1. Albany airport, Río Bravo UM church, Nuevo Progreso
2. random pics of our team and some locals
3. the Quiet Home and surroundings
4. progress on the casita
5. progress on the clinic
6. other teams working on nearby casitas
7. DIF lunch
8. the blessing ceremony for the casita
9. supper at a taquería
10. pictures of our surroundings
11. Playa Bagdad
12. at a restaurant in Texas on Friday evening

Progress on the casita, starting with what we found with Monday morning:


The first step is to sieve and mix the concrete:


By noon several rows of blocks were up:


And by the end of the day (extended to 5:00, so that we could finish), the blocks were up and the rebars were in place:




By Tuesday afternoon, the doors were made and mounted, the windows were installed and the roof was on:








The stucco was mixed in a wheelbarrow, applied with trowels and smoothed with styrofoam flats. By Wednesday noon the stucco was on the walls:








By Thursday morning it was painted and the floor was being cleaned:

1. Albany airport, Río Bravo UM church, Nuevo Progreso
2. random pics of our team and some locals
3. the Quiet Home and surroundings
4. progress on the casita
5. progress on the clinic
6. other teams working on nearby casitas
7. DIF lunch
8. the blessing ceremony for the casita
9. supper at a taquería
10. pictures of our surroundings
11. Playa Bagdad
12. at a restaurant in Texas on Friday evening