Habitat of Lakeland Blog » Claire in Vietnam http://www.habitatoflakeland.org/blog Lakeland Habitat for Humanity non-profit Christian housing ministry that helps to eliminate poverty housing. Thu, 12 Jan 2012 20:37:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Lakeland Habitat in VietNam – Day Four! http://www.habitatoflakeland.org/blog/vietnam-day-four/ http://www.habitatoflakeland.org/blog/vietnam-day-four/#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:41:18 +0000 Lakeland Habitat http://www.habitatoflakeland.org/blog/?p=148 Day 4 of the work week and Becky and I are stiff in places we did not know we had! It has been very cold and the 1 mile we walk to the work site after the bus can go no further seems to have grown to at least 5 miles. The people here are so poor and so kind to us.
We are building with block and I never realized how heavy blocks get the more you lift. President Carter and Rosalynn Carter were at the work site yesterday and came to our house for a photo.
When I first came to our house and saw Lakeland on the sign as the sponsor of this house, I cannot tell you how my heart felt like it would burst. It is so humbling to be able to help this family.We are building 32 houses this week in the village. All the children know how to say hello and they call out to us as we are walking down the dirt road to our site.
I will try to write again, but by the time we get back to the hotel and have dinner, we are asleep very early because we need to leave in the morning by 6:30 AM and anyone who knows me knows if I have to get up at5:30 in the morning everyday, it is not a pretty picture!!!

Lakeland Habitat - Becky Bywater

Lakeland Habitat - Becky Bywater

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I am safe and sound here in Vietnam. Cannot understand what anyone is saying and they cannot understand me. Lots of sign language! Very strange being in a communist country. Went on a trip into Hanoi and then yesterday went out on a boat in Long Bay. Taxi cab driver was pulled over and policeman tried to pull the keys out and with door open the cab just took off, not sure what that was about and was waiting for police to chase us, but cab driver went in and out of traffic and nothing happened. Scared the tail out of me!!! Tomorrow morning at 6:45 we start to build.
Claire

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