Words will not explain it,
Pictures cannot capture it.
It is invisible,
Yet more real than anything you can see.
You cannot touch it, but it will touch you -
and touch you deep.
You cannot smell it
or taste it either...
but it will change your life forever.
This is love. This is what makes the world a better place. This is what I felt with the VIDA Crew down in Mexico. I encourage you to check out the website and become involved.
On November 20th, 2009, 16 volunteers, myself included, hopped into a car and began the 36 hour drive to Obregon Mexico, where we built a house for a family in desperate need. We also delivered over 600 lbs of donations and 4,400 dollars to the charities Fundacion de Apoyo Infantil (FAI) and to Casa Hogar Manos Unidas, an orphanage and safe house for underprivileged and victimized children. Thank you to everybody who made this possible.
Adrian and his wife will have a warm place to sleep this winter. They will have lights, and a bathroom. Eric and his wife are now much closer to finishing the extension of the orphanage, so that the teenage girls don't have to share the single girls bedroom with 25 other girls, some as young as 2 years.
I cannot tell you what a gratifying experience it has been to get to know these people, and to give a little bit - less than what they need, but as much as we could muster - to the impoverished people of Obregon. Sometimes, I think the best give we give them is the one they are best at giving back - our love. I arrived in Salt Lake City again on November 30th, a different man than the Spencer who left.
Ramon. I have probably a zillion other pictures like this one.
What the house looks like when it's done. I didn't build this one though.
Showin' our stuff.
Mixing cement for the base of the roof.
1 comment:
Wow, I am super impressed. Thats so great that you took that opportunity to serve. I'm sure that really changed the meaning of thankfulness to you. You rock Craven!!!!
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