Finally got around to uploading pictures, thought i should let you guys know waht the trip really was about
A minister from my church was originally in the peace core working in guayaquil and wanted other people to experience what she had so when she came to our church she started this program where people could live with a family in the barrio and help build a house for someone ( concrete tin roof) a major upgrade over a bamboo home
i had 10 people in my family 4 bed rooms
the mother laura was divorced and had 6 children, one who i never met and was in his mid twenties, laura mid twenties had one child rolando and had twin boys on the way, daniel and ramon which i think are twins in there early twenties, jofre who was my age and andrea who was a year younger than me and had a 3 yr old child
if you have any questions please fire away
me meeting my mother laura and andrea and her child santiago
a view of the guasmo barrio from the community center we were building along with two other houses
mi cometa is the name of the organization sort of like a ymca
the house we were working on for the most part, in this picture start laying the floor in, mix of sand mortar and rock
a picture of the group, at least one member from every ecuadorian was there to help, a really tight community where we lived
some shots of the open air market
building the walls
we played the ecuadorians in soccer, on of the kids for the ecuadoriansis on the junior national team, i will mention him later in the p[ictures
we managed to lose respectively 6-3
laura and rolando her grandson
can get a good sense of the house, another group was going back in august and were planning on trying to finish the kitchen and floor
house we were working on can see the inner walls going up
more pics of the barrio
this was a common occurence
me and ricky with the machet's
the finished house
the family living in it is in the first row
part of my family
andrea santiago laura and jofre
and to top it off a delicacy in the ANdes guinea pig!!!
i ate about 8 or 9.... in a few meals of course
A minister from my church was originally in the peace core working in guayaquil and wanted other people to experience what she had so when she came to our church she started this program where people could live with a family in the barrio and help build a house for someone ( concrete tin roof) a major upgrade over a bamboo home
i had 10 people in my family 4 bed rooms
the mother laura was divorced and had 6 children, one who i never met and was in his mid twenties, laura mid twenties had one child rolando and had twin boys on the way, daniel and ramon which i think are twins in there early twenties, jofre who was my age and andrea who was a year younger than me and had a 3 yr old child
if you have any questions please fire away
me meeting my mother laura and andrea and her child santiago
a view of the guasmo barrio from the community center we were building along with two other houses
mi cometa is the name of the organization sort of like a ymca
the house we were working on for the most part, in this picture start laying the floor in, mix of sand mortar and rock
a picture of the group, at least one member from every ecuadorian was there to help, a really tight community where we lived
some shots of the open air market
building the walls
we played the ecuadorians in soccer, on of the kids for the ecuadoriansis on the junior national team, i will mention him later in the p[ictures
we managed to lose respectively 6-3
laura and rolando her grandson
can get a good sense of the house, another group was going back in august and were planning on trying to finish the kitchen and floor
house we were working on can see the inner walls going up
more pics of the barrio
this was a common occurence
me and ricky with the machet's
the finished house
the family living in it is in the first row
part of my family
andrea santiago laura and jofre
and to top it off a delicacy in the ANdes guinea pig!!!
i ate about 8 or 9.... in a few meals of course
