This July a team of young adults will be sent down by the people of Pilgrim Baptist Church to build a small, but safe and weather-proof home for a family in need.  Our team is partnering with YWAM Mazatlan and replacing a shack made of scrap metal, wood, and wire, with a proper home with walls, roof, windows, locking doors, and a concrete floor.  Living here in Vancouver it can be hard to imagine a home without doors, windows, locks, and a floor that turns to mud in heavy rains, yet many families around the world live in these conditions.  We are a small church, but we can still do small things together, and this is just one of the ways we are focusing our time and resources on those in need here and around the world.  We could never buy a home for someone in Vancouver, but in Mexico, it doesn’t take much.  We are using funds that we’ve been accumulating for several years, but we are still trying to raise an additional $5000 for building materials, as well as another $4000 for the cost of travel, accommodations, food, and program fees for our 15-member team.  Most of members of the team are contributing hundreds of their own dollars, months of preparation, and also missing a full work week.  We are looking to partner with other Vancouver people in this humanitarian project, including both individuals and local businesses.  Here is a link to give you more information in regards to the type of home we are building, the types of materials we will be using, and how this simple project and relatively small amount of money can change, even save lives, not to mention give safety and security to women and children in a very vulnerable situation.  Please think about it and explore the following link: http://www.ywammazatlan.com/homes-of-hope.

If you feel motivated to do something good for a family in Mexico, please contact the team leader (Curtis Collins curtiscollins2010@gmail.com) for more information or details on how to make a financial contribution.  We have a deadline of May 31st for ordering our building materials.  Thank you.

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