Extreme Home Makeover...Mexico Style!
What Is YOUR Dream? For many of the people Christie and I meet, the
dream is a home in Mexico – after all, we do own a real estate company.
If you are reading this, odds are, your dream is the same. Yesterday
we met a family that also dreamed of a home in Mexico – the difference
for them is that they already live in Mexico.
How important is your home to you? Imagine living on a dirt
floor…with no walls…under a tarp…sounds tough, right? Now imagine
living in this “home” with 5 young children – one with Down’s syndrome –
during one of the wettest rainy seasons on record! Could you even call
this a home? I know folks that did just that – with no complaining…or
running water – AND still one of their children just earned the State
of Nayarit’s top academic award for his grade, even meeting the
President!
Six months ago La Fuente Riviera, a Bucerias Christian church, heard
about this family in Mezcales (a small town 10 minutes south of
Bucerias) and wanted to do something. Through many fortuitous
circumstances and meetings, more people wanted to become involved in
this amazing project – to get the Palacio family a home! All the cash,
labor, materials, furniture, appliances, and miscellaneous were donated
by many different people, businesses, and even their neighbors.
Fast forward to yesterday – “The Home Delivery”
If you have ever seen “Extreme Home Makeover” you have a good idea
what it was all about. One of the local resorts hosted the Palacio
family for a few days. This allowed the volunteers the time to assemble
the home, complete the landscaping, and furnish the new home! The
family was driven back to their new home which cleverly, was blocked by a
giant tarp…no peeking.
In most respects, this home is not like the ones you see on the TV
show. It is not a million dollar home with cutting edge electronic
gadgets, or extravagant appliances and furniture. In fact, some of the
rooms have no doors, most furniture was second hand, and the home was
“prefab” and installed on a concrete slab. What was the same as the show
was the excitement, awe, humility and appreciation shown by this
wonderful and deserving family – for them this was a million dollar
home.
There were many volunteers and benefactors involved in this project.
It was both worthwhile and needed and the participating volunteers and
businesses are truly appreciated! If you would like to be involved in a
project like this, please feel free to email me at John@HomeInMexico.com.
You can also visit http://www.johnforget.com to see video and photos of the home and celebration.