Do you like to: Teach others?

Do you like to: Work with your hands?

Then becoming one of the many SELC members and friends that have assisted in the support and construction of our next house in Agua Prieta, Mexico is a calling for you!

Starting early in January, Sierra Evangelical Lutheran Church will begin another house in Agua Prieta, Mexico as part of the Ladrillo Project which is run out of the Agua Prieta Family Shelters Inc., go to their website: www.apshelters.org for more information. We leave from the SELC church parking lot at 7:30 AM or join us at the McDonald’s in Douglas at 8:30 AM. Anyone not wanting to drive across the border can carpool. Bring gloves, hat, water and a lunch. Tools are provided. All ages and skill levels are welcomed, as there is something for everyone to do. Whether you visit with the local children, share a Bible, fill water buckets or shovel concrete, you will be in for a gratifying experience.

We’ll be going over every Saturday, weather permitting, until we finish the house. Come and help and be part of the finished project. A passport book or passport card is required. For up to date travel information on the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative and passport requirements, review the State Dept. websites at: http://travel.state.gov/travel/  for travel information. The Douglas Customs office phone number is: 520-364-8486.

Ladrillo is the name for brick in Spanish; we build a safe dry ladrillo house in Agua Prieta, Mexico, across the border from Douglas, AZ, for a family who is living in a crude structure made of pallets, cardboard and corrugated metal. Starting in the year 2000, Sierra Evangelical Lutheran Church began assisting in building shelters in Agua Prieta, Mexico. With construction knowledge from 2000, SELC agreed to fund and construct a house on their own and two homes in 2003, 2004 and 2007. The second house each year was possible though generous donations from SELC friends and members.