Break time... learning how to play marbles!!
I LOVE THESE CHILDREN...... They are our future! xoxo
MORE WALLS! Today we went all of the way to the top of the house with the bricks. The skilled workers had touched up what we had done the day before and had added up a few more window frames for us. It was a very slow day going day because once we had our walls up, there wasn’t much more we could do on the inside until that very top on the outside was done. This consisted of slicing the bricks diagonally and really needed to be done by the guys because they were taller and could get up on the scaffolding and reach!
We met a woman named Kelly, who was originally from Montana. She had been down to Thailand for a Habitat trip herself when she met a Thai man who she is now engaged too. She works for a several non-profit organizations around the area and trying to put together another organization to help clean up the grounds. For lunch she took us down to the local orphanage called, Home and Life. They have a little bakery to help raise money for their work and the children that stay there. They have about 15 kids that stay there, more girls than boys, and they range in ages from five-fifteen years old. Unfortunately, it was a school day when we went, so we didn’t get to see them! The children were there for various reasons, some affected by the tsunami, some parents couldn’t afford to take care of them, and some parents had passed away and they didn’t have any other family.
After lunch, we continued with the exterior walls – luckily the clouds were present which took a bit of the intense heat away…. But still very warm and muggy!
For dinner, we went to a Thai BBQ buffet. It was 99 Baht for all you can eat. If you left any food on your plate, you paid more – so it was incentive to take a little at a time to not waste any food! They put out little boilers and grills in front of us, four people per. We got to choose what we wanted to grill up and make! It was pretty fun!
We met a woman named Kelly, who was originally from Montana. She had been down to Thailand for a Habitat trip herself when she met a Thai man who she is now engaged too. She works for a several non-profit organizations around the area and trying to put together another organization to help clean up the grounds. For lunch she took us down to the local orphanage called, Home and Life. They have a little bakery to help raise money for their work and the children that stay there. They have about 15 kids that stay there, more girls than boys, and they range in ages from five-fifteen years old. Unfortunately, it was a school day when we went, so we didn’t get to see them! The children were there for various reasons, some affected by the tsunami, some parents couldn’t afford to take care of them, and some parents had passed away and they didn’t have any other family.
After lunch, we continued with the exterior walls – luckily the clouds were present which took a bit of the intense heat away…. But still very warm and muggy!
For dinner, we went to a Thai BBQ buffet. It was 99 Baht for all you can eat. If you left any food on your plate, you paid more – so it was incentive to take a little at a time to not waste any food! They put out little boilers and grills in front of us, four people per. We got to choose what we wanted to grill up and make! It was pretty fun!
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