I wanted to take a second and share a few things. At the beginning of a trip, we ask each participant a list of questions. One of them is: “If you could change one thing in the world, what would it be?” Here are some of the answers from the Mexico […]
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Miguel, Father and Man of the House, Mexico
Today, as the house was going up, Miguel took me aside and said thank you. He said words could not express what they were feeling so all he could say was thank you.
Ofelia, Mother and Lady of the House, Mexico
To begin with, on a sad note, […]
Am I Making a Difference? by Heidi, Summer Intern, Mexico 08
Published by August 4th, 2008 in Mexico and Uncategorized. 1 CommentAm I making a difference? I am one person of thousands that go to Mexico. There are organizations that stay for years that build houses, schools, clinics, hospitals. They provide education for the young and old. There are numerous organizations that do numerous things, and I am only one person in […]
...continue readingA travel day today. Luggage piled onto the bus and people piled on as well. And south we went. After a twisty Mexican mountain drive and three of our participants seeing the ocean for the first time, we settled into the dorms. Tamales for dinner, one of my personal favorites from […]
...continue readingGood morning Canadian friends and family of the current Hero Holiday group heading to Mexico. Just wanted to let you all know that everyone has arrived safe and sound. Three days of airport pick ups has left me very familiar with the San Diego airport. All of the staff are here, all […]
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The last Hero Holiday of the summer leaves for the Mexico from BC in a bit over 2 weeks. It has been a great summer so far, 3 trips down, 1 to Mexico, 2 to the DR and 3 trips left. Switch that around now, 2 to Mexico and 1 to […]
Let me introduce our next family… Mexico, Summer 08
Published by July 19th, 2008 in Mexico. 1 CommentIt is my pleasure to introduce to you our next family to receive a home, Miguel and Ofelia with their three daughters. The Mexico Hero Holiday arriving in San Diego on August 2nd will be changing this families lives. Currently they are living in a put-together house, and because it is missing parts of […]
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After some waiting and playing yesterday, we got down to the business of the house dedication. It was an opportunity for the group to share and express themselves to the family and for the family to respond.
The general feeling is that we are all fortunate to have had the opportunity. […]
The last few days have been full of recreational activities, parties, and of course, work. A Happy Sweet 16 goes out to Shelby who celebrated her birthday on the 7th. We had a party at the Hero Holiday house, complete with cake, a pinata, music and… poker. (Mrs. Yeo won.) Throughout […]
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Published by July 7th, 2008 in Front Page and Mexico. 2 CommentsWhen asked the question… What was the highlight of your day?
Dan (parent) - The highlight of my day was picking the family up in the bus and taking them to the work site. It was a shock to see who was sleeping outside on the mattress behind the house. It was great to see their excitement as we pulled up. When we were working, one of the men was working alongside us. He noticed the boards that were off and needed to be re-nailed. He had pride in the work we were doing together.
Taylor (student) - The most surprising part was finding the deer slayer (the bug that eats the scorpion) in the new outhouse when we arrived on the site. A highlight would be seeing the homes that the family live in as well as the one down the street that was made out of clothes, tarps and other materials.
Robbie (student) - Seeing the accomplishment of the house walls going up and the seeing the structure take shape. Putting the roof on and me and Emily kicking butt on the saws. It was a lot of fun today, and everyone worked really well together, there was a lot that got done.
