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08/13/2026

It's time to prep for our next Habitat for Humanity Global Village build in Sololá, Guatemala. January 16-23, 2027. Who wants to join us? Looking for team members!

02/01/2026

We're home! Thanks for following along with our adventure in Guatemala! We've made it home and are reacclimating to life back here in Texas. Thank you for your support. For funsies, some of the team got up really early yesterday to go hike a volcano before getting on the plane. Enjoy the view!

01/31/2026

Today was a blessing. As we wrap up our trip to Guatemala, we got the opportunity to visit some families who had already received assistance from Habitat Guatemala to learn about the impact of these healthy home solutions. No surprises, it's so much better. The kids have less illness, particularly related to tummy aches and diarrhea after the use of the water filters, less breathing issue and use less wood after receiving their stoves, and cleaner homes with the installation of concrete floors, and of course a safe sanitary latrine. So thankful to have met these families and that they allowed us into their homes.
We also had final lunch with our 12 families we worked with this week and got to share some gifts with them, including that we were able to donate 30 water filters which will allow 30 families to have clean drinking water for 2 years!
The pictures include what the finished stove should look like as well as the impact from the previous way to cook.
Thank you for your support in this journey because everyone deserves a safe, affordable, decent place to live.

01/30/2026

Our last full work day is complete. Today we got to work on smokeless stoves and latrines for 3 families. As we finished up, the family was getting educated on their new water filtration kits which gives them 2 years of clean water for the families to avoid health issues related to contaminated drinking water.

01/29/2026

Great 3rd day of installing concrete floors. Our teams did a great job! We swapped teams to make sure we could work with others. So proud of this awesome group I get to work with doing amazing work!

01/28/2026

Day 2 on the job, 3 more families we got to work with today to install concrete floors! Such a great day. I think we got our rhythm now mixing the concrete! We also got the opportunity to donate a bunch of clothes to this community. And what's better than supporting a great cause? Supporting 2! We received our coffee courtesy of Fredy with Sueños y Esperanzas helping 10 families thru that group as well!

01/27/2026

Great 1st day of work! We installed 3 concrete floors for our 1st 3 families! We had a lesson this morning about the state of housing conditions in Guatemala. We also learned that we are the 1st international group in this particular community! Such an amazing experience!

01/26/2026

Our 1st day was a learning experience, focused on cacao and it's history and the importance in Mayan culture. We learned to make chocolate and had a great experience. Back in the bus now on our way to Chiquimula! The real work starts tomorrow! We're ready!

01/24/2026

Wahoo! We're on our way! Here's most of our team getting ready to fly out of Texas and straight to Guatemala! Super excited! Let's build something great!

01/23/2026

Tomorrow we head out to build in Guatemala on what marks my 5th GV build, so I'd like to reflect back on my 1st experience with Habitat Global Village. Sorry in advance for the length. December 2017, our group ventured out from Bryan/College Station on our first affiliate led GV build. We spent the week in Sololá, Guatemala and this is where I fell in love with Guatemala, the Global Village experience, and even more so with the people of our BCS community who are willing to take their time and money to make such an amazing impact for those families in need, both locally and abroad. We hiked into some very rural places, played telephone as we translated conversations from English to Spanish to a Mayan dialect and all the way back to English, played with some kids, built a lot of smokeless stoves while watching the ladies of the family spend their entire day cooking over hot stones outside, we shoveled and mixed concrete, broke cement blocks with a machete, and when we ran out of supplies, we made more, like sifting sand (which is a great core exercise), all the while we were humbled by what we take for granted every day. We spent the week in fellowship, reflecting each evening on the events of the day and how it impacted each of us. We had an opportunity to visit a coffee plantation and a women's weaving cooperative to see the impact these have on the community and financial infrastructure of the towns. We built friendships, memories, and a desire to help others. I personally was supposed to walk and receive my Master's degree and these amazing people gave me that experience in the middle of Guatemala, I gave an acceptance speech as they handed me my diploma, signed by our affiliate president of course, I wore a cap and gown, stared out at these people, I may have known for a short time, and appreciated every moment that led me to this trip. This is the first time I get the opportunity to hike on the side of a volcano and it is grounding. This is the start of something beautiful and life changing and I'm so thankful for the opportunity to continue to have the blessing in my life.

Over the next week, we will share our experience as we yet again venture into Guatemala and seek to fulfill the Habitat mission and vision. I hope you will help us to ensure everyone has a safe, decent, affordable place to live. Thank you.

Address

119 Lake Street
Bryan, TX
77801

Telephone

+19798237200

Website

http://habitatbcs.org/

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