Mazatlan Mexico!

Soo, Back2Back has been looking at a new site in Mazatlan Mexico. The site is on the west coast of Mexico, and is a lot smaller than MTY, but there is much need there, and so many fatherless children there. B2B has begun relationships with 5 children's homes there, and has fallen in love with the area. God is doing great things there and B2B has been praying about opening up a new site there.

I have also been praying about this, and truly feel that God is calling me to something here.

This semester in school I have been designing a sequence of buildings for B2B. The buildings make up an entire site, consisting of a new design for the Hope house, and LDM Building, Staff housing, a Bodega, a Teen center, a staff kids school and a tienda.  The idea with these buildings, is that they can be used for any of our sites, with slight variation depending on the site, and can create a standard across the ministry area. The buildings are a new design, and create more spacial options for the ministry, and especially for the teens in the Hope program.

I am excited to be designing this and to be using my schooling to benefit the ministry as well. Next Monday the 3rd, I will be traveling down to Mazatlan with JJ Lail, to check out the new site, and do some research for possible development there. I have been praying about what Gods plan for me may look like there, and I am so excited to pursue this opportunity. We will be there for just 4 days, but I am eager to see those ninos, and to get back to Mexico! My hope is that through this collaboration with my school and the ministry, we can create new opportunity's and better buildings for the ministry, the staff, and the kids we serve.

Here are some rough preliminary designs for the buildings. Nothing final yet, but gives you an idea of where we are going.

Please be praying for God has for B2B in Mazatlan Mexico, and keep checking my Blog for more updates on what we are doing there!