http://absolute.org Empowering Emerging Generations - Motivational Presentations and Humanitarian Relief Trips Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:33:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en “Viva la Mexico!! We have arrived - made it through a few army check stops and the border crossing - “red light green light” experience. We had to get off the bus collect our luggage then one at a time push a traffic light button - ... http://heroholiday.absolute.org/2010/03/10/penticton-students-back-at-it-in-mexico/ //BindData(PostList, null, pager); Between yesterday and today, the houses have been pieced together rapidly. Lots of hard work, painting and sawing have brought the group two standing houses. Everyone is experimenting with different ways to help out; whether it be playing ... http://heroholiday.absolute.org/2010/03/10/making-a-house-a-home/ Hola! We have arrived safe and sound, with a few minor speed bumps. Friday started out with an all too familiar ferry ride to Vancouver followed by an unfamiliar ride down to the border crossing and then on to Seattle. From SeaTac we endured a three hour long flight, no movies ... http://heroholiday.absolute.org/2010/03/07/we-finally-made-it/ Breaking Boundaries; a line that roots to many different causes of conflict. What are boundaries? Sometimes they guidelines set up to protect us from harmful situations. Other times and the context I am talking about, they are things that are built up within society preventing us from things that could ... http://students.absolute.org/2010/03/01/breaking-boundaries/ Dear Blog,    The build at Adoffo Lopez Mateos is now completed! The last couple days were very busy for our team. Thursday we put the roof panels on, and then the asphalt roofing. This took awhile because of the sizing on the panels needed to be adjusted but together under ... http://heroholiday.absolute.org/2010/03/01/a-job-well-done/ Your kindness made a difference! Our Haitian friends needed to know that they are not forgotten, and thanks to the kindness and sacrifice of so many of you, we were not only able to help them out right now, but we are able to help them begin to rebuild for ... http://absolute.org/blog/2010/03/01/delivery-of-aid-to-haiti/ Perhaps you know someone like this: no matter what they do or what predicament they find themselves in, life just seems to be taken in stride for them. They make it look so easy. Other people in the same situation may be freaking out, melting down, or running away. But ... http://52.absolute.org/2010/02/27/sprezzatura-on-bamboo-poles/ Monday, Feb 22nd. First day on our Hero Holiday. With excitement, our team left our San Diego hotel and boarded the Hero Holiday coach bus for Vicente Guerrero, Mexico. The border going into Mexico went quite smooth – get off the bus, pick up your suitcase, and walk across the border. ... http://absolute.org/blog/2010/02/25/okanagan-group-hard-at-work-in-mexico/ Dominican Republic is an amazing country and it is full of many kind and gentle people. Primarily there are two cultures that live there: Dominicans and Haitians. It is estimated that there are over 500,000 Haitians that live in Dominican Republic and of those, many are stateless, without proper identification ... http://absolute.org/blog/2010/02/23/is-dominican-republic-safe-right-now/ Human rights are not always something that you or I think about very often. Most of us live and work in a world where we never really have to consider how they affect our lives: we take many privileges for granted and in our thinking, they are natural, not something ... http://52.absolute.org/2010/02/21/misaels-hope/