Message from Garry

Here's another update from Garry... Ethan was downstairs playing cards so I didn't get to talk with him. (Rea)

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First of all everyone on the team is doing good, today was the 4th work day and at first Garry thought it was going to be a terrible day because it started to rain but that only lasted 10 minutes ... so the group was able to finish the 4th room.

After that they attended a ceremony, they met the head of the school, the teachers and then each person on the team introduced themselves. They heard singing and saw dancers, planted the trees together and then toured some of the childrens homes and saw how they lived. This was a very emotional time for the team. One mother of 2 told her story....she only makes ~ $1.25/day to feed her and her 2 children, market is about 40 miles away (long walk and she doesn't have money to pay for transportation), and water is about 4 - 5 miles away (dirty water), has to be boiled before using. Again, this was a very emotional day ... the mother was crying as she told her story.

Before they left, Garry planted his tree with Lepapa. Lepapa asked Garry not to forget him and to come back to see him. Ethan planted his tree with Steve, Steve gave Ethan a handmade necklace to remember their time together. Very emotional good-bye's from the folks.

It's very cold there tonight, they could see their breathe... he said "that's cold for us Texans". The team will get an extra hour sleep and will be leaving tomorrow at 8:00 a.m.

Rea