A couple of weeks ago, my husband and 6-year-old daughter and I went with a group from our church to Juarez, Mexico.  In two days, we built a house for a family that had none before we got there.  This was the 9th year our family has participated in a build like this.

It is a great experience for young and old alike, and I am thrilled to give my daughter a way to be the hands and feet of Jesus in a hands-on way.  She loves going each year (this was her third build) and is constantly thinking up ways to raise money for the organization, Casas por Cristo.

Casas recently put together a video that I think does a great job of showing what they do and why they do it.

If you are interested in going, I recommend contacting Casas por Cristo.

Casas por Cristo on Twitter at http://twitter.com/CasasporCristo
Casas por Cristo online at http://www.casasporcristo.org/
Casas por Cristo on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/casasporcristo

You can also send me a quick email and I’ll be happy to chat with you about it.  We’ll be going again next January!