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Day 5 part two

June 26 2016 , Written by Trenton Beachy

To start off the day, the team and I went to a local park to have breakfast with some homeless people in a park. Many of them have been trying to get across the US, Mexico border for the past few months and have given up everything in the process. It...

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Day 5

June 26 2016 , Written by Josh Wells

This week has been filled with building a house and playing with kids. We headed out this morning to a local park to minister to homeless immigrants. This for me is always a huge highlight on trips to Eli House. I had the privilege to break bread and...

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Day 4 summary

June 25 2016 , Written by Sierra Jennings

Today was a very emotional day for me. It actually started last night for me while we were out eating at the Vulcan restaurant. I had a lot of things on my mind, and a lot of emotions and memories of things that I have struggled with in the past. All...

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Third Day

June 24 2016 , Written by Laurel Wilson

Today we focused on exemplifying acts of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Everywhere I looked today, I saw these qualities shining in the people around me. This was the last day of school for...

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Day 2

June 23 2016 , Written by Jairus Taylor

Today’s schedule got a little reworked, as there was a funeral being held at the church. We fed the children breakfast, and then most of us took them to a local park to play for a couple of hours. A few of us were privileged to attend Gadiel’s graduation...

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Day 1 round-up

June 22 2016 , Written by Kelsey Taylor

Our first day at Eli House was completely exhausting, but I am not sure that we would have asked for it to be any other way. We started the morning off with devotions, then enjoyed breakfast with the Eli House students. Anna (Eli House intern) along with...

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We Have Arrived! Viva Mexico!

June 21 2016 , Written by S. Miller

I am writing this blog post as we are on the road from Phoenix to Eli House. The rumor that the air conditioning was functioning in the Eli House bus was a bit of a stretch. Right now it is 12:30 AM Ohio time, 9:30 here in Arizona. It is a balmy 97 degrees....

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Last Day - July 6, 2015

July 7 2015 , Written by Natalie Mudd

Today we got to pass out rice and beans to families on the other side of the canal. The other side of the canal doesn’t have electricity and the homes are very small. They are many empty lots and large parts of land that has old abandoned houses. So our...

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Daily update 7/5/15

July 6 2015 , Written by Trent Beachy

This morning we started off the day by going to the church here at Eli House. The service was so amazing, everyone there was just so full of joy! We were able to take communion with them and it was just really awesome to be able to come together as a...

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Happy July 4th!

July 5 2015 , Written by Kaylee and Brianna

So this morning we were able to go on another prayer walk. The experience was amazing and really eye opening to see how much poverty there is. It’s crazy to think about how little these people here have, yet how happy they are. They may not have all the...