Spring 07, Busting at the seams

April 27-29.
200+ people.
8 homes.

It was our largest trip to date, represented by people from Canyon Hills Church, Saddleback Church, Creekside Church, Boy Scout Troop 321, and a collection of businesses, friends, family and neighbors. We had people travel from as far away as Colorado and Seattle to participate, and generous donations coming from participants, businesses, churches, and including some fantastic, bright paint donated by Dunn-Edwards.

Thank you volunteers. Your hard work, patience and flexibility were outstanding. And to those who contributed with donations of everything from money to paint to heaters and hand-made quilts for newborn babies, thank you. Between volunteers and those sponsoring the volunteers, there were many hundreds of individuals and organizations who made this happen. It's mind-blowing.

As San Bernardo continues to grow, the impact by the participants of Project Mexico is felt in increasing measure in this community. You can hardly walk an un-paved street in San Bernardo without finding a home built by Project Mexico volunteers. And I continue to hear stories of families that we've built homes for, and how that their home has become a catalyst for a better life. Impoverished living conditions wreaks havoc on hope and personal dignity. These homes we build help change that.

And that's not all.

Project Mexico has blossomed into more than just home-building. Arte de Video (Art of Seeing) is a youth-focused art workshop that will kickoff this Summer. And Small Change, a micro-lending effort that hopes to empower entrepreneurs in Colonia de San Bernardo, is in it's beginning stages of vision, dreaming and planning. Like everything we do through Project Mexico, you are invited to be part of these efforts, as we continue to find ways to be the hands and feet of Jesus, demonstrating love in practical ways to this amazing community.