March Mexico Trip
I learned that a house does not have to be built by a team of professional designers and outfitted with the latest Sears appliances in order to be an Extreme Home Makeover. The house we built in Mexico was built by teens and adults, all amateurs except for one professional foreman. It has three small rooms, no bathroom, no kitchen, in fact no plumbing of any kind. The only furniture is a bunk bed; the only light comes from the windows. And yet no family on Extreme Home Makeover has been more grateful for a new home than was Maribel Perez, her son, and her sisters.
The Perez "House" before We Came
The Perez House Now
I learned that tacos in Mexico are as good as the ones in Texas, and that the burritos in Mexico are HUGE. I learned that “elote” is a kind of sweet corn flour, and that it makes very tasty tamales. I learned what ceviche is and that I enjoy eating it. Maribel’s father made a batch of it and offered it to the team on Thursday afternoon as a “thank you” for his daughter’s new home. I was touched by the fact that none of the other family and friends who had gathered for the dedication of the home ate any of it until all of the team members had eaten their fill.
I went on this trip to get to know the teens better, and I did, and when I did, I saw Christ living in them more clearly than ever before.
If you would like to see more pictures of the trip, visit our PhotoShow site.
To view a video of Maribel Perez posted by Yugo before the trip, visit their blog page.
1 Comments:
This is Melody from EOC. I am so sorry we didn't get back to you sooner about the comment you left! I hadn't noticed there was a comment until now.
The GPS coordinates are (more or less)31 degrees 42'13 N by 116 degrees 32'57 W.
You can send mail to me and I will try to translate it.
Melody Gonzalez
4492 Camino de la Plaza, PMB 918 San Ysidro, CA 92173.
We will make every effort to make sure it gets to her. Please include a note saying who it is for, as I will probably forget!
Glad you had a good time here serving God. Hope we'll see you again next year!
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