You’ve heard the saying, “It takes a village to raise a child” We know, it also takes a generous group of Canadians to “raise up” that village! That is exactly what we were able to do in El Salvador – we helped “raise up” a village full of beautiful people…… several villages to be exact! Even … Continue reading
The Final Seven Families say, “Thanks to all the Canadians for Your Help!” Here are the Last of the 36 Families That Just Received New Homes In El Salvador Thanks to These Sponsors
Thanks Lorraine Thexton and Family, Such Great Supporters! Meet Five More Happy Salvadorian Families!
When I shared my El Salvador experience with my good friend Lorraine Thexton, I never dreamed she would get as excited as I am about this project! But I sure am glad she did, as are many many Salvadorian families! Lorraine has a passion for these people that is just beautiful! Below are a few … Continue reading
Blue Flame Helps Another Five Families into new Homes in El Salvador!
We feel so fortunate to have Blue Flame supporting our project. They sponsored five houses last year and five houses again this year!! A heartfelt thank-you to Blue Flame Manufacturing from ten families, 50 real people, real parents and children now living in safe, dry homes in El Salvador! Everyday they thank God and they thank … Continue reading
Central Alberta Construction Community – Helping Us Build in El Salvador! Meet Seven More Families
Meet Seven More Families that Received New Homes in January 2015 Welcome to the Jungle!! haha! I have to give one more shout out to our teams…. We were climbing mountains, hauling tools and supplies with us, working in the blazing sun with temperatures in the high 30’s (100*F for our American friends) digging through … Continue reading
A Week’s Worth of Work Wraps Up in an Emotional Key Ceremony – Meet the Next Six Families
The key ceremony is bitter sweet. It is an honour to present the keys to the families, but it is also sad to say goodbye after working so closely with them for a week. The bonds we create in just a few days are unlike any others, it’s hard to leave our new friends. The … Continue reading
These Families were Speechless at The Generosity of These Canadians
Here are the first of 36 Families we built new homes for in January of 2015. Thank-you so much to all of our sponsors, volunteers and supporters of this amazing project. We couldn’t do it without you! We don’t want to overwhelm you with all 36 families at once, so please enjoy the first six … Continue reading
36 Houses Are Complete in Two Weeks!!
36 Houses are complete in Two Weeks!! Way to go teams!! Due to a serious lack of decent internet this past week I wasn’t able to post as much as I wanted to. So sorry to the families of our team that were watching for updates. It was not because of a lack of trying…I … Continue reading
Sneak Peek!
I would like to thank Jon MacLeod and Trevor Neufeld from Blackhorn Media, they were in El Salvador with us shooting a new video for Shelter. Here is a quick little preview of a what is to come! -Sue
Team Two is Going Strong in El Salvador!
We are getting into a real rhythm, all the new guys are catching on really quickly and the old guys are just humming along. We are having a great time teaching the locals how to build. We are the very first team to build houses in this area, so we are pretty excited to … Continue reading
A trip to the orphanage to finish off our Week
It’s El Salvador!! I haven’t had proper internet for the last couple of days, and I couldn’t get any photos to load onto the blog, so anyone one from home that has been waiting for word about your family, please know we are all safe and sound and as soon as I figure out the … Continue reading
