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2006 Monterrey Mexico Trip

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01 - Ben reacts to the prospect of rooming with Jeff
02 - Tim and Calvin, our team leader
03 - Unloading and getting our keys
04 - Griffin, Michael, and Ben
04a - The Divas get ready to go
05 - The Bethel Mission where we worked
06 - Sizing up the situation
06a - More planning
07 - Dividing the work teams
08 - Ruth was actually expecting the
08a - That's better
08b - The kids know no fear
08c - One of the youth from Bethel Mission
08d - Before
08e - More before pics
08f - Even more before pics
08g - The stairs o' death
08h - Michael is disappointed to discover that he won't be helping make VBS materials
08i - Katia
08j - Kids from Bethel Mission
08k - Mmmmm -- Breakfast
08l - Everyone is eyeing the breakfast table
08m - We are pretending to be casual here
08n - Church at Bethel Mission
08o - Michael preached while Jorge translated - or was it the other way around?
08p - What does this mean? Peace? V for Vendetta? We're going to win the World Cup? I don't know
09 - Our pimped out ride
09b - Our pimped out ride is even cooler on the outside
10 - An afternoon picnic at the rock slides
11 - No silly American safety rules here
12 - Ouch
13 - Hannah is a pro
14 - Even Ruth gives it a try
15 - Racing
15a - Looking casual comes naturally to us
15b - Obviously, most kids think the slides are more fun than these silly trampolines
16 - Monterrey...
17 - ...is surrounded by mountains
18 - ... and goes on forever
19 - Some of our group at the park
20 - More of Monterrey
21 - This is a gorgeous city
22 - A mountain view
22a - Kids hanging off of the rails, who would have guessed?
22b - This flag pole is almost 600 feet tall and goes at least that far back into the ground
22c - The flag itself is 150 feet long and 90 feet tall
23 - Ben and Jeff -- lookin' cool
24 - Pictures only begin to describe this great city
25 - Leave it to the smart-alec kid to mess up the group photo
26 - I don't think the second try was an improvement
27 - See, we did actually work
27a - Jeff and Hamp drew the short staws and started chipping concrete
27b - Oh my
28 - Lisset and Culley
29 - Hanging the drop ceiling
30 - David is the handyman of the Bethel Mission -- Don't try this at home
31 - Elias chipped more concrete in ten minutes than Jeff managed all morning
32 - The saw o' death
32a - Making VBS stuff
32b - Making more VBS stuff
32c - Ben tries out the Village People look
32d - The man with the plan
32e - The man with the sweat
32f - Macho, macho man
32g - Vogue
32h - The platform is coming along despite all the theatrics
32i - Elias
32j - There is a reason Mexico is a contender in the World Cup
32k - Hannah and the kids
32l - The relationships were the best part of the trip
32m - The neighborhood kids
32o - Hanging out with the neighbors
32p - OK, back to work
32q - Michael makes the case for why HE should be the supervisor who sits around and does nothing
32r - The new stairs o' death
32s - VBS technology hasn't changed much in the past twenty years
32t - Getting ready for second breakfast
32u - I think these guys are looking forward to second breakfast just a little too much
32v - Lisset shows off the stylish safety glasses
32w - The local school kids were thrilled for us to visit (Bethel was partly responsible for getting the new school built)
32x - Paint, paint, paint
33 - Ben and Griffin wore themselves out eating lunch
34 - More tired workers
35 - Our chefs for the week -- The food ROCKED
36 - Apparently, someone asked Jeff to paint
37 - Looking for inspiration for his next work of art
38 - And inspired it is!
39 - The platform for the pulpit is coming along nicely - notice the stairs on the right that Ben installed
40 - Bethany and Hannah work on VBS banners
40a - Tracing the banner was only the first step
40b - There is a reason they are called hanging ceilings
40c - No, really, this is fun
41 - Bethany, Culley, and Hannah
41b - Ben fell asleep watching Oprah after dinner
43 - Imagine having this view from your house
44 - Or this one
44a - This is Jorge's house
44b - Maybe our luck with group photos is changing
44c - Ah, the finished banner - Now we start the second one
44d - The platform continues to take shape
45 - Back to work
46 - They told Jeff that he wouldn't get anymore lunch unless he painted for real
47 - Moving along on the drop ceiling
48 - They had to bring in experts to finish what we started
49 - The wisdom of our group
49a - We had to call in professionals to fix the stairs
49b - A professional cutie
50 - Yes, we ate at McDonald's in Mexico. Sue us.
51 - Visiting the park
52 - Sorry Hannah, there are no horses left
53 - Hamp is an old pro. The horse is rethinking his career options.
54 - You don't find many things like this around Rock Hill
55 - I wonder who has been eating more Mexican food this week?
56 - More waterfall pictures. Why? Because I can.
57 - And now, live from Monterrey...
57a - Say cheese
57b - The waterfall was nice and cool
57c - Jeff and Brenda
57d - Ben, Culley, Melissa
57e - The Garza's have a golf course in their back yard
57f - The roof of the Garza's house
58 - The back yard of the Garza's house
59 - Cooking out
60 - Our wonderful hostesses
61 - Scrambling to finish, just like in Trading Spaces, but without the music
62 - The old stairwell is no more.
62a - We didn't let the rush to finish get in the way of spending time with our new friends
62b - Almost there
62c - A ladder in a stairwell - that's a new one
62d - Ben gets to paint too
63 - Bethel Mission can throw a serious party
64 - The finished platform (the door still needs hinges)
65 - A cotton candy professional
66 - The Mission Team from RUF at Winthrop and Bethel PCA in Clover, SC
67 - Mariachi!
67a - There are few things better than mariachi
68 - Aye, yie, yie...

RUF at Winthrop University

2006 Monterrey Mexico Trip

137 photos