Next in the “Going Backwards” series, we revisit our time in Juarez. The blog post shared just after we returned certainly captured our thoughts and the video of the house going up well, but I wanted to share a few more photos to round out the visual aspect of our time there.
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- Sage was quickly captured by kitchen crew
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- View down the street from the build site. Sherry on the edge of the photo getting Sage to sleep.
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- Jasmine and the boys
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- Fidencio wastes no time getting to work!
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- Chago and Bailey
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- Juan Carlos shows his balancing skills on the roof
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- Mauri cutting out windows
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- Krista brought books and greetings from her homework club in Santa Barbara to Susy at the Biblioteca
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- Part of the outreach in the colonia is a library and homework/tutoring building
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- The crew visited the family we built a home for last year–such a delight!
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- Proudly displaying the book we made for them last year
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- Playing with Megan
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- Day 2: Jasmine and Fidencio paint the house sage green
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- Jesús, our foreman
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- Paul with a sign that him made reading, “Amor por Juarez”
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- The American crew plus new home owners
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- Fidencio was so joyful when he got inside his new home!
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- Alvieri goes right for the soccer ball!
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- Fidencio is completely tickled by the video himself on Dusty’s mobile device
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- Jasmine and her boys with Krista in front of the new home
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- Mauri makes himself at home with the littles
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- Our driver’s son…you should see this kid’s smile!
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- So many sweet faces!
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- John working his charm on the young kids at the food outreach
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- Boy at the food outreach
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- Girl at the food outreach
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- Sage hanging out in our room–one of the few floors we let her crawl around on and boy was she itching to crawl!
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- Heading out for Friday night church service
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- Our view of the mountains separating Ciudad Juarez from Esperanza, the colonia we serve in.
