We began the day visiting our brother Jesuit institution, Saint John's College. SJC is comprised of two divisions: a high school for boys and a coed junior college. It was great to experience a place that is in some ways very different from our school, while our Jesuit core makes us very much the same in the most important ways.
Next, we were off to the new outreach center. Next month Hand in Hand's offices, preschool and health care staff will begin moving into this building. Three years in the making, BC High has set rebar for the first floor, removed temporary supports for the casting of the second floor, and now painted and dig the trench for the main water line.
But the big story of the day was the house blessing. In a very moving ceremony, a local pastor blessed the house, we (Hand In Hand, the community, the family, and we) shared reflections on the whole experience, and then we handed over the keys.
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