ETA

On hwy 80 in Berkeley, heavy traffic. We'll update with a new estimate in a few minutes.
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ETA

According to Google maps we should be arriving somewhere around 5:20. I would guess 10 or 15 minutes either side of that.
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ETA

Just leaving Kettleman City after a lunch stop. The wind is at our backs and the sails are full. Looking like about 5 pm arrival at SHPC.

Looking forward to seeing you all.
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The ride home

Last night we had a great night of bowling. We got back to the hostels about midnight. Most were in bed about 12:30 and up by 5:30 am. We left the hostels about 6:30 this morning to return our vans and meet our bus ride home.

Most people are asleep on the bus. We'll be stopping for lunch in beautiful Kettleman City.
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ETA to Sleepy Hollow

Just coming into LA. We expect to be in Sleepy Hollow somewhere around 5 pm.
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Back in the USA

The whole team is back is back in the USA. The truck with trailer did have to go through secondary search.
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The team

SHPC Mexico Mission 2010
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Completion

Turning over the keys at "Law of the Saw."
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Completion

Finished house at the "Hulks" site. We rock!
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Completion

Finished house at "Muchos Uvas." They rock!
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Completion

Completed house at "Los Tigres." They rock!
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Completion

Finished house at "Law of the Saw." They rock!
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Day 4

Final coat of stucco at "Muchos Uvas."
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Day 4

"Hulks" having lunch, courtesy of our Mexican family. Almost complete house in the background.
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Day 3

"Los Tigres", moving along putting up chicken wire and looking studly.
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Day 3

"Law of the Saw", roof on, paper on, starting chicken wire for stucco.
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Sorry, no blog yesterday - Trina stole my Blackberry to use a calculator. All sites did very well yesterday. Good progress. Walls are up at all four sites. A couple of sites have their roofs on and tar paper on the walls. We lost a couple of team members yesterday: Stuart Jacobson re-injured his knee and Ellie Jacobson became ill, both left for home yesterday. We hope they have a speedy recovery.
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Earthquake

a little 5.7 earthquake down this way. we are all fine.
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Day 1

Foundation at "Muchos Uvas". Does that look nice or what?
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Day 1

Finished foundation at "Los Tigres" building site. Nice work. Hannah B. Says hi to mom and dad.
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Day 1

Foundation work at "Law of the Saw" building site.
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Day 1

"Hulks" building walls in the street.
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Day 1 - foundation

Foundation form at the "Hulks" building site.
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Camp fire

Hanging out at camp
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Camp life - fire pit

Some of our young studs building the camp fire pit.
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Camp life - Sunshowers

About half of our sun showers.
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Camp

We made it into camp, about halfway between Tijuana and Tacate. Everyone is busy trying to make it homey.
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Border crossing

We just cleared the mexican border. We spent an hour and half going through customs, going INTO Mexico. All the vans and trailer emptied and searched with special dogs. We weren't sure if the dogs were trained for drugs, explosives or chicken, but they didn't find anything.

Should be in camp in 30-40 minutes.
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Getting ready to roll

Packing up the vans in SD, getting ready to cross into Mexico. We don't cross until 1:00. We'"l attend service at La Jolla Presbyterian this morning, head down to Imperial Beach, have lunch, pick up any last minute items and head across.

Everyone is doing great and having fun. Thank you for all you support in getting us here.

Jim
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The ride down

Chillin' on the bus.
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On the road

We made it out of the parking and on to the road. We left Sleepy Hollow at 7:10 am. Two buses, an SUV and trailer. Everyone accounted for.
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2010 Sleepy Hollow Presbyterian Church Mexico Mission

2010 Sleepy Hollow Presbyterian Church Mexico Mission

On June 12th, the Sleepy Hollow Presbyterian Church's Mexico Mission will embark on a trip to either Tijuana or Rosarito to build homes for those in need.

This year's Mexico Mission team consists of 80 people, mostly high school students lead by a smaller group of College students and adults. Last year's group, of about 60 people, built two double size houses and finished off another house that had been started by another group. We
look forward to the challenges of this year's building.

We hope that you will check in on us here on the blog. We will post an update at least once daily (usually in the evening) and we may post pictures with brief captions during the day. Please feel free to comment by clicking on the "comments" link below.