This month, we kicked off the 2020 construction season with the first team of the year building Casa #1 in Reynosa! They not only built a house, but they also worked in the garden, harvesting carrots and cilantro, and helped in the children's...
As I reflect on turning points in my life to this point, my experiences in Mexico always come to the forefront of my mind. For those of you who aren’t aware, I’ve spent a good chunk of my last two summers...
We continued our summer season this month, hosting teams from Texas, Alabama, Arizona, North Carolina, and Virginia; welcoming three new interns; building five more houses; and making progress on the Deantin community center...
This month, we kicked off our 10-week summer construction season by building Casa #12, hosting a team from North Carolina and Illinois, and welcoming two interns who will be spending their summer with us.
I met Deantin in the summer of 1992 before he started Faith Ministry. I met my husband Hank that same week. It was my first mission trip, and it changed my life. Hank was the summer intern...
For those of you who don't know, we have a foreman apprenticeship program in which we teach the necessary construction and leadership skills to enter the profession.
With a sense of overwhelming finality, I ripped the sheets off the bunk that had been my home for the last month, folded the now sweat-stained cloth, and placed it at the top of my suitcase.
July has been a very hot month (certainly none of that rain from last month in sight!), and we had four teams hard at work in Reynosa, the last of which is working here this week.
This month, five teams from Alabama, Texas, Arizona, North Carolina and Virginia prepped and built five houses in Reynosa, with another nine houses to be built next month. One of the teams who came this month was coming back...
Yes, you read that right! This month, within two weeks, we built seven houses for seven deserving families. One week, we had two groups, both from North Carolina...