Last week my class headed out to one of the poorest communities in San Jose. Most of the people living there are are Nicaraguans, probably illegal immigrants. Our teachers are part of a ministry called Homes of Hope which has built a number of houses in this community and they wanted to show us the difference it can make in a family's life.
We weren't there to do ministry, just as visitors to understand the meaning of extreme poverty. I'm not particularly proud of our excursion, since I don't think any community should be used as show and tell. However, our teachers seemed very at home with the people we visited and everyone was very welcoming. If the same thing had happened to me, I don't think I would have been nearly as forgiving.
That being said, it was amazing to see the difference a single house can make in this community. Just look at the differences between a Homes of Hope house and it's neighbor.
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| The yellow house on the left was built by Homes of Hope. They didn't paint it bright yellow, the family did that themselves. Our teachers thought the colour choice was pretty funny. |
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| Right next to the train tracks. |
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| The entire neighborhood looks like this - it was pretty intimidating. |
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