Our Cancun Trip in March 2012

Here are some photos from our trip to Cancun in March. It was a wonderful time to see B2B Cancun staff and then to join in with the Northstar team from Cincinnati (which included several members of my family) to serve for a week. Here are some glimpses of what we did :) 

Buying groceries for Oti and her family. Oti is a widow with 8 kids and has some severe health problems. When we arrived for an afternoon visit, we were told they had no food. Some of the kids went with us to the store to pick out groceries for the family. 

Cheque helping two of Oti's girls with their homework. They needed help creating masks for a school project. My artist husband found himself at home helping them create awesome masks to take to school.

My little brother Simeon ready to work at Delila's house. Delila is another one of the widows that B2B Cancun supports. She is saving money and constructing a house for herself and her children. We poured the concrete floor the day we were there. 

Now we know where Simeon gets his energy for work! This is my mom getting ready to mix cement for the floor. 

The Northstar team working together to mix cement. We did this quite a few times that week. It really makes you appreciate cement trucks :)  On the Northstar team came my mom, brother Simeon, Aunt Terry, Uncle Steve and cousins: Rachel, Zac, and Shiloh! 

My favorite part of the trip was all the prayer times we had, both for one another and the people we were there to serve. Here we are laying hands on Josephina and her children in their very small impoverished home. 

Constructing a play set for the 12 little girls at Casa Hogar San Jose. San Jose is a Catholic children's home run by nuns. These ladies are beautiful in the way they minster to the children. They truly consider it God's call for them to work with the girls, not just a job and that makes all the difference. 

Aunt Terry and the power tools :) 

Play time with the girls from San Jose. Here they are making pipe cleaner creations! 

Sim working on the play set

My handsome husband hard at work. 

Here I am helping the sisters at San Jose prepare traditional Yucatan foods. It was soooo good! 

Uncle Steve and Cheque jamming out with the kids before dinner

Rachael helping the girls with the craft project. We taught a VBS lesson  on Peace to the kids and here they are making dove hand print paintings. 

Our team taking a dip at the beach one afternoon. 

Aunt Terry and I trying marquesitas, a traditional Yucatan dessert! It is basically like a pancake rolled up and filled with nutella, nuts, jelly or even cheese!!! We didn't get the cheese filled one, but we did get raspberry and nutella... yum! 

Pouring cement beams at Pastor Victor's church in Tres Reyes. Pastor Victor started ministering in this impoverished community years ago before there were even roads to get there. He would ride in on his bike with a projector in the basket to preach the gospel to the people. Now Pastor Victor is building a church and we were able to help him. 

Group photo in front of the church

Getting to know the real Cancun culture with fresh fruit smoothies in the street. We tried mango, tamarindo, mamey, and lime smoothies.  Boy were they good! A sweet end to a sweet trip :)