Laughter.
Pure, innocent laughter.
Gut spasms and sucking for air.
Looking around and enjoying the fact that other people are thinking the same thing; that they are enjoying it as much as you. Feeling like we belonged there with them in that moment, we didn’t want it to end.
We were tucked away from the world with them: outside […]
Archive for August, 2009
On Sunday, we presented 3 families, who had been living in tiny cardboard shacks with 5 to 8 people each, keys to nice new fully furnished houses that we had build in just 4 days!! These families were so happy and grateful for their new homes that it made it quite an emotional experience for […]
...continue readingIt’s kind of like the first drop on the mammoth roller coaster you are scared of. Your stomach feels like it’s pushing against your brain and you are totally in shock at what you are experiencing; you question where reality is in that moment. But this wasn’t set up for laughter and it didn’t end […]
...continue readingThe house builds are coming along nicely in Mexico. We are getting ready this morning to head out on our final work day on our 3 house builds. We have the walls up, roofs on, and just need to do some of the final touches such as a second coat of paint, and installing doors […]
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Published by August 20th, 2009 in FB and Student Zone. ClosedToday was an earlier start for Team #3 but it was so worth the use of the wake up call! I think I can speak from my whole team when I say that we had a wonderful (or should I say, “maravilloso”) day at the Arroyo Seco Clinic. My Spanish has improved from none to […]
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Yet another day has passed and I am never prepared for what I might see and experience in a day on a Hero Holiday (this is my second Hero Holiday DR). Today was spent at another clinic in Arroyo Seco which is a school/church that the team I was on last year helped to build. […]
We have a great group of students that arrived in Mexico yesterday after our bus trip from Vancouver. As I type the crew is getting ready to head to the work sites for the first day of work! Some pictures are up on our Faceboook page, with more to come later (as long as the […]
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Published by August 18th, 2009 in FB and Other Sites. ClosedThursday had a toast-less breakfast with no power or water, requiring a little creative thinking for breakfast and getting ready. Santiago was ill today so Roberto (Angelina’s husband) came to the worksite with us to help interpret and raise the walls. We were greeted by many familiar faces from the school, many of the kids […]
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It is now Day #3 of our Hero Holiday Medical trip and we have already been down and dirty with construction, a lot of pill sorting/dividing, and labeling. Not to mention a great deal of SWEATING!
Everyone survived the travel day which was long but when we all arrived safely to the beautiful (and did […]
We are in the Dominican Republic and loving it so far. To be honest, the first few days were exhausting with all the travel and sorting the medical supplies. You should have seen all the donations our team came with, it filled the Hero Holiday office and an additional room being use to sort! It […]
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