picture gallery > Sea Coast Grace Church in San Antonio 2009 (27)
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Mission team from Seacoast church in California helped the San Antonio Community build a water tank. Mission team members, Chris, Courtney and Dan (from left to right), are seen here working on early stage of tank construction, laying and leveling bricks
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Day 1 for Seacoast mission team; view of tank construction site
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Seacoast mission team members, Courtney (right) and Katie, chopping bricks. Hundreds of bricks are used to construct the tank and they all needed to be chopped (fit to size) before they were laid
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Dan (left), Seacoast mission's pastor and team leader, and Jose De Roberto, local church and community leader, discuss the community and the mission. Jose was managing the worksite and accounting for local volunteers. Everyday at least six volunteers from the community came out to work.
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Seacoast worked with Church leaders to identify families with the greatest need, and each day they set out to deliver "canastas basicas" (baskets of basics) to these families
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In addition to hugs and prayers, Tere also shared her photos with this older woman, whose home was visited with a Trader Joe's "canasta basica"
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There were long treks between house visits, which provided an opportunity to experience Salvador’s rural beauty
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After delivering the Trader Joe’s “canasta basica” to a family, Arturo, ENLACE employee, led the group in prayer, asking for a blessing on the family and for their protection. Tere is seen here praying with a woman in her home
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Family receiving Trader Joe's “canasta basica”, via Chris, Seacoast mission team member
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Tortillas are hand-made. The corn is peeled, then ground with water (in some cases with the help of a machine), shaped, and then heated over fire
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San Antonio community members receive Seacoast mission team at their home
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Seacoast youth at work
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Volunteers from the local church and the US mission team work side by side
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Seacoast has been working in the area for the past four years. Last year, Seacoast team members developed a relationship with the local school. This year, Tere led the Seacoast team in distributing 600 hats to the school children.
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Tere (left), member of the Seacoast mission team and a kindergarden teacher in California, led up the collection and distribution of the hats . She and the local school teacher (right) were happy to see eachother again and to be working together to benefit the children of San Antonio
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In addition to giving the children a new fashion accessory, these hats will provide necessary protection from the sun’s harmful rays
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School boys in line to receive their new hats
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Sandra (right), local church and community leader, accompanied the visiting mission team. She provided a link between the missions team and the local community, and made sure the team's visit ran smoothly. Seen here with Tere and Mark leading children in the song “Cristo Es El Rey”
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Andres (bottom right, and only adult in photo) is an ENLACE Church Coach in the region and worked to link the missions team members with local leaders. He is seen here with a group of school children who just received their new hats
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Sandra (left), local church and community leader, and Seacoast mission team members, Tere (middle) and Deb (right), employ the human conveyer belt in order to pass and soak bricks.