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 CommentsDear Blog,
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 […]
After 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 […]
...continue readingThe Ultimate Christmas Gift
Published by December 31st, 2009 in FB, Participant Blogs, Mexico and Other Sites. 1 CommentAfter many days of laughter and tears, the house we build for this family for Christmas is finally complete.
The family made us fresh duck with beans and salad for yet another meal together! It is pretty incredible to be on the receiving end of such generosity and sacrifice.
During the dedication the crew from Canada presented […]
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 […]
Their First Christmas Gifts
Published by December 25th, 2009 in FB, Participant Blogs, Mexico and Other Sites. 0 Comments“My children have never had a Christmas gift.” - Mother of the family we are building for.
As we sit down to our gift exchange this morning, these words still ring in my head. Last night the family we are building for made us a Christmas dinner. While we were there with them, sitting around a […]
...continue readingI am dreaming of a soggy Christmas…
Published by December 24th, 2009 in FB, Participant Blogs, Dominican Republic and Student Zone. 3 CommentsI have never seen so much rain! The second, third, and forth day of our Dominican trip has been filled with mucho mucho rain. Unfortunately, our gift giving day in a local town was postponed until Jan 7th due to roads being washed out on December 21st. So, instead we did an assignment that our […]
...continue readingFirst Day of our Christmas Adventure…
Published by December 21st, 2009 in FB, Participant Blogs, Dominican Republic and Student Zone. 0 CommentsHey everyone! Or shall I say, “Hola!” Our Dominican Republic Christmas Hero Holiday has begun. All 14 of us arrived safe and sound to our tropical paradise on Saturday without any delays. This is amazing because they were canceling flights left, right, and centre because of some storm going on in Eastern US.
Today, Sunday December […]
