August News: Back to school & new staff!
The kids in Mexico are back to school, including the 220+ students in our scholarship program, and we couldn't be more excited for them! To celebrate their return, we hosted a special event in Reynosa...
The kids in Mexico are back to school, including the 220+ students in our scholarship program, and we couldn't be more excited for them! To celebrate their return, we hosted a special event in Reynosa...
This month, we hosted two groups from North Carolina - a "Friends of" group from Clayton and the youth from Myers Park United Methodist in Charlotte. Between the two groups, we built four houses and poured three roofs...
In May, 10 women graduated from our sewing program in Reynosa after completing 15 months of study and practice under our instructor Lupita. Many of them started with zero experience with a sewing machine...
This month, we hosted two mission work groups with volunteers from Virginia, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Alabama! We built a house for a family in Reynosa and had the groups' help on the Deantin community center.
By the end of this month, most students were back to school in Reynosa and Miguel Alemán, and to celebrate, we had back-to-school events in each community. In Reynosa, we hosted two events...
We started our fall season of mission work groups this month with our first team from Indiana, and we also welcomed another monthly visit from our FUMC friends in McAllen! The team built a house and poured a roof, and both groups participated in our...
This month was all about youth! We had three groups visit and volunteer with us -- one was returning after their first visit last year, one was 40+ people strong, and one was a completely brand new team! All of these groups had young people in them, and our local volunteers...
We had three groups this month that built a combined four houses for families here in Reynosa! They also had a chance to help with our children's nutrition program and grocery package delivery, as well as hang out with our sewing program participants, learn some recipes from our cook Marisela...