Southbound Juarez

A little over an hour ago, the "advance" team headed off in four 15-passenger vans. Their job is to travel today, and pick up 3 more 15-passenger vans in El Paso. Tomorrow, they'll go to Sam's and Wal-Mart for supplies, cross the border into Juarez, Mexico, and set up camp.

Mind you, this shopping and camp set up--which includes four military tents and two kitchen tents--will be being done for 105 people who are going to build homes for five homeless people in the barrio of the border town. The remainder of the team will bus in on Sunday, crossing the border on Monday morning to lay a concrete foundation.

The logistics are staggering.

Camping out for a week.
Cooking (not to mention buying/preserving the food).
2 gallons of USA water per person per day (not to mention getting it over the border...do you know how much water weighs?).
Transportation.
Paperwork, including birth certificates and notarized releases for every person.
I could go on.

But they're done now.

Me and my staff can enjoy the trip at this point. So we will.

But The McKinney Diner will be on hiatus until Monday, June 13. See you all then, regailing with you tales of my 9th trip, and 22nd home built. It may not be much, but to those families, it's something.