by Darren Bowler | Oct 6, 2014 | In Mazatlan, The Bowlers, Updates
Thanks to all the people that have supported and given into this cause of building 2 houses with furniture kits, over $25,000 was entrusted to us for this purpose. I’m proud of the team and the champion effort that each person put in, working long hours in the...
by Phil Strong | Oct 5, 2014 | In Mazatlan, The Bowlers, The Browns, The Halls, The Strongs, Updates
Our trip to Mazatlan to build houses in partnership with Homes of Hope has shown me a powerful demonstration of Synergy. “Synergy is the creation of a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts.“ We’re a Kiwi team of 22 made up of 14 kids and 8 adults. We...
by Jonathan Hall | Oct 4, 2014 | In Mazatlan, The Browns
Mexicans are passionate about football! We had the privilege today of joining the YWAM Soccer Club, which they run weekly with children in the neighbourhood surrounding the YWAM base. Several staff have a real heart for the kids and want to give them some fun and...
by Jonathan Hall | Oct 4, 2014 | In Mazatlan, Updates
Our last day in the colonias was not quite so rushed, we had done a lot of work in the first 2 days and it felt good to know we could spend some time finishing things of nicely. The second coat on the interior was finished up first, skirting boards installed and then...
by Jonathan Hall | Oct 1, 2014 | In Mazatlan, Uncategorized, Updates
It was another really hot day but we got out to the site as quick as we could, and before it got too hot the last of the second coat was put on the outside of the house. Meanwhile it was all hands on to getting the rest of the gib hung, and stopped. All the kids had...
by Jonathan Hall | Oct 1, 2014 | In Mazatlan, Updates
The morning dawned overcast which we were all pretty pleased about, we headed out to the base for a 7am breakfast and to help pack the gear for the day. We arrived out to the colonias quite early to meet with Margarita, how great is it that we are building for the...
by Jonathan Hall | Sep 30, 2014 | In Mazatlan, Uncategorized, Updates
It was great to enjoy a bit of sleep in on Friday morning all the kids were quite agreeable to it and we had a slow start to the day. We joined the YWAM Base on their trip to the beach, they served burgers for dinner which the kids were really excited about! We also...
by Jonathan Hall | Sep 26, 2014 | In Mazatlan, Updates
Rain was forecast overnight but much to our relief it was dry as we all got up at around 6:30am this morning – hooray! Off we all went to the base for breakfast and then we piled into the vans for our final build day of House 1. We were all a little excited,...
by Jonathan Hall | Sep 26, 2014 | In Mazatlan, Updates
We had quite the storm last night in Mazatlan, it was a spectacular show of thunder and lightning that woke most of us up in the night, but meant a muddy slippery build site today. It was decided that not all the team would go. Here is the lowdown from Haylee (17)...
by Phil Strong | Sep 25, 2014 | The Strongs
As we finished yesterday on the building site we all dragged ourselves into the vans for the ride home – absolutely knackered. Every one of the team had completely emptied themselves in serving Diego, Gabbi and their family. It may sound a bit cheesy, but...
