The X Project is your opportunity to join a movement of individuals who will provide a tangible gift of love to families in Mexico by building a home! It only takes two simple steps:
1. Sign up
2. Show up
The outcome will be an AMAZING experience and AWESOME act of service!

We have done our best to keep the cost for each trip as low as possible. Your trip fees includes: Building materials and tools, meals, local transportation, devotions, camping equipment (for three-day builds only), and an eXperience you’ll never forget!

Make an eXtreme commitment! You will be an answer to prayer for these families who are anxiously awaiting a home. Come to San Diego on any of the dates listed, and let Amor Ministries do the rest!

Additional Trip Details

A 50% deposit per person is due upon registration. Your balance must be paid 21 days before the trip start date.

You will meet at the Amor Ministries headquarters in San Diego, CA at 7:00 a.m the morning of your trip. Participants are asked to bring sleeping bags and proper work clothes. We will provide all other necessary supplies and will facilitate a nightly campfire program.

All minors under 18 MUST be accompanied by an adult. Additionally, Amor Ministries will perform a background check on every participant prior to participating in the project.

Video: Courageous Volunteers Wanted

What: Project Nexus is designed to provide you with a hands-on, get dirty, get involved, ministry experience in a team setting.  You will experience a summer in full-time ministry with all its joys, heartaches, and challenges while learning from the experiences, training, and teaching of our seasoned ministry team.  Each week, you will assist the Amor Team with building projects and programs, and serve the groups as well as the churches and families Amor serves in Mexico.  Time off will be spent on team development, cultural experiences, and much needed rest and relaxation.

Who: YOU…if you are 18-25 years old and looking to serve the Lord for 11 weeks in the Mexican desert.

When: May 23, 2010 – Aug 8, 2010

Where: Tijuana, Mexico

Why: We all know summer jobs can be really lame. What better way to avoid the lull of summer break (and evade carrying golf clubs or making slushies for 12 hours a day) than by serving alongside your brothers and sisters in Christ in Tijuana?

Want more? Visit us at http://www.amor.org/join/internships/nexus

Direct contacts: Erin Lyde – erin@amor.org

By Alyssa Robinson

They were a hard-working church of fellowship, building walls, a roof, and erecting the frame structure of a modest house before 9:00 a.m. on a sunny Saturday morning.  One man entertained himself and the group as he made cat noises while working on the roof, keeping the mood light-hearted and lively.

Who were these workers that, despite the danger painted by the media, showed up to build love and hope through a home?  For the first time in the history of Amor Ministries, a group of men from Tijuana came together to build houses with Amor Ministries.

Amor houses are usually built by Mission Trip participants from the U.S. and Canada. Earlier in the year, however, a group of students had begun building this same home but because of suspected drug activity in the area, Amor decided to reassign the group to a new worksite, leaving the house unfinished.  Instances such as this have occurred for decades in Tijuana, just as they do in every large city.  But because Amor has always valued the safety of its’ participant groups, they moved the young builders out of potential harm’s way.  Many never realize how seamlessly such situations are handled.

And so the projects were brought back to where they started, to the Pastors of the Mexico Ministry Planning Board of Tijuana. When Lydia Lozano, Amor’s Mexico Ministry Coordinator, met with the Tijuana pastors, she explained that the houses could not be finished.  After learning of the many Mission Trip cancellations Amor has faced this year, they offered to build the houses themselves, and providing themselves the perfect opportunity for their own churches to serve.

Undefeated, the pastors immediately gathered groups to start working.  The congregations of Tijuana jumped into action to serve the people of their very own communities.  Inspired by the Mission Trip groups who come to build and provided with the materials and resources supplied by Casa de Amor partners, the local church brought hope.

The men building this home were not looking for spiritual fulfillment nor were they changed by the sight of extreme poverty.  When one man was asked why he came to help, he simply responded, “My pastor asked me to.”  He didn’t second-guess the conditions or over-evaluate the possibility of danger.  He knew he was needed, and he showed up.

Out of the violence that has surrounded Tijuana for years, God has encouraged the local church.  The pastors’ desire is to continue to build in their communities, as well as have their youth work alongside the Amor groups.  Perhaps one day soon, we will see churches on both sides of the border working together to fulfill the Great Commission.

If you have a story about the impact of your Amor Mission Trip, we want to hear more!  Please reply to this post.

On January 10th, 2010, San Diego artists, organizations (like Amor Ministries), and community members will come together for the first ever REVO San Diego event. Hosted at Bondi Bar in downtown, REVO San Diego will be a night to celebrate the creativity of local artists as well as support San Diego-based organizations that are battling social injustices here and around the world.

What: REVO San Diego
When: Sunday, January 10th, 2010@ 7pm
Where: Bondi Bar, Downtown San Diego
333 Fifth Ave
San Diego, CA 92101

More info: www.revosandiego.com

Other Details: $5 suggested donation at door. All ages!

Hi Friends!

Please check out this awesome opportunity to help some amazing organizations (including Amor) simply by voting.

Project 7 is an organization giving out $15,000 to 7 different non profits that are tackling 7 different social justice areas. Amor is a finalist in the “House the Homeless” category and we need to get votes in for our cause. Just go to http://www.project7.com/voting/ and vote. Then tell all of your friends!