Join us for a week and bless a family in the colonias of Juarez, Mexico. Bring your men’s group, women’s group, youth group, family, or church group ! During this week you will build a house from slab to finished product! Not only do you get to bless a family with shelter, your group also learns teamwork and gains a new perspective on life.
Building Homes for the Poor
In 5 days your team of 10-25 can complete the construction of a 450 sq. ft. home for a family that would otherwise have little hope of permanent, stable housing. These beautiful homes have 2 bedrooms, 1 greatroom/kitchen, 4 windows, 1 door, and ceiling fans in each room. Each home is insulated and finished with drywall on the interior and stucco on the exterior. The concrete slab is poured in advance by our team of Mexican nationals.
Our Focus on these trips is the development of a servant’s heart and a learner’s mind as we seek to become the Hands of God (Manos de Dios) ministering in a life-changing way to the most pressing needs of some of the poorest of Mexico’s poor. The lack of adequate housing is on e of the key factors in the breakdown and disintegration of many families in the colonias of Juarez. Home building seeks to attack the cause of the problem at its root rather than dealing with its myriad symptoms of broken families and damaged children.
Our teams are hosted in safe and clean retreat facilities by caring and hospitable local congregations. These facilities are staffed 24/7, secured with walls and gates, contain dining, meeting, recreation,and worship areas. They also come complete with beds, air conditioning, and hot showers.
Why Short-Term Missions?
From 1999 STEM report we know that 78% of all short term missions participants are likely to remain involved in missions and that 75% of career missionaries discovered their desire to serve full-time through a short-term missions project.
The value of STMs...
- • Deepens faith a develops values
- • Creates cultural sensitivity
- • Increases dependence on God
- • Integrates faith and social ministry
- • Teaches role of church in society
- • Provides opportunity to serve instead of being served
Typical June-August Trip Schedule
Monday: Arrive El Paso, transit to Juarez, orientation
Tuesday: Frame house
Wednesday: Begin walls, roof, insulation, and wiring
Thursday: Complete walls, roof, insulation, and wiring
Friday: Drywall interior, stucco exterior
Saturday: Dedicate house, visit Mercado, closing program
Sunday: Transit to El Paso and depart
Sept-May trips require 1-2 days less to complete
Budget
Our trips are all-inclusive. Your fees voer the costs of all project materials, local labor, housing, meals, and transportation in Mexico
2012 Trip Costs
Materials for house..............$6500.00
Food/Housing................$40/person/night
Transport.................team responsible to rent through local agency
Minimum group size is 10, max is 30
For larger groups we offer a church construction trip in Juarez. We also offer a variety of trips to other locations in Northern Mexico focusing on orphanages, outreaches to children, and assistance to Christian schools. Please call for details on these and other outreach opportunities in the US/Mexico border region.
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