“I can’t believe I get to live here” - is all I’ve been thinking as we’ve been exploring the cities and sights around us here in Mexico this week. But even walking outside of our gates to our house, the poverty is undeniably evident here, and one begins to wonder if Mexicans have the same […]
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First Impressions of Mexico
Published by September 7th, 2010 in School of Leadership and Uncategorized. ClosedOne. The number one can be seen as any old insignificant number or it can represent life. One dollar: the amount people make working in the dumps for an entire day. One, the number of meals people can maybe afford to eat per day. One. In every one day 30 000 children […]
...continue reading“A picture is worth a 1000 words” is a common saying that most of us have heard throughout our lives, and many of us live by it. However, being a part of Hero Holiday has made me realize that sometimes this is not the case. There is nothing like having the first-hand experience, meeting eye-to-eye […]
...continue readingEveryday is a new day for everyone every where. Life goes on; you do what you need to do to satisfy needs and then hopefully wants. I did say every where which is true but here in Vincente Guerrero obtaining “wants” are months of saving pay and having all […]
...continue readingAfter many hours of driving from Vancouver to Vincente Guerrero, Mexico (including my flight from Winnipeg), we are on the morning of our second build day. Its amazing to see how much Hero Holiday involves growth. Growth between people, growth in the the house we are building, the relationships with people, and our knowledge of […]
...continue readingReunited Friends and the Second August Mexico Begins
Published by August 20th, 2010 in Uncategorized. ClosedAfter many hours of pleasant, but admittedly long travel, we have finally spent a beautiful, entire day in Mexico! Armed with sunscreen and water bottles and precautions and messages of love ringing in our ears, we stepped off of the bus to begin building a a new home.
There were children, […]
If you have been a part of any of our Hero Holiday D.R. trips, you will probably remember Norberto (some called him Norbertico). At the age of three, while on a motoconcho with his father, they were hit by a drunk driver and from that point forward, he was confined to a […]
...continue readingAugust 4, 2010
We hit the job site earlier than yesterday and possibly with more energy, or maybe it was just confidence. After greeting the family with the usual “Buenos dias,” we started swinging hammers. The morning consisted of finishing walls and playing with the always energetic children of the household […]
I never thought building a house would change my life; I thought my team and I would change the life of a deserving family and feel great about it. I was so wrong, the family did more for me then I could’ve ever done for them. When we first pulled up to […]
...continue readingAfter a very hyped trip from San Diego to the Baja, all participants started work today at their building sites. Split into two groups, the 32 heroes began to build accommodations for the much deserving families. The houses are beginning to look less like forgotten lumber and more like […]
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