Yesterday we finished up the houses, cleaned, built a small garden area in front, and decorated the house with flags, balloons and streamers. then we had a very meaningful home dedication with the family at our respective houses. It was wonderful to look around at the small group of people in our houses and see friendly faces from Cambodia, south Korea, Mexico, Nepal, and the states who all came together for 5 days as strangers but were leaving as friends.
From there we ate dinner with our homeowners after closing ceremonies. In the closing ceremony the st. Vrain affiliate performed a country western line dance to represent the states, the kiwis shared a Haka and the young Cambodian translators did a hip hop dance. Finally we all got up and followed a Cambodian line dance. It was a fun celebration. Our dinner was prepared as was all our lunches by a habitat homeowners daughter who started her own catering company. What a great job she did for 400 people.
We all felt rewarded and sad as we walked back to the buses and said our last good byes.
We are ready to head back. Sitting in the airport as I type. We are not to excited about our 31 ish hours of traveling ahead but we will try to make the best of it. Maybe will see a bit of Seoul.
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