Christ has no body on earth but yours,

no hands but yours,

no feet but yours.

Yours are the eyes through which

Christ's compassion for the world is to look out;

Yours are the feet with which He is to go about doing good;

and yours are the hands with which He is to bless us now.

- Saint Teresa of Avila

Habitat in Sante Fe, Argentina

This year's Global Village build will take place in Sante Fe, Argentina - a mere 6 hour bus ride from Buenos Aires. When the Salado River overflowed its banks into the City of Sante Fe in April 2003, more than 30,000 families were affected. According to estimates by UN experts, the impact on the province's gross national product was as damaging as that of the earthquakes in El Salvador. Prior to the flood, the city already had one of the highest poverty indexes and housing deficits in the country. A quarter of the city's inhabitants already lived in substandard housing settlements surrounded by garbage dumps and contaminated waters. Theft and violence, along with the contamination, are the biggest threats to decent living in Sante Fe.






Habitat Build

Habitat Build
"If I had a hammer......"

Thursday, August 5, 2010

dinner Wed night

To the right is the gang at the team dinner Wed. night.
Above, I am joined by Karen W and Cory as we attempt to make a dent in the beer tower. Man that's a lot of beer :) Glad we had the guys to help out.








Far left is Laura, Riley, Cory, Larry and Josh. To the immediate left is Karen looking mighty thirsty.


Lower picture is of Cory and Riley.




Well, after a long day's work it was time to go out on the town for a little R&R. We knew we could sleep in Thursday morning as we weren't leaving for Auschwitz until 1. We had another great dinner. Karen, as you can see above, developed quite a thirst :) Dinner was again excellent. Scott decided that perhaps we needed a night off from any games - the competition had gotten a little bit fierce :) So, with it being an open night the gang headed to Town Square. We found a great little patio bar and ordered a few beers. What showed up were these Towers of Beer - 3 liters per tower. Although are table could not keep pace with the college kids table, we did manage to finish our tower....eventually. The night was once again filled with some great conversations, stories and laughter - lots of laughter. It's a good thing we had all that laughter, because we knew Thursday would be the tour of Auschwitz and it would be a different story.
More to follow.....
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