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Three years ago my eldest son, Jack, and I went to Tijuana, Mexico
with our church and AMOR Ministries to build houses for families that
earn as little as $1 a day. Jack knew before we left that we'd see
poor people and there wouldn't be any Xbox. But this was his
first time seeing poverty. Abject poverty.
Cardboard box house, dirt floor, one-pair-of-shoes poverty. I was
worried about how he'd react - even more worried about how I'd react
to his reaction! It was one of those moments as a parent when you
realize that you really didn't have a plan for everything. So what
did he do? Picked up a hammer and helped build a house. Learned a
little Spanish. Ate a REAL taco (blew his mind). And maybe gained -
just a little - perspective about who he is and what he can do. It
was, in a word, awesome. Scary. Hot. Hard. Tiring. Joyful.
It might be difficult for us Facebookers to imagine. We love
our kids. We work hard to provide for them, protect them, plan for
their future. And yet...think about tucking our kids into a bed on a
dirt floor in a cardboard-walled shack. This summer, we can take that
last part out of the equation.
In Mexico, some of the poorest families send their children away
to orphanages because they cannot provide for them. Rather than being
full of children without parents, orphanages cared for kids whose
parents loved them so much, that they were sent away to provide for
their general needs. So, for the last thirty three years, Amor
Ministries’ main purpose was and continues to be to provide adequate
housing in order to keep families together. And it's working. To
date, over 17,000 homes have been built.
So this summer, my middle son, Ben, and I will travel to
Tijuana. Learn a little more Spanish. Eat some real tacos. And help
keep a family together and safe by building them a house.
If you can, please donate. It will help our family in getting
the funds we need to get there, and REALLY help the family in Mexico
by purchasing the supplies for the house.
Thanks.
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