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We Finally Made It!

Hola! 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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Flooding in Mexico

 In 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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Mexico has by far been the best experience of my life so far!

From building the house, to building new friendships and even strengthening one that I came here with, Mexico has by far been the best experience of my life so far.

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Through the Eyes and Mind of Andie B.F.

Andie is at university in Ontario this year after spending a year with us in the School of Leadership, 07/08 year. As well as doing the high school tour and the semester in Mexico, Andie has been on 2 Hero Holidays to the Dominican Republic. And I miss her. I don’t know […]

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DR: A day at the dump.

When you think of a dump, your initial thought is a place where your garbage is disposed of, not a place where it’s the only way of earning a living. Almost all the workers are Haitian refugees who are stateless, living in the Dominican Republic. The “workers” make less than a dollar a day by […]

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Encouragement from local Mexican

Here is a great quote that Becky got in March when one of our groups was here. It came from a local Vicente Guerrero man who was NOT receiving a house….
“We watch your groups come and go. We see the way the your people treat everyone here. From the smallest child to […]

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I battled with anxiety most of my life…Student Blog, Johnston Ho

I battled anxiety for most of my life, but I’ve gotten much better. I have been to the point where I felt like I deserved to feel this way and I should just live with it. I have been to the point where I felt motionless, nothing made me happy and everything made […]

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LIFE CYCLE

Alright everyone, check out the article about Life Cycle and what Chris is doing in good ol’ P-Town.
http://www.pentictonherald.ca/stories.php?id=66884
Listen up Okanagan…Karaoke for a Cause! Join the event, first major funraiser coming up on October 17th, 6-10pm, 945 Main St., Penticton, $5 at the door, there will be a talent show, karaoke, live music, lots of food, […]

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Participant Blog: Excerpts From Mark’s Journal…Final Thoughts

Well I’m writing this on labour day, the last day of summer. Still thinking about them all every single day - Mexicans and Canadians. Every single night I lie in bed at least two hours after I go to bed, thinking. Thinking about what I’ll write to José Enriqué. Thinking about whether or not little […]

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Excerpts From Mark’s Journal…Perspectives on Hero Holiday Mexico!

Day 1
It’s just past nine as I write this, sitting alone in the 2nd floor deck at the Greater Moncton Airport. We should be boarding our flight to Montreal momentarily.
So it begins! Actually, it begins tomorrow with the Montreal- Los Angeles flight, but whatever. I’m doing this to try and help the Mexican family, […]

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