Roberta and I are very excited to announce that we are once again joining the mission field with Casas Por Cristo. Back in 2011 Casas found itself in an unwanted position. By 2011, Casas had struggled for several years with the impact of the violent Drug Cartel turf wars. Everyone on staff was still completely sold out for the work we were doing in México. However, the public's perception was making it more and more difficult for us to convince our volunteer groups that our work was worth the slight risks that were involved. After seeing our home numbers diminish from 400 or more a year to below 150 homes per year, Casas was forced to downsize. That downsize happened to come within a perfect window for Roberta and I to move back to our hometown, Mt. Carmel, IL. During that time we decided that due to our circumstances we'd be two of the voluntary layoffs, and moved back to Mt. Carmel.

Over the past three years here our love for Casas has never waned, and each year we found ourselves desiring more and more to return to the work we loved so much. After much prayer and thought from both us and Casas, it seems as if that perfect window of opportunity has risen again. Therefore, in June of this year we will be moving back to El Paso, TX and reuniting with our friends at Casas.

Roberta will be stepping back into her familiar role as Team Coordinator. She will be assisting with scheduling, ensuring that teams are prepared for their experience, and making sure that everything runs smoothly.

I will be working in the Juárez field office, visiting families with their sponsoring pastor, as well as assisting with the day to day tasks around the Casas headquarters. Roberta will get to go on builds with me on occasion, but I will be our primary builder. I will be building roughly 15-20 homes per year between all of our locations.

As part of staff we must once again we must raise the bulk of our own salaries. If you would like to help us please visit the Give page.