On Sunday, we presented 3 families, who had been living in tiny cardboard shacks with 5 to 8 people each, keys to nice new fully furnished houses that we had build in just 4 days!! These families were so happy and grateful for their new homes that it made it quite an emotional experience for […]
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Presenting Houses and Hitting Beaches in Mexico
Published by August 25th, 2009 in FB and Mexico. 3 CommentsThe house builds are coming along nicely in Mexico. We are getting ready this morning to head out on our final work day on our 3 house builds. We have the walls up, roofs on, and just need to do some of the final touches such as a second coat of paint, and installing doors […]
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Published by August 20th, 2009 in FB, Participant Blogs, Dominican Republic and Student Zone. 0 CommentsToday was an earlier start for Team #3 but it was so worth the use of the wake up call! I think I can speak from my whole team when I say that we had a wonderful (or should I say, “maravilloso”) day at the Arroyo Seco Clinic. My Spanish has improved from none to […]
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Published by August 19th, 2009 in FB, Participant Blogs, Dominican Republic and Student Zone. 2 CommentsHola,
Yet another day has passed and I am never prepared for what I might see and experience in a day on a Hero Holiday (this is my second Hero Holiday DR). Today was spent at another clinic in Arroyo Seco which is a school/church that the team I was on last year helped to build. […]
We have a great group of students that arrived in Mexico yesterday after our bus trip from Vancouver. As I type the crew is getting ready to head to the work sites for the first day of work! Some pictures are up on our Faceboook page, with more to come later (as long as the […]
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Published by August 18th, 2009 in FB, Mexico and Other Sites. 0 CommentsThursday had a toast-less breakfast with no power or water, requiring a little creative thinking for breakfast and getting ready. Santiago was ill today so Roberto (Angelina’s husband) came to the worksite with us to help interpret and raise the walls. We were greeted by many familiar faces from the school, many of the kids […]
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Published by August 18th, 2009 in FB, Participant Blogs, Dominican Republic and Student Zone. 0 CommentsHola Amigos!
It is now Day #3 of our Hero Holiday Medical trip and we have already been down and dirty with construction, a lot of pill sorting/dividing, and labeling. Not to mention a great deal of SWEATING!
Everyone survived the travel day which was long but when we all arrived safely to the beautiful (and did […]
First Day on the Medical Clinics
Published by August 17th, 2009 in FB, Participant Blogs, Dominican Republic and Student Zone. 0 CommentsWe are in the Dominican Republic and loving it so far. To be honest, the first few days were exhausting with all the travel and sorting the medical supplies. You should have seen all the donations our team came with, it filled the Hero Holiday office and an additional room being use to sort! It […]
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Published by August 14th, 2009 in FB, Mexico and Other Sites. 0 CommentsWe started to build today. It was fairly laid back since we were lacking some materials. We were surprised by Adrian’s punctuality this morning and had to rush in order to get ourselves and our lunch together. We were accompanied by a few children who were at the school during our last build. There are […]
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Published by August 8th, 2009 in FB, Mexico and Other Sites. 0 CommentsOur internet has been pretty scattered here this past week. Parents and friends, thank you for your patience in receiving these updates and photos.
The last few days have been filled with:
HARD WORK
DOING LAUNDRY BY HAND (by the way, Jeff said thanks)
BEACH TIME
DANCING
DEDICATION DAY
All efforts resulted in these two incredibly well built projects!
We are all looking […]
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