Prescott UMC Youth
The 2005 AMOR Mission Trip

Here is the PUMC Youth Group (and friends) on their AMOR Mission project, standing in front of the house they just built.

Our lovely camp, our home away from home.
Everyone's eager to start building.

Mixing and pouring the slab.
Note the use of hand tools only.
Everything is done by hand; no electricity, so no power tools.

AMOR Mission Trips

The AMOR mission trip is a short-term mission trip based on serving the local church in Mexico, while creating cross-cultural understanding through direct exposure to the Mexican culture. AMOR Ministries doesn't want a group just to build a house in a developing nation. Besides building a house, we want the group to understand the conditions of poverty through immersion.

Raising the walls of the new house.

Frame is up. Now to start working on the roof.

The AMOR House Project

AMOR Ministries typically builds an 11 foot by 22 foot two-room house with a slab floor, stucco-finished exterior, two windows, and a door. An AMOR house is a simple design, build according to the standards of the community, so that a group without skilled labor or power tools can still complete the project.

Applying tar paper and roofing material.

Stretching the chicken wire. Needs to be tight for the stucco to stick properly.

Time to mix the stucco. This is hard work, especially since there are no power tools available.

Applying the stucco to the house. This stuff is wet and heavy!

This Year's Family

The team from PUMC built a house for a young couple, ages 18 and 22. This couple is raising the young man's 12 year-old twin nephews and will welcome a child of their own in February.

Relaxing around the campfire after a hard day's work.

The house is turned over to the happy new owners. The job is done; it's now time to say good by.

How about next year?

Afterwards, the youth expressed how this was such a meaningful experience for them. Many are already looking forward to another "house raising opportunity" in 2006. AMOR, are you ready?