Building a Solid Foundation

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Building a Solid Foundation

• Iglesia de San Eugenio De Mazenod
• Colonia La Morita, Tijuana
• (Baja California Norte, Mexico)
• May 29-30, 2004

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Catholic Mission

• Estimated 530 Miles from San Francisco to
  Tijuana. The mission is 10 miles from the U.S.
  Border

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Building a Foundation

• From hard surfaced roads of the USA to dusty
  hilly dirt roads of Mexico.

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In the Hills of Tijuana

• Mexico remains a poor country, it suffers from
  poverty and near-famine conditions. Most live in
  makeshift homes without bare necessities such as
  electricity or running water.

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A bottle company

• Mothers hug their hungry children as they
  wait for fathers to return from low paying
  construction and factory jobs. Average wage is
  6.00 US dollars a day or 60 pesos.

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On the compound, additional buildings are used
for classrooms, sleeping quarters and a Sisters
convent
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Fr Dan (red cap) and Fernando
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Pews are donated from a local SF bay area
catholic church
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This weekends work is completed by volunteers
from Mr. Garage Door Inc. and the Knights of
Columbus
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Mission House and Kitchen
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Six wood garage doors builds a single structured
building
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From pouring water into a old toilet from a
bucket into a hole in the floor
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To new plumbing systems
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Dad, the job is not finished until the wall is
painted Joe
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Kevin Carlos repairing the chapel roof
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Re-roofing the Chapel
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Work completed this weekend, new roof for the
chapel built a new single structured building,
installed four new plumbing systems and repaired
leaks added a new clinic and Dr Val saw 120
patients.
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Joe and Joe
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Sleeping quarters in the Mission House
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Volunteer Service Eighteen strangers, friends,
brothers, dads, sons unite to build a foundation
of new friendships while building a foundation
for the Mission
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Fr Dan Crahen O.M.I.
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See You Next YearThe EndTo Contact Fr Dan
Go To www.danielcrahen.com