Build Day 1

Build Day 1

Build day started out humid and cloudy, with all the families up early and off to the YWAM base for a 7am breakfast.  It was an exciting moment, after so much work done in New Zealand finally the work was about to start for real.  We loaded up the van and off we went...
The night before the first build

The night before the first build

We are here! After months and months of planning, praying, saving and fundraising, we are here! 4 families, 22 of us in total are finally in Mazatlan and already God is working in each one of us, preparing our heart for what He has in store for us in the next couple...
Team Strong Packed and Waiting

Team Strong Packed and Waiting

We’re off on another Strong Family Adventure! Kathy As I sit here and type this I can’t believe how emotional I am feeling. The tears are leaking out of my eyes and my heart already feels wrecked as I think about the families who we will help build houses...
The Halls are getting ready to go….

The Halls are getting ready to go….

Enough for 6? Sorry Madsen’s the weet-bix might get left behind   Shelley I am still amazed this is happening!! I know we are now on our way and we have been planning for ages but I am still amazed to be involved and still wondering how is it all going to...
The Browns are getting ready to go…..

The Browns are getting ready to go…..

Julie About to step out of my comfortable bubble…. When I said the words….”See you in Mexico!” as we said goodbye to the Bowler family, reality hit like a brick!!!!! All sorts of crazy emotions came over me. Eeeek!! In a few days’ time we will be over the other side...
The Bowlers are getting ready to go….

The Bowlers are getting ready to go….

Why are they packing tools?   It’s 5:52 a.m on Travel Day Eve. Yes, I’m a morning person, but never quite this much of the morning!  I’m nervous! My mind is racing with so many thoughts at once and I’m anxious that I might miss one! And then there’s all the “what...
We did it!

We did it!

We bought what we had, God took it and multiplied it…and we reached our target!!! Deeply thankful and humbled!! Thank you dear friends and family for your support and encouragement…means so much to us xxoo