All of the three full days I was in Mexico were work days. There was a lot for us to do, especially at one specific orphanage. It is called Casa Hogar Del Norte, I think. It is on the north side of the city. This orphanage is run by a 72 year young woman named Martha and she is something else! Instead of going off and living in ease in her retirement, she has such a heart for children she decided to start a children's home instead! How many of us are willing to make such a sacrifice?! In order to have a home, she needed a place for the home so she went to the government. They "lease" land out for a certain number of years. It's really for free, but I think for certain policy bookwork issues, it's actually for like $1 a year. Usually it is for a maximum of 25 years, but can be renewed. Well, she went to the government office and asked for her land, and they said no. But that Martha, she is a determined woman. Some people you just can't say no to, and maybe we can all learn a thing or two from her. She didn't go moping around saying things like "Oh, man, if it didn't happen, it must not be from God" and leave it at that. NO! After a little while, the government person go so sick and tired of seeing her every single day, that she gave up and gave her the land she is on now on a 90 YEAR lease, which is absolutely unheard of! See, persistance does pay off! If you are convinced of your purpose, don't give up!
Our main project at that children's home was to work on an Auditorium that they are building for the kids. In the summer, it gets up to 120 degrees, and they wanted to make a place where the kids had lots of space to play and also have services or watch movies. Our main project there was to help pour a cement floor. I actually didn't have anything to do with that project. I did some of the other projects that there were. First, with a small group of people, I helped clear a large brush and trash pile that was on the back of the property. They had to get it out of the way so they could build there eventually, so we threw as much of it as we could up into a big dump truck. Another project I worked on was getting the footer ready for building a wall around the home's property. Pretty much all the properties in Mexico have walls around them and they currently had a chain link fence. We made the forms to pour the cement in mostly this day.
That was mostly that whole day. We basically worked from 10 am to noon, ate lunch, then we were back at it again until about 5 or so. There were some people who played with the kids, too, but I spent most of my time working, because that was what was needed most.
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