A week and a half ago I was blessed with the opportunity to head down to Juarez and Join people for across the US to build a home for a single mom Eva and her 4 children Gisell 13, Emily 10, Saul 6, and Yailin 5. This family had been on the waiting list for 3 years I believe they had giving up any hope of ever getting a house from Casas because it wasn't until just a few days before Miguel the Representative of Casas por Cristo in Juarez finally got ahold of them to inform them that there was a team on the way to begin building her and her children a home. This was the first Team Casas build I have been a part of in the 30 homes that I have helped so to be perfectly honest I was a little skeptical on how smooth the build was going to go. I had no worries of the house getting finished or the family being blessed but with the group coming from Maine, Colorado and all over Texas. And ages varying from 17-50s I was interested to see how the Chemistry of the team that was so diverse would work out. To say the least I was incredible surprised. Our love for the ministry of Casas, the people of Juarez, and most of all our Love of Christ bonded us together as if we had known each other. From the moment we all met in the lobby of our hotel on friday morning I knew it was going to be a great weekend laughing, and joking around at 630 in the morning is always a good sign for a build. It was one of the quickest builds that I have ever been a part of but at the same time one of the most enjoyable. I was able to truly interact with my teamates as well as be able to spend some time getting to know the family. Even got to get the kids to help put nails in the Chicken wire.
