Back to Past TeamsExtreme home makeover: Guatemala Edition!
In February 2008 we had the opportunity to host a construction team from Mauston, Wisconsin. EHI board president Mike Soderling's boyhood church, Bethany Lutheran, sent 10 workers here determined to serve a single mom, Maria Louisa, and her four daughters (Maria Jose, Mildred, Andrea and Dulce).
(Old house pictured at right)
With the help of the junior class at CAG (Christian Academy of Guatemala), we were able to accomplish a lot in a short period of time. The juniors gave us one of their "servant days"; they were able to empty the house, take down the lamina house, and then spent three hours hauling cement block to the back of the property, saving us "older folks" much time and energy.
The team spent the next six days at Maria Louisa's house. They were able to build up the exterior walls and also most of the interior walls before their time ran out. Our foreman, Don Gregorio, and his son, Cesar, continued to work at the house until it was finished. Thanks Bethany Lutheran for making a difference in Guatemala!