It’s getting so close to time! You guys have no idea how excited I am for
our build next week.
This past week I built a single with three other
interns and a couple of Mexican pastors.
Josh Crabbs came out to help one day also but it was still a ton of work
(Josh has lead RHBC on many builds in the past). The back side of the foundation form had to
be raised 2 feet! We were building for
26 year old Otelia and her family of four.
This single took 3 ½ days but it was almost perfectly constructed. The craziest part of the week was explaining
tasks to the pastors in Spanish. It was
quite a learning experience. I am so
thankful for their patience and grace.
Pastor Gideon came out on Wednesday and Thursday. It’s always awesome to get to spend some time
with him. He was ecstatic when I
explained that my home church was going to stay at his church in two weeks. He got even happier when I told him of the
gifts we had to help with his Sunday morning breakfasts. I’m pretty sure my kid’s going to have Gideon
in his name somewhere.
Last night three other interns and I took a trip out
to the SHOC, a compound that Casas owns on the outskirts of Juarez, for
Miguel’s daughter’s Quinceaños
(party for a girl that turns 15). In the
states we call this a Quinceañera but in Mexico the birthday girl is
called the Quinceañera and the party is called a Quinceaños.
For those of you that don’t know, these things are like weddings - live
band, MC, all you can eat barbacoa, and around 10 cakes. This party was crazy. The best was seeing Miguel in the role of
proud father. He kind of assumes the
role of crazy uncle around the Casas family.
It was an awesome cultural experience and I’m so honored to have gotten
an invite.
This week I am
leading a church from Illinois on a single in Juarez. They seem pretty awesome from what I’ve heard
on the phone and I’m looking forward to a good week. I hope it flies because I can’t wait to see my
family from RHBC.
Love Y’all,
David
Build Pics
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| Gideon and a young Guatemalan man named Gio that Gideon is housing currently. They were pretty good with stucco trowels! |
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| Otelia's finished house |
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| Otelia and Gideon nailing on the plaque. |
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| Gorditas and a Coke from Gorditas Junior. I love this place! |
Quinceaños Pictures
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| Mucho Pasteles! |
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| Miguel before the ceremony. A very happy man. |
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| Cinthia. What a dress! |
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| The prayer. |
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| Ok so I have to get Merricarmen to explain this but the changing of Cinthia's shoes to high heels seemed to be the climax of the ceremony. |
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| Miguel and his whole family. |
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| Los internos and Cinthia |
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| Pinto Beans, chopped up weenie (hot dogs), and other stuff you don't want to know about haha. |
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| Tacos de barbacoa |
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| Pre-dessert dessert |
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| Miguel again. I love this guy. |
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So during the reception the Quinceañera walks around and people pin money to her dress. I wasn't expecting this.
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Head start on next week's pictures
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| My site for this week is right under this mountain. Mexican pastors go up once a year and repaint the rocks. It reads "City of Juarez, the Bible is the truth, Read it" |
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