Costa Rica March 2012: Happy Surprises.
Today was one pleasant surprise after another. The first happened on our bus ride: one of our team members read an American-Indian prayer. It hit...
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Costa Rica March 2012: The Song We'll Never Forget.
Whenever I really like something, I usually talk it up to a friend and then, somehow, some way, when I introduce them to it, they aren't as thrilled...
Costa Rica March 2012: Let the Construction Begin!
Our team was itching to get started today! After two days of travel, orientation, leisure, team building and huge meals, we couldn’t wait to begin...
Twin Cities Habitat volunteers heading to Costa Rica
matt haugen: 3:15 PM on March 11, 2012
An intergenerational group of volunteers from the Twin Cities will build Habitat homes in La Cruz Costa Rica between March 10-19. Twin Cities Habitat...
Costa Rica March 2012: Turn off, tune in, help build
matt haugen: 3:05 PM on March 11, 2012
While shooting the breeze with another Global Village team member in the the terminal before departing, we agreed that we couldn't wait to turn our...
Costa Rica January 2012: The simplicity of a home
matt haugen: 11:13 AM on February 8, 2012
We dumped one more wheelbarrow full of dirt, excavated one final spade full of crimson clay, and filled in one last wall seam with mortar. It is hard...
Kicking through language barriers in Costa Rica
matt haugen: 12:13 PM on February 7, 2012
This is my second Global Village trip to a country where I don’t speak the native language. My first trip, to Honduras in 2007, was a real wake-up...
Habitat volunteers reaching "el fin" in Costa Rica
matt haugen: 9:02 AM on February 6, 2012
As the sun begins to set on our trip with only one work day remaining, we’re all thinking of where we started and how far we’ve come over the past...
Habitat International: Secure Tenure vital
Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity: 12:00 PM on February 2, 2012
As those of you who have worked on a TCHFH construction site know, the Habitat volunteer experience is about more than just building. Our Housing...
The sign of a brighter future
Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity: 2:16 PM on February 1, 2012
On our way into the build area today, we saw two rainbows shining through the rain sprinkles and the mountains. When I was thinking about what was at...