Amor Stories
Read stories from other Amor participants about their Amor Mission Trip experience.
What to Pack
Your Amor Mission Trip will be great if you pack correctly. Here is a suggested packing list for you:
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What camp will be like:
Our camps will be basic, and by basic we mean no electricity, flushing toilets, or Starbuck's. See pictures
What a worksite will be like:
Worksites can vary but most of them are dirt....until you finish....and then it's a house! See pictures
What a family will be like:
It's hard to say what the family you will be building for will be like. The size usually ranges from a family of 8 to a couple. One thing is for sure....you will be impacted by them more than you think. See pictures
Safety With Amor
We know safety might be a source of concern for parents. Visit our Safety Information to read about what Amor is actively doing to insure the safest possible Amor Mission Trip experience.
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On your Amor Mission Trip in Mexico, you can be certain of one thing: nothing is certain in Mexico. However, we can give you a few basic guidelines for what you will most likely experience on your Amor Mission Trip.
You will be staying in one of Amor's campgrounds in either Tijuana, Tecate, Rosarito, Ciudad Juarez, or Puerto Peñasco. While at camp, you will be sleeping in tents, taking bucket showers, and making fine use of our exceptional baños (outhouse facilities).
Each missions team will drive to and from camp and the worksite each day and will be assigned an Amor Team Member to aid in the building process. All group leaders are provided a house building manual, and Amor Team Members will simply act as a guide and provide help where needed. Depending on the time of year, your Amor Team Member may be with your missions group the entire time, or he or she may be checking on other groups throughout the day as well.
House Building Timeline
Day One: Pour the foundation. This will involve setting the forms and mixing cement. And then mixing some more cement. And then, you guessed it, some more. At the end of the day, aside from sore muscles, you will hopefully have poured the foundation, which will cure overnight in order to start the walls on day two.
Day Two: Build the walls. If you are building a typical 11'x22' home, you will build seven walls with room for one outside door and two windows. You will also begin work on the two roof sections during this day and may or may not get to placing paper on the roof.
Day Three: Wrap the house. After completing the wood frame of the house, you will wrap the frame and get it ready for stucco. This involves one layer of tar paper, one layer of bailing wire, and one layer of chicken wire, stretched flat. Your missions team will also work on completing the roof and installing doors, windows, and trim in order to be able to start stucco the next day.
Day Four: Complete the stucco. This process is similar to the foundation, but a little easier due to the fact that you are not mixing rocks with your cement this time. Day four involves mixing, troweling, and smoothing two coats of stucco to complete your Amor home!