University of Alberta Students Build House in Mexico

Hi World!  This is Alexandria and Roz reporting from Mexico 🙂  So we finally got here and boy what a trip so far.  Besides the scary men at the boarder with guns, everything went really well.  Just kidding mom!  Crossing the boarder was no problem and Mexico is WONDERFUL!  After arriving, we went and met the family that we are building a home for.  It was a very emotional experience because we realized that this woman has been through a lot.  It was sad to hear her story but we were happy that we can make a small difference in her life and in the lives of her children.  Yesterday we started building the house and it was quite an adventure!  With Kelly and Brock racing to see who can complete tasks faster, the competition was almost too much to handle!  We couldn’t even deal with it, so we went and painted with the kids.  Or we should say watch them paint because they wouldn’t let us.  In fact, Jose even kicked Megan off of the board that she was working on.  Getting to spend time with the community was an amazing experience and we feel so grateful and lucky to be here.  Were getting so many hugs and feel extremely welcome.  Today we are off to build the rest of the house and hopefully Jose won’t cover us in mud and paint again!   – Roz and Alexandria