My family and I started attending GREFC around Easter last year.  We had been looking for a church home for some time and could not find the “right […]

The first time I heard about this trip I saw people talking about it on Facebook. I felt compelled to go but had just kind of brushed it aside and […]

The decision to do this again was, for me, answering what I sensed was a calling to go back.  The response in terms of the number of people who stepped […]

Today was the last day at the building sites.  Everyone spent time putting up doors, windows and trim.  I only received pictures from one team today so everything you see here […]

Today was piso de cemento hoy – cement floor day. Doug had this to say about it, “We all worked really hard today and got a lot accomplished.  Mostly doors, […]

After a full day of work, by far the best part of the trip so far for our team was this evening (Thursday).  The crew had a wonderful evening spent […]

Wednesday morning saw our crew eating breakfast, taking in the gorgeous views and boning up on their need-to-know Spanish words.  Sandy makes sure everyone is wearing sunscreen and has sufficient […]

These were the extra suitcases that carried the items our church members donated. In Doug Hanson’s own words very early this morning, “We will pull out the tools we stashed […]

Our dedicated team started the day early at the airport in Minneapolis. The team boarded their flight at 7:32 am.  They arrived at JFK International around 11:30 am our time. […]

Next Monday, March 20, 2017, a team of twenty four men & women, including a couple of high-schoolers, will haul their bursting suitcases to the airport to start their adventure […]