Last day at building site+grape fruit farm

Today I woke up because of a loud cough from my room mate Frida who unfortunately is ill with a flu, but hopefully she will soon get better. Also today was our last day at the building site, so we didn’t really do much just finishing laying some tiles and then saying bye and thanks to the family and the people from habitat for humanity. It felt very satisfying to be done with the working even though the house is not fully finished, but I must say that we did get a fair amount of work done in the 4 days we have been working. Despite my aching body and the fact that my hands are so sore that I can barely hold on to a water bottle any more , the whole experience was still worth it and to see the smiles on the families faces when we finished off , was priceless. Im so happy I joined this trip because it has taught me a lot about myself, my fellow students, the community of Dong Nai and just about the world we live in.

After we had said bye to the family we had to go to a grape fruit farm. Everyone thought it was kind of pointless and did not really see what we were doing there. However Lydia decided to entertain us all in our boredom. She wanted to show us the good side of being short by not having to bend down in order to go under the grape fruit trees. This resulted in her walking into a big branch and falling down in a deep hole. Definitely the highlight of the day. Later we had to leave Dong Nai because our work pẻmit with the local communist partyẽpired. We had to leave despite the fact that we had build houses for them?? .... So now we are back in Ho Chi Min looking forward to a good nights sleep after a long day.