Can you name one city in Mexico that does not have running water, cable TV or electricity?
Oct..2006..World Vision Outreach..FYI..
"In the dust-choked streets just south of the United States' border with Mexico, thousands live in plywood and cinder-block shacks with no electricity, running water or sewer. During the day, the relentless sun bakes the ground, intensifying the putrid odor of trash and human waste.
"It can, and will, make you nauseous," said the Rev. Chris Peltz, youth pastor at Huron Hills Baptist Church in Ann Arbor, Michigan. "The combination of trash, raw sewage, animals and the extreme heat will take your breath away."
Yet, for the past three years, teams from Huron Hills Baptist have enthusiastically returned to spend weeks with the people of this area who struggle to survive in the midst of dire and chronic poverty.
Among the impoverished residents being served by Huron Hills' members is 40-year-old Albina, who was abandoned by her husband and now raises her six children in a tattered one-room house. Albina's experience is common in the three communities of El Ranchito, San Luis, and Pedregal de Santa Julia.
In an area defined by want, many children are undernourished, jobs are scarce, and education is substandard. Because of this, children often grow up without the resources they need to realize the fullness of life God intends for each person — and the cycle of poverty continues from generation to generation.
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