When my husband and I met, we realized how much we both liked the trips. We often went together, and he somehow managed to tell one of the homeowner's that I was soon to be his fiance (how he managed this in Spanish and without my knowledge is beyond me). He proposed 3 days later. It seemed like we were down in Ensenada doing builds every other month during the first couple of years of our marriage. We actually spent a month there in 2010, trying to decide if we were being called to full time missions there (we're not).
All that backstory to say, in 2007 my beloved Grandpa [Papa] passed away. We wanted to do something to remember him and to let his legacy live on. The decision was made to build two houses on the Ranch that groups could stay in (groups from the US stay in lofthouses on the Ranch property during the weekend that they build a lofthome for a family in Mexico). My parents were totally on board and we headed to the Bay area to do the prebuild in June of 2009. [This trip (in February 2010) shows the homes we built at the Ranch in my grandpa's honor.] My aunt thought her church would like it, and invited a friend over to watch. They were totally on board and their first trip was in November of 2009. They have built a home or two every year since. Matthew and I always try to join (I had to miss one trip), because the group is fantastic and I love seeing my grandfather's legacy live on. All that being said, we joined them for their fourth trip this November. I have some pictures from that trip, but also a few that I found from their archives of year's past. It's been fun to reminisce on trips past, and see who has trickles in to be a part of their group over the years.
L: It was rainy so I put on Matt's hat R: A little one hard at work
Food is always important: Oreos & Totopos (chips)
L: Finished!! R: Boys & their Selfies....
Breakfast at 8 am (after a 4 am departure) was AMAZING!
And now, the pictures from years past...
L: Yup, Same Sweatshirt in 2009 R: Finished Home (2009?)
This year the girls put up all of the walls! I'm in a maroon shirt & blue hat.
The whole group with the home in 2010 (?)
L: Holding up the Loft R: Again in 2009. It was a late finish!
I hope that someday our children will have this legacy of our love for service and Mexico. What kind of legacy do you hope to leave?
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