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House Building:
Our mission team is
empowered by Amor Ministries in San Diego to
build a home for a family in the
Tijuana/Tecate area of Mexico. Our team lays the
concrete, builds the walls, raises the roof, and
applies the stucco to build this 11' x 22'
two-room home. As we see the home taking
shape, hope also takes shape in our hearts as we
realize we CAN make a difference.
When we are not at
the worksite we rest, share meals, and live
together in a campground setting, taking bucket
showers with 2 gallons of water per person per
day. Each day we commute in rented vans to our
family’s worksite to build their home from the
ground up, using only our hands and hand tools –
no power tools are used at all. Each evening we
return to our camp and share the day’s
experiences with one another around our campfire
– building relationships with one another just
as we are building a home and relationships with
our family in Mexico.
This
house-building endeavor creates opportunities
for cross-cultural understanding and it helps
create consciousness of the conditions of
poverty through immersion. In a world with
many problems the Mexico Mission is a life
changing experience, not only in the living
standards of our family in Mexico, but also in
the spiritual, living, and emotional lives of
the participating young people and adults.
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