Hacienda Del Rio Tijuana
Blvd Rodolfo Sanchez Taboada 1606, Zona Rio Tijuana, Baja California, 22420, Mexico
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South of the Border
... European-style Paseo de los Héroes. The boulevard's intersections are gigantic glorietas (traffic circles), at the center of which stand statuesque monuments to leaders ranging from Aztec Emperor Cuauhtémoc to Abraham Lincoln.
Many foreigners travel to Tijuana to drink and dance, buy prescription drugs, illegal drugs (especially in and around dance clubs), purchase bootleg brand-name clothing, timepieces, and other personal accessories found ...
First Day on Build Site
... with young people that pitched in and didn't complain. There is part of the young generation that is giving, caring and considerate. The group we were with gave up some of their summer to go to Mexico...not to party, not to hang out at the beach, but to build a house for a family in need in a bordering country. Larry and I are both feeling so good about the people around us.
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So Much More to be Done...
... need of replenishing, and dishes stacked mile-high.
Samuel & I had the incredible privilege of being the hosts for one of the house builds over the weekend, and fully loved every minute and aspect of the experience. It was one of those inexpressibly wonderful few days...the weather gorgeously perfect, the team seriously amazing and the work totally fulfilling.
Coming from just a few hours over the boarder, in California, we had the joy ...
The Final Phase
... of Home, that works together with visiting groups to build each home. They handle all of the details of the program from selecting the family, preparing the building site and hosting the teams which join them in coming to give of their time and resources to bring hope and transformation to these families in need.
So far, since it's beginnings in 1990, over 3,300 homes have been built in 8 different countries.
Throughout the week, we have ...
Another War and Peace installment - from San Diego
... to talk to about rebooking a flight. I inferred that because of the lack of order I hadn’t been able to self check in and had now missed the flight. They looked a little put out and pointed me to the manned check in desks. This time there was an orderly queue it just happened to stretch nearly the length of the terminal! So I got in line and waited worrying how much another flight was going to cost me. I eventually got to the front and told the chap that I had missed my flight ...



