MISSIONS

A few years ago someone at church said to me "Hey, we're going to Mexico on a mission trip to build a house for the poor. Would you like to go?" My response was a resounding "Uh, sure". I think that's how it went...

That was in 2002. In January 2003, I went on my first trip to Juarez, Mexico (across the Rio Grande from El Paso, Texas); a typical "border town". You can read my stories or see photos of the trips by clicking the links below ("My Journals").

The underlying idea of the trip is to take people who earn about $5.00/day* out of a cardboard-box and pallet house and put them into a dry home with insulation, a roof and a floor. I have been going every January ever since that time. When I leave Juarez, I look back at the filth and wonder what impact I had... and my solace is that there is at least one family that is better off than they were when I arrived!

SEE OUR 2005 TRIP VIDEO HERE!
Official Casas Por Cristo video HERE.
2011 Casas Por Cristo video HERE.

*The Mexican government suppresses their people and encourages them to flee to the USA! There is no social system, no national health care system, no governmental support whatsoever. The reward: $20 Billion dollars gets sent back to relatives from the USA every year. More than Mexico receives in foreign aid!