June 1 day 4(?)

Sorry for the late post… Today was a full day. We had one big crew pouring concrete again up until lunch. Daniel the director asked if we could keep going after lunch. Though tired, the students finished off then concrete work a day early! 150 concrete bags. Another crew went to the house to continue…

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June 1 Day 3

Every mornings it’s a little harder getting the students moving. They’ve been working hard and are sore and tired Today we continued on our worksites. The concrete team has poured 100 bags of concrete in two days. We still have more to pour tomorrow. The drywall team continues to knock out the dry wall for…

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June 1 Day 2

Needless to say everyone was pretty tired last night after the long travel day. Though there were a few that were still a little wired. The morning started with a great breakfast followed by our daily solitude time. Every morning this week students will be given the opportunity to spend 10-15 minutes just by themselves…

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One Loooong Day

This may have been the longest day in Be2Live history. Wake up time in the 3 am hour and bed time at 10 pm. But it was a good day. After arriving in San Diego we divided into vans and headed south to Mexico. Our first stop was Tijuana Playas to see the border wall…

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June Mexico Trips

Hi Everyone, This will be the daily blog post for the upcoming June 5-11 Trip. If you are here and your student is on the June 12-18th trip, updates will be posted here as well. We hope to post every evening. Depending on the day, it could be in the late evening when we get…

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New Vintage

Today was our last full day here in Mexico. Tomorrow we head home. This morning we finished all the projects we started. Painting cabinets, cleaning up our paint, and painting the pantry. Then the students played with the kids at the orphanage as we had a big pizza party as the kids were home from…

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New Vintage Day 5

Today was another hot, dry, and sunny day here in Mexico. This morning we divided into teams and worked to finish a few of our projects. We finished securing the nets around the basketball court. Finished painting the tiny house and weeded around it. We also removed 4 posts close to the basketball court that…

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Vintage Day 4

Sorry for the late post…It was a long, but good day. Today was super hot here, the upper 80s, plus it was very windy this morning. With the heat and wind, the students still worked hard. We continued filling in the ditch for the piping, painted shelves, finished painting the wall around the basketball court,…

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New Vintage Day 3

This morning was another beautiful sunrise. It was also a very hot day. Students today continued painting the tiny house and finishing it. Other students worked hard filling in a trench for the pipes that were laid on Monday that will provide water to an organic garden so the children can have some healthy vegetables.…

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