Howdy all!
Taking over from Dave and his bare-facts approach...finaly found this internet cafe! keyboard is unpleasantly greasy....
we have just returned from our first day of work on site in the village of Kottakudy (hopefully thats the correct spelling...). this is our village for this week, and we are working alongside 3 families chosen by Maha Semam (google it!). The three families are all agricultural labourers, mainly sugar cane. the men earn between 200 and 250 rupees a day and the women between 50 and 80
work was fantastic, the mini-teams (team Glen, team Dave and team Donald) are each on a site and the craic is fantastic. language barriers are gradualy being worked through...although for the most part the communication is simply pointing and nodding :-D
we are in this village until Saturday (an "optional" work day- there is no option as long as the KGVI lads are on the case!!) so pray for our continued safety on the site, pray that we continue to avoid sunburn and muscle pain and most of al pray for the families who will be living in the houses, that they can use this opportunity to enhance their lives.
plenty more i could talk about, but tea is son and i am starving! il post up some more tomorrow. thank you all for your continued support, and pass this blog on to anyone you know so that the work of Habitat for Humanity can reach more people (even the most computer-iliterate can use a blog...eh, David?)
All the best,
Michael
ps. to all the mums readin this, the boys are eating well and even the most skeptical is eating the Indian cuisine! hunger and hard work is a marvellous combination
