Today was Dedication day, the day when we say our goodbyes to the families and hand over the keys to their new homes. Our group has gotten to know Maria, her family and all of her neighbours really well over the past week. We have seen that Maria is an extremely friendly and […]
...continue readingArchive for March, 2009
House Dedication Day
Published by March 26th, 2009 in Participant Blogs, Mexico and Student Zone. 0 CommentsBetter to Give
Published by March 26th, 2009 in School of Leadership, Participant Blogs, Mexico and Student Zone. 0 CommentsGift Day
Hey all, it’s Kristi again and I have to say I have really enjoyed getting to meet all the participants this past week and I am honored to have the privilege to report back to Canada what’s been going on down here. =) The house’s are all built and the families are all […]
Time for some fun!
Published by March 23rd, 2009 in Participant Blogs, Mexico and Student Zone. 0 CommentsAfter working hard for 4 days, we hit the weekend and time for some fun! Although everyone had lots of fun interacting with the families, they were all glad to get a day of rest and relaxation. Or…something like that. I don’t know how relaxing scaling a volcano is, but it’s definitely a […]
...continue readingSome extra help.
Published by March 23rd, 2009 in Participant Blogs, Mexico, Student Zone and Uncategorized. 0 Comments Our house is going so well Karemeos, we are such a great team!
Since being on the house build, we have had lots of help from the father of our family, Jesus (pronounced Hey-Zeus). You can tell that he desperately wants to provide everything for his wife and kids. the other day some of us […]
Stronger bonds and greater memories…
Published by March 23rd, 2009 in School of Leadership, Participant Blogs and Mexico. 0 CommentsFourth day of the build and all the teams headed out to the work sites, excited because all the houses are nearing completion. Everyone was getting excited after watching and helping put the walls up, raising the roof and watching the piles of wood and nails begin to look like a house. As some of […]
...continue reading14 Completely different people came together in a small community, Kaleden BC, to change the lives of seven wonderful girls. Liliana, Isela, Maria, Gua Luz, and Joselyn are the most friendly, loving, charismatic girls I have ever met. Everyone knows how hard it is to raise five girls with huge hearts, but this single […]
...continue readingThe second day…
Published by March 20th, 2009 in School of Leadership, Participant Blogs, Mexico and Student Zone. 1 CommentHey, my name is Nikki and I am a school of leadership student this year. This week I have been lucky enough to be a part of the 2009 Penticton annual trip to Mexico. I have spent the last couple of days working with a few students who are a part of something so […]
...continue readingSunshine, sand sore muscles, sunburned skin, sweet Mexican kids, and an awesome bunch of teens! This is what our trip has been made up of so far, 6 days into the trip and 3 days into the house build. We spent 3 long days and 1 even longer night on the bus, driving all […]
...continue readingThe following is a blog from one of our paricipants, Danielle Clouse, who has been on our Hero Holiday Thailand trip with us:
Christmas came early this year. The gift of giving has left me humbled and at ease. These past two weeks I’ve spent my time meeting amazing new people from all over the […]
A few thoughts from the team.
Published by March 19th, 2009 in Participant Blogs, Mexico and Student Zone. 0 CommentsHey all, it’s Kristi again and today I exercised my snooping rights that come along with blog-duty, by asking a few of our participants 3 special questions.
As I went from site to site I pulled a few people aside and asked them 3 questions:
1. Why did you chose to come on a Hero Holiday?
2. […]
