Day 16

Hola!
Another week done with so much accomplished! We finished up house #2 and have three more in different stages of development. This week we had another group from Portland that consisted of a high school youth group along with a college/young adult group. They had a lot of people and since we had so many houses in progress at different sites, I was put in charge of groups and had to oversee the work being done at some of the sites. I was a little nervous at first considering a lot of this stuff I had only done once before but so far everything has worked out!

This was the main project and the house we finished this week.  It is for a family of five  who live in a tiny little shack and all share one double bed. Both parents work full time in the fields and their middle son, Bernardo, attends the day care at Welcome Home. In addition to the house, we are also able to provide an additional bed and some other furniture that had been donated from the states.

I always end up getting dirty, no matter what job I have.

Bernardo's dad was so thankful and started to tear up a little while telling us how much it meant to him.

It was a touching time to see God bringing people together from very different cultures and lifestyles and to have both sides leave feeling they have been blessed. I just want to say again how amazing it feels to be able to present a home to a family who is so in need. Even more so when it is a home that you have put a lot of hard work into. It is so awesome that God continues to provide the funds for these homes. They really do change lives.

On a different note, we figured we would meet some interesting people during our summer here in Mexico, but we hadn't expected to meet a man from Ireland who was doing a record breaking jog across the world. Yes, the world. Over 31,000 miles. Running. He had made a connection with Welcome Home and ended up staying here for a night on his journey. We had some good conversations with him over dinner and breakfast and he ended up bunking in my room for the night so I was able to chat with him a little more. He has some crazy stories and is a really inspiring guy. You should check out his site.