The Pacific Beach Christian Church members helped at the Project Mercy Home Building in Tijuana on Saturday, Oct. 29.
The church’s Facebook page posted that the congregation met at the church’s parking lot at 6:30 p.m. with their passports.
About Pacific Beach Christian Church
The church’s website highlighted that Pacific Beach Christian Church members are followers of Jesus Christ. They added that they are a movement for holiness in this distracted world.
Moreover, the website mentioned they became a part of the Open and Affirming Congregation in 2018. The church believes they should embrace everyone to the Lord’s table as part of His body.
They added that Jesus welcomed them, so they should be open even with those with different sexual orientations and gender expressions. The Pacific Beach Christian Church allows them to be part of their fellowship, leadership, and service, as the website stresses.
Church’s Missionary Works
In the church's mission section, Pacific Beach Christian Church statesdthat once they had the privilege to receive God’s love through Jesus, they became responsible and honored to spread that love to their community and the world.
They noted that the church works with various ministries to share God’s love with its neighbors. The website posted that Project Mercy Baja is one of the organizations that the church is working with to fulfill its mission.
Project Mercy
According to the Project Mercy website, they aim to help improve the basic living standards and life quality of vulnerable families in Tijuana, Mexico. They added that these families have lived in hazardous areas east of Tijuana colonies.
Besides, the website noted that Project Mercy is a non-profit organization in San Diego, California.
In addition, the agency constructs basic but vital shelters for families below the poverty line living in the outlying community or “colonias” of Tijuana, Mexico. As further explained, when Project Mercy has enough budget, they offer tools and plans for sanitary latrines.
Health Reasons
The same website revealed that the primary reason Project Mercy strives to attain their goal is the inappropriate housing that harms the residents' health throughout the year. They explained that some insects and animals, such as rats, tarantulas, and scorpions, occupy shacks.
As further mentioned on the website, the houses' roofs are also leaking, and the walls built by patches could not keep the dusty winds during summer or winter rain.
The Project Mercy website noted that the residents are prone to respiratory and bronchial illness every winter. Besides, infants suffer from coldness, which leads to their death. They added that fire claims are reported yearly due to flimsy shacks' lack of heating attempts.
The website revealed that most of the individuals living in this area do not have restrooms and human waste on land.
Residents’ Situation
The same website that many individuals continue to move to in the region. They noted that the electric power is limited, and there is no sewage system. The website added that the place is exposed to illness and disaster.
More importantly, the agency found that there are no temporary houses for the homeless and no soup kitchens for those with empty stomachs. They said parents are afraid for their kids as winter approaches.
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