Hey friends!!!!
Work day one went great and everyone had a fantastic time meeting the family we will be helping all week. Today, we started the day with a meeting with the Volunteer Coordinator. We talked about ourselves; explaining why we were here, and our name, and how many times we've been to Mexico & Esperanza. He was a very funny guy. He also explained to us that this mission trip was not mainly based on finishing the houses, but building a community, a relationship with the families, and our relationships with ourselves and God.
We packed up and boarded the bus after the meeting and made it to the family's house eager to help! After giving them a brief explanation about ourselves and the gifts we chose to represent our town (2 cute little cows and salted caramels from sweet necessities), the work started. Our job for the day was constructing the walls of an addition on the backside of the family's house. After hauling dozens of concrete bricks and stacking them up 7 high along the rebar that stuck in the air 6-8 feet we ate lunch. If you didn't know the family has to prepare food for everyone and also if you didn't know, authentic Mexican food is amazing!!!! They served each of us 3 enchiladas with delicious home made rice, beans, and salsa.
We were all so grateful for our amazing meal that we got right back to work pouring the hand mixed concrete and passed it in buckets along the side of the house. BUCKET LINE!! After filling in the walls we had our last and final water break. Saying goodbye was hard but knowing that we were going back the next day brightened our spirits. On the bus ride back to the Posada, covered in concrete, all we could think about was hopping in our 60 second shower. The day was great, and work day 1 ended fantastically! Hasta Mañana!
~Nathan S. and Coretti F.
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| Cumbres, the community of Tijuana we are working in. |
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| The floor of the house was already finished by a previous group. We're building walls! |
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| Putting the walls together. |
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| Isabelle, an 11 year old who is a neighbor of the home owner. She came to help prepare lunch. |
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| Making the beams for the roof. |
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| Maria with the daughter and granddaughter of the home owner, Dolores. |
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| Jackie with Ian, a neighbor. |
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| Walls getting bigger, looking into the new bathroom! |
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| Coretti scooping the concrete by hand, and passing it down the bucket line. |
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| Bucket line!!! |
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| Bailey, Coretti, and Jackie in the bucket line. (looking out the window of their current house.) |
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| Our amazing Sacred Heart group after day 1...a little covered in cement!! |
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