We are SO close!

Children playing on our 2014 trip

Two weeks from today, fifty-six college students and His House staff will be somewhere in Missouri headed towards El Paso, TX.  It already feels like spring here in West Michigan today as the sun is shining and the snow is melting. It's getting us excited for spring break - but the weather isn't the only reason we're excited. 

You see, we finally have all of the information for all four families this year.  Looking at these families and realizing that they are waiting in anticipation for us to come, to finally get their house is exciting!  We get to make a HUGE impact in their lives. It's humbling, inspiring and a little nerve wracking all at the same time (after all, they're hoping that the house that we build will stand!). 

This year, we're honored to build for Jesus and Maria and their three children Jesus, Irving and Mitchel. 

For Carlos and his wife Pella and their children Kevin and Eva and Itzel (a family member living with them). 

For Josefina and Eduardo and their grandchildren Denise, Elizabeth and Eduardo who are anxiously waiting for a house to fill up their property. 

And for Carlos, his wife Karla and their baby daughter Ereli. Carlos and Karla are the same age or younger than a lot of our students on the trip and are eager for a house to call their own as they raise their daughter. 

It's amazing how much more real the trip becomes when we know the names and faces of the families that we're building for.  Suddenly, it's not an abstract idea of building houses for families in Mexico but it's a concrete "this is who we're building for". It adds an urgency to be ready, to finish raising the funds and an excitement to get on the road.

Students from MTU getting ready to stand
 the wall sections in 2015

As of 10a.m. this morning, we are only $1,719 away from our goal. We've raised $2,631 in just over two weeks!  Our students have been working hard to pay for their own trip fees and donated over $550 of their own money in addition on Wednesday night during a freewill offering. We are committed to that extra house and we are so close to having all of the money that we need.  Will you help us finish raising the last funds that we need  and make a lasting impact on a family in Juarez?  You can give safely and securely online here or contact a student you know going on the trip.  If you have any questions about our trip or what we do and how the money is used, please contact Kate (kate@hhcf.org). 

Thank you so much to everyone who has already donated to our trip and helped us get so close to the goal of building four houses.  We are so thankful for you and your generous support - you are loved and appreciated by college students at Ferris State, Central Michigan and Michigan Tech universities and the His House staff at each of these campuses.