Today, The Hand in Hand Ministries handed over their two hundred and fiftieth house to a well-deserving and needy family living in Lords Bank Village.
The Garcia family was living in a plywood and zinc house which was rotting, unstable, and prone to leaks. Worse than that, the flooring of their house was bare mud, which made the rainy season very difficult for the family which has 3 young girls.
This afternoon, they received the key to their brand new house, and 7News was there. Daniel Ortiz reports:
Daniel Ortiz reporting
Meet Luis Garcia, his wife, Jessica and his 3 daughters. This new family lived in the grey house to the right for the past 3 years.
Luis Chan calls it a dry weather home.
Luis Garcia - Receiving a New Home
"It's a dry weather home. In the dry weather it is good, but when it rains, although I try to put something...I still get wet. Probably because I built the roof high, I had water coming in the house. I am just thankful to Hand in Hand Ministries for this. Many times I went on the roof, like 5-6 times I bought the "never leak" tar to put in the holes and finally when the rains came, I couldn't go on the roof, so I put some buckets to receive the water. It was very uncomfortable."
Jessica Garcia - Receiving a New Home
"Even if the house was leaking and everything, I really didn't really care about that. It's the love that we have in each other and the love for our kids."
That close family unity was one of the qualities which caused the Board of Hand in Hand Ministries to look favorably on their case, and to provide them with this new home.
Daniel Ortiz
"What was the impression of the builders?"
Scott Haner - Volunteer/Board Member, Hand in Hand Ministries
"I think first impression was what a wonderful family and they wanted to come in and see that and certainly we wanted to build a house that would be an enhancement to their lifestyle and they met the criteria. When we got here on Monday morning, they had just laid the foundation with stones. We built the foundation and the deck the first day, the built the walls on the second day, we put the roof on the third day and we did the finish work on a half a day. So, it takes three and a half days from start to finish."
That 3 and a half days of work has become priceless to the Garcia family.
Luis Garcia - Receiving a New Home
"Something like this, we don't have words to say. You can see here the difference."
Their 3 daughters are especially happy to see their new home.
Luis Garcia - Receiving a New Home
"They are really excited. They love the house. That's the dream house for all of us."
Jessica Garcia - Receiving a New Home
"We all feel very happy and when they raised the walls, the kids start jumping saying my new house mommy. They wanted to sleep the same night in there, but there were no doors, so we couldn't."
The house certainly has doors now, and the family should be able to sleep in it tonight.
Hand in Hand Ministries has been helping needy families in Belize for the past 12 years.
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