display at the museum. It's made of 50000 2x4's cut to different lengths.

Adios,

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