On Friday we finally arrived in Fortaleza after three days of travelling. After settling into our accommodation we were brought to see the houses that Serve have built in the 8 years of work in Morros.
It is amazing what has been achieved in this time. Most of the houses we saw had improved and extended their house. One woman we visited said that she loves to have the Irish groups to come to visit because it reminds her of the blessings her house has brought to her life and how it has changed over the years.
The other thing that struck me was the pride and care with which these people looked after their houses and the wee extras they have added. One of the houses had a beautiful mobile with pink and white flowers and when we looked closer we realised that it was made from plastic bottles!!
There was something special about seeing the end product of our houses before we got to begin to prepare the land for them. It makes the work we will be doing more real!
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