At last ... the promised photos

OK I know it doesn't look that much, the front wall had already been filled with the traditional mud but it will eventually be covered with polystyrene insulation and then rendered. The other walls have wood on the outside and then it's all plasterboard inside with mineral fibre insulation in between the two layers. To finish off, the whole house will be rendered on the outside, but that will now have to wait for Spring as by the time we return the weather will be too cold for plastering.

We are so pleased to have had help from Andrew and co from PCF Romanian Projects, our partner charity and also from Tom Cleary, a youth worker from Liverpool and a couple of his young people. The guys have worked very hard over the past couple of weeks and their hard work is much appreciated by us and by Cornelia and her family.

Cornelia's new house is almost twice the size of her old and the difference between the two could hardly be more marked. Cornelia and her 6 year old daughter Ghisela couldn't hide their excitement - they even have a lovely new concrete floor instead of the mud floor that so many of their neighbours have.

... and finally at one o'clock in the morning on Wednesday night/Thursday morning Cornelia was handed the keys to her new home! (The door was on our living room last night!!!) Kenneth and I left for the UK early this morning and the team left later today. We are in Scotland for 12 days, mainly to discuss future plans with our Scottish "branch" and to speak at a few meetings but also hopefully to fit in some paid teaching work along the way.