As we spent more and more time at the IDP in Maai Mahiu, we learned more about how this camp came to be and the stories of the people within it. A special thank you to Christy Dueck, who was a member of our HFH family. She is an eloquent speaker and was very inspirational throughout our journey. She is currently working on becoming a Reverend and did a beautiful talk to her church upon her arrival home. I have taken some of the details she shared to share with you. The IDP at Maai Mahiu was a Read more [...]

One of the great things about working directly with the families was our interactions with the kids. Wally and I were both working with families who had children and we became quickly attached to them. They were super cute and always found joy in little things which was beautiful to see. The kids in Wally's family were Peter, David, Joseph and Jacinta. They were very quick to warm-up to everyone and often needed someone to play with so as not to distract everyone from their work. Jacinta was the Read more [...]

Sunday was our day off so we started off a bit later for breakfast and then headed into Navaisha for a church service at the Bread of New Life Ministries. Everyone was very welcoming and we were greeted by singing and dancing on the stage - kinda exactly what we were expecting. When we the last time you actually you felt comfortable dancing in church?? We went up to the stage to introduce ourselves to the congregation. The Bishop of the church welcomed us and then a female pastor did a sermon - we're Read more [...]

To explain the title, one of our teams leaders Matt used the "Let's build some dreams people, because dreams don't build themselves" many times throughout the day.  It was something that started with a previous build he did, and by the end of the trip it had caught on with many of us as the motto to start each day. The next couple of build days were very intense, plenty of stone hauling, water gathering, mortar mixing and other labours.  There was definitely lots of work for everybody to do. We Read more [...]