Mexicali 2008

This June marked my 12th year with the Mexicali Mission Team, it's hard to believe that it's been that long! I mentioned a bit about the trip in a previous post but I was unable to share pictures at the time. Somebody finally clued me in to a website where team members had been posting their pictures so thanks to them I can now share a few.

Here are the girls digging a ditch to lay pipes for the new bathroom. The previous "bathroom" was just an outhouse and the sink didn't actually have running water. Did I mention it was 118 degrees while those girls were digging the ditch?


As we broke ground for the plumbing ditch we found layer after layer of clay crusted carpet. The pile in the picture isn't even all of it!


The guys worked for hours to raise the roof, here's part of it.


Appartently I just can't go on an international trip without randomly doing the Macarena with a bunch of students. Here we are dancing on the rooftops.


Also holding fast to tradition was the annual banana suturing event.


The girls were "just trying to cool off..."