House Building

Today was sooo much fun. It was an early start but it was worth it. The building started at around 9am. The weather was no too bad, it was a bit hot but the slight breeze was nice. 

We all got split into our groups and headed off to go build our first house. Most of us all found the first house rather difficult to complete, but once we all got to our second house it was much easier and much quicker. 

Most of us finished the first house in around 2 hours. Which was expected at first, but we all eventually got the hang of it. We all finished at least 2 houses by 3pm. In total today we built 22 houses! 

 

Once we finished we had a small handing over ceremony for the house we built today to the families that would be living in them. It was quite a good, fun time and it was very rewarding for us all. 

We then got back onto the buses and headed back to the hotel for some much needed rest and a swim or shower. 

Dinner tonight was at a Vietnamese and Khmer restaurant. The food was very delicious but a bit spicy with some dishes. After dinner we headed back to the hotel for devotions. We talked about the juxtaposition of S-21 yesterday and the house building today. Yesterday was very confronting and emotionally draining, whereas today was rewarding but physically draining.

Tomorrow we head back to the village to finished off the last houses and to do the final handing over ceremony.

By Kimberley Keft SAS