This weekend we had the opportunity to go to a town outside of Ensanada, Mexico and serve families there by building them houses. We worked with a ministry called Hands of Mercy. We went with a team of over 100 people from ROCKHARBOR. We were broken up into groups of 25 and our group built one house on Friday and one on Saturday. The first family we built for was a 19 year-old boy and a 14 year-old girl who had a 10 day old baby. The second family was a mom, dad, and son. This picture is the trailer they lived in. It was very crowded inside and had a lot of cracks in it where creatures were able to find their way in.
It was pretty incredible to see the poverty these people live in. They have no running water. They all have outhouses that don't smell to nice, and most of them have big barrels of water that they put uphill from their house so they can take showers and stuff. All of the roads off the main road were made of dirt, which made for a dirty weekend. There was always dust blowing everywhere. Here is one of our finished products. (I know it's not that good of a picture, so I will post more later this week)
On the way home today we were talking about how little these people have. It makes us all more aware of everything we "think" we need and reminds us that's not what life is about. We look forward to sharing stories in person or on the phone. Please continue to pray as I am leaving in 8 days for New Orleans. :)
No comments:
Post a Comment