It is always a treat to welcome returning friends to Welcome Home. The Life Prep Academy team from Newport, WA, has been coming to Vicente Guerrero for a number of years. Under the capable (and sometimes crazy) leadership of Rory Axel, a crackerjack team visited once again this February. While the winter weather in eastern Washington was milder this year than normal, these northerners were still anxious for some of our good Baja sunshine.

The team brought project money that enabled them to contribute substantially to a house build for a single woman named Victoria in the community of Lazaro Cardenas. The team’s money was pooled with funds provided by Victoria’s sister and brother-in-law to provide a somewhat larger and better equipped home than our normal 16′x24′ house.

Collaborating with an individual Mexican family for a house build is new for us, and it is refreshing to be able to have our volunteer team labor assist in this project. The Life Prep team was not able to see the project to completion, but later this month another team will provide labor for completion of the roof. Truly a Mexican-American team effort!

The Life Prep group (with the addition of Amy Axel from Brookings, OR) also visited and provided food for the community of San Simon. And a small team did a second coat of paint on screen doors installed by the Calvary Chapel East Anaheim team earlier in February at the Casa del Buen Samaritano — the elder care facility operated by Juan and Lupita Vazquez.

How good it is when Christian brothers and sisters can serve and support each other in the Lord’s work! Muchas gracias a todos!