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All finished!
The entire team with family and neighbors gather for a final photo after the house is blessed and the family has their keys. Glory to God!!
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Charity with homeowner Marta after the blessing
It was the team's opportunty to give a few gifts to the family after the house was blessed. Those included a basket of household items for Marta, 2 icons, a stuffed animal for little Yaretzi, and a...
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Fr. Barnabas reads the Gospel at the house blessing
Fr. Barnabas from Washington, one of several priests participating in the week of home-building, blesses the newly-built house for the family.
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Charity and Charlie at the new front door
Charity Thatcher and Charlie Boardman at the front door of the completed house. Now it's time for the House Blessing!
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Matushka Karen applies the finishing touches
Matushka Karen applying stucco to those hard to reach places that got missed on the first round. She was terrific at getting the stucco to go where she wanted it to!
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Joe contemplates yet ANOTHER batch of stucco!
Batch after batch of stucco had to be hand mixed to finish the house properly.
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Mix that Stucco!
Days 3 and 4 were devoted to stucco work, first wrapping the frame and then applying the first and second coats of stucco.
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Charity and Joe "wrap" the house
After the frame is in place, the next step is to wrap the outside walls completely with the chicken wire and paper combination that is the base for the stucco, and nail it all to the frame. Not one...
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A long view of some buildings at St. Innocent's Orphanage
Sunday began with a beautiful Divine Liturgy celebrated in Spanish, followed by fun and games with the boys of the orphanage and then a trip to the beach.
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Team assembing house frame
Most of the team from Chico were high school students and all were hard workers! We built wall and roof sections on the flat surface of the road and then assembled them on the concrete pad.
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