The Final Push - fo' real

Today was the final day on the job site.  The majority of the job day was occupied fitting the ceiling and walls with 'plywood'.  This flimsy material made the job 100 times worse and I'm not prone to exaggerating.   While the ceiling and walls were being closed up, we followed with finishing the electrical as well. We did about 40 4x8' sheets during the day and ran out of material.  The little bit of work remaining will be completed by Ricardo - the local contractor.  The house was finished and ready to move in ...

Ian also had time to go to the salon

It was like an episode of while you were out.  Mirabel and her family were temporarily housed at the end of the street and around the corner. We had about 20 people, family and friends moving things from the temporary house to Mirabel's new home.  It was like a colony of worker ants decided to move one house into another.  In 10 minutes all her possessions were moved in.  Tom even went so far to hang up her curtains, clock and artwork.  He also cut her table to improve the traffic flow in the main hall (too much HGTV for this hombre!!).  She was pleased as punch to be able to move into her house so quickly.  Mike did the official handing over of the keys to the family.  Kenny and Lynn had gifted the family with a stove and a fridge. This generous gift was received so graciously and will really help this family out so much.

It's hard to believe it is all over.  There were many tears and hugs and it was hard to leave the worksite..now a home.  Felix, 83 years old, was awed by the outpouring of love and service and said he was never a witness to anything of such magnitude in his lifetime.  We need to do this over and over again!!!

Felix (the neighbour)

BEFORE...........

AFTER ....

Finally, a politcal statement that my fellow missionaries will love ...(zoom in on the cap)

Tomorrow we will attend the church service and then prepare for our flight home.  We had such a fun time here but are anxiously awaiting the reunion with our families.   See y'all soon.  Love, hugs and kisses!!