Over the past couple days life has changed from docile, boring, everyday experiences to the extraordinary. We have been introduced to life in Mexico. From the building of family’s home, to playing with the young children, who happen to be very friendly and open with us. It has been an eye-opening few days we’ve had, and […]
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Penticton Trip in a Nut Shell
Published by March 15th, 2010 in FB, Participant Blogs and Mexico. 0 CommentsWe Finally Made It!
Published by March 7th, 2010 in School of Leadership, FB, Mexico, Testimonials, Student Zone and Other Sites. 2 CommentsHola! We have arrived safe and sound, with a few minor speed bumps.
Friday started out with an all too familiar ferry ride to Vancouver followed by an unfamiliar ride down to the border crossing and then on to Seattle. From SeaTac we endured a three hour long flight, no movies mind you, to San Diego. […]
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The build at Adoffo Lopez Mateos is now completed! The last couple days were very busy for our team. Thursday we put the roof panels on, and then the asphalt roofing. This took awhile because of the sizing on the panels needed to be adjusted but together under Randy, Brett, and Andrew’s […]
Monday, Feb 22nd. First day on our Hero Holiday.
With excitement, our team left our San Diego hotel and boarded the Hero Holiday coach bus for Vicente Guerrero, Mexico. The border going into Mexico went quite smooth – get off the bus, pick up your suitcase, and walk across the border. But push the button first […]
Dominican Republic is an amazing country and it is full of many kind and gentle people. Primarily there are two cultures that live there: Dominicans and Haitians. It is estimated that there are over 500,000 Haitians that live in Dominican Republic and of those, many are stateless, without proper identification papers or birth registry. They […]
...continue readingAfter Three Days In Mexico
Published by February 17th, 2010 in FB, Participant Blogs, Mexico and Other Sites. 0 Comments Three days ago we arrived at this beautiful area called Vicente Guerrero. As you can see in the picture, we have made great progress since we’ve arrived here. We finished assembling the walls, raising the roof and painting the bathrooms.
Our first impression of being here is that of humbleness. This experience really puts our […]
Reading Break Begins
Published by February 14th, 2010 in FB, Participant Blogs, Mexico and Other Sites. 0 CommentsThey have arrived! It is exciting that this university group, who we prepared for last May, has finally arrived. Their arrival was a little delayed due to the swine flu ordeal last Spring. It is great to have them here and their adventure started as soon as they landed when their airline assumed that Ben […]
...continue readingFlooding in Mexico
Published by February 2nd, 2010 in Participant Blogs, School of Leadership, FB, Social Justice, Mexico, Student Zone, Testimonials and Other Sites. 0 CommentsIn the past few weeks Mexico has experienced tropical rain storms that have resulted in mass flooding and serious damage. The common site here a couple of weeks ago was flooded roads and collapsed bridges on the main highway, houses swept away in the rush or ‘new’ rivers, and several flooded schools and some makeshift […]
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Published by January 14th, 2010 in FB, Dominican Republic, Student Zone, Mainpage and Featured. 1 Comment
I am sure you have all heard, in some form or another, about the great tragedy that has occurred in Haiti. Many of you, including myself, probably thought to yourself, “Really! This is the last thing this country needs!” It is true, parts of Port-au-Prince had looked like a 7.0 earthquake already hit it before January 12th and we can only imagine the state it is in now.
I have been quite impressed by the volumes of messages and emails I have been receiving from people who want to do something to help. Everyone’s heart is broken for this nation and no one wants to sit by and let the people of Haiti deal with this disaster by themselves. Absolute has been directly involved with an orphanage of 60+ children in Port-au-Prince run by a man we know and love named David. You can read all about him in our 52 blog: http://52.absolute.org/2009/04/19/what-do-you-do-with-a-lost-pearl/. Currently, we have not been able to contact David or anyone connected to his orphanage. Some volunteers of 
Absolute have decided to jump into action and travel directly to where the orphanage is (or once was…) to make sure that all the children are safe and taken care of. Once this is done they will assess if there is something that Absolute can do to take care of our extended family. We will keep you posted on the progress of the team and will let you know if there is anything you can do to help.
Please keep an eye on our website and facebook page (absolute.org) for more updates. Thank you for your concern and desire to help. To give towards this pressing need please contact our office, or donate online here.
Hero Holiday is traveling to Haiti in May 2010. Check out the trip details on our website: http://heroholiday.absolute.org/haiti
Check out our 52 story on the earthquake: http://52.absolute.org/2010/01/14/but-a-breath/
**UPDATE: Absolute has received word that the children at the orphanage are all safe and accounted for. This is great news! We are going to hear from our volunteers as to how their homes are but will keep you informed.
Arms Wide Open…
Published by December 26th, 2009 in FB, Participant Blogs, Dominican Republic and Student Zone. 1 CommentOur team woke up to bright sunshine this December 25th and the knowledge of knowing that this Christmas was different. We had accomplished so much together and felt the true meaning of the phrase, “it is better to give than to receive”.
After a hearty breakfast, we played what some call, “Yankee Christmas”. This is where […]
