Tuesday, October 1, 2002

Mission to the Yucatan - October 2002


Following devastating Hurricane Isadore in the Fall of 2002, I participated in a missions trip from Boulder to provide food, clothing, and medicine, and to help rebuild homes on the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico. The team joined other volunteers from California, Texas, Georgia, and Ohio, and we traveled to remote Mexican villages to repair homes and to deliver a truckload of clothing and food for distribution by local churches. In addition, the medical team provided free medicine and counseling to over 400 patients in a 3-day period.

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e stayed in a local Cancun church while collecting and organizing supplies and loading a delivery truck before driving across the peninsula to some of the areas hardest hit by Hurricane Isadore. It was here that we delivered the food and clothing and helped repair homes in nearby villages. In some cases, the homes were not much more than one-room huts with tar paper roofs. We then traveled back across the Yucatan to the island of Holbox where we delivered more medical supplies and clothing.
The people we met were always warm, friendly and extremely grateful for the donations and help that we were able to offer. The trip was an important reminder to me of how fortunate and blessed most of us are in the United States to have sturdy and solid shelter, and excellent emergency aid at the ready. My heart goes out to these wonderful people in Mexico.

More Pictures here.