World Relief's Mexico Committee currently supplies funding for construction materials and bulk food in the impoverished city of Puerto Penasco, Mexico. Work teams may be considered in the future. Typical homes are cobbled together with scrap lumber, old pallets, etc. The organization's director stated it this way; "It is incredibly emotional when a family has a concrete floor for the first time in their lives, not to mention a roof that doesn't leak and doors that lock."

 

Some time back, the construction team was working through a substantial list of family applications, praying about which family to build a home for. They had narrowed down the list of applicants to three families. A man named Javier and his family was on the 'short list'. The week before the scheduled build, the leadership team gathered again to pray. Through that prayer time they decided to revisit the three families, asking God to provide clear guidance. As they visited each family and held their cold hands, rain dripped on them through the leaky 'roofs'. In the end, there was no clear guidance towards one particular family over another. They all needed homes. Thankfully, enough funds then arrived from World Relief to build homes for all three families! (In all, World Relief funds provided for eight homes last year.)

 

Later, Javier began working for i6eight full time as the leader for their construction team. This helped him overcome a 27-year drug habit. He began faithfully attending church, attending Bible studies and reading his Bible. At first his wife was skeptical. She didn't believe he was changing. Gradually she witnessed Javier's behavior, attitude and heart change. He was becoming a better father to their three children, a more stable provider, a better husband and a mentor to younger men walking in his old ways. God's grace is transforming Javier and his family.