Celebrate Hope
They began arriving before dawn on October 7, and by six am they were ready to begin work. They were the 70 cement workers who mixed, carried, poured and finished the concrete for the second floor of the Center of Hope in Bayonnais. Organized into two teams and supervised by foremen and subcontractors, they soon had a lively competition going, spurred on throughout the day with singing, chanting and cheers.The operation continued non-stop for 17 ½ hours, until 11:30 pm. Meanwhile, two teams of women, about 50 altogether, were cooking vast quantities of food to feed all the workers, guests and observers.And there were lots of observers: teams from the U.S., residents from the Bayonnais community, and students from the ICDM school. Though school was dismissed for the day, the older students were…