House Building

So i have no idea where we built the houses - this is being written 10 years after.
We also visited an AIDS orphanage at some point - i remember being shown an infant in a cot... only it wasn't... it was like a 5 year old. That was the moment that made the biggest impact. We didn't go to build relationships - we went to paint.

Basically my memories of building the houses are that i was not overly helpful and hit my thumb with the hammer 1000 times. lets be real i probably cried lol.
we played with the children, they didn't speak English but we drew a hop scotch in the dirt with a stick and demonstrated what to do with a rock.

A memory i have is that they didn't appear to be over appreciative. now in reality they were probably besides themselves but cultural difference probably played a big part in their lack of expressing emotion.Read more