Just then a religion scholar stood up with a question to test Jesus. "Teacher, what do I need to do to get eternal life?" He answered, "What's written in God's Law? How do you interpret it?" He said, "That you love the Lord your God with all your passion and prayer and muscle and intelligence—and that you love your neighbor as well as you do yourself." "Good answer!" said Jesus. "Do it and you'll live." Looking for a loophole, he asked, "And just how would you define 'neighbor'?" Jesus answered by telling a story. "There was once a man traveling from Jerusalem to Jericho. On the way he was attacked by robbers. They took his clothes, beat him up, and went off leaving him half-dead. Luckily, a priest was on his way down the same road, but when he saw him he angled across to the other side. Then a Levite religious man showed up; he also avoided the injured man. "A Samaritan traveling the road came on him. When he saw the man's condition, his heart went out to him. He gave him first aid, disinfecting and bandaging his wounds. Then he lifted him onto his donkey, led him to an inn, and made him comfortable. In the morning he took out two silver coins and gave them to the innkeeper, saying, 'Take good care of him. If it costs any more, put it on my bill—I'll pay you on my way back.' "What do you think? Which of the three became a neighbor to the man attacked by robbers?" "The one who treated him kindly," the religion scholar responded. Jesus said, "Go and do the same."

The AMOR Mission Trip
The AMOR mission trip is a short-term mission trip based on serving the local church in Mexico, while creating cross-cultural understanding through direct exposure to the Mexican culture. Amor Ministries doesn't want a group to just build a house in a developing nation. We want a group to understand the conditions of poverty through immersion.

How Families Receive A Home
Families are selected to receive homes by the Mexico Ministry Planning Board (MMPB). The selection process begins with the pastors discerning the need within their own communities. Any family within a community can potentially be selected to receive a home, but the family must own their land. Amor and the MMPB have agreed that a family doesn't have to be saved or even attend the church within that community to receive a home, because we believe that the house becomes a powerful evangelistic tool and opens a relationship between the community’s church and the family. The pastors present their nominations at board meetings and those families selected will then receive an Amor home built by mission trip participants.

The Mexico Ministry Planning Board
The Mexico Ministry Planning Board (MMPB) are not employees of Amor, but an integral part of the Amor team, because they provide vital support in Baja California, Juarez, and Puerto Peñasco, Mexico. The board is made up of Mexican pastors who volunteer to serve alongside the AMOR staff because they share a vision of ministry to the people of Mexico. These tireless, self-sacrificing men, who are among the impoverished population themselves, interview prospective families, create biographical sketches on each family, determine the families in the greatest need for house building priority, and return to the family again and again after the house is complete to remind them that the God who has provided the house will provide salvation for all eternity. The MMPB sets the tone for service by their consistent involvement with outreach programs, medical clinics, and attendance at Amor campfires.

The AMOR House Project
Amor Ministries typically builds an 11’x22’, two-room home with a slab floor, stucco-finished exterior, two windows, and a door. An AMOR house is a simple design, built according to the standards of the community so that a group without skilled labor, power tools or any experience can still complete the project.
Amor doesn't allow the use of power tools or generators on the worksite. We want every member of the mission trip group involved in the house building process and power tools do not foster that environment. We realize that there are other methods of completing the building project more quickly, but we want everyone to experience the culture, get to know the family you are building for, and play with the children.
Our building projects may include a double house (for larger families), schools, churches, and medical clinics, but these are dependent upon the needs of the community and the total number of mission trip participants in a group.

Just then a religion scholar stood up with a question to test Jesus. "Teacher, what do I need to do to get eternal life?" He answered, "What's written in God's Law? How do you interpret it?" He said, "That you love the Lord your God with all your passion and prayer and muscle and intelligence—and that you love your neighbor as well as you do yourself." "Good answer!" said Jesus. "Do it and you'll live." Looking for a loophole, he asked, "And just how would you define 'neighbor'?" Jesus answered by telling a story. "There was once a man traveling from Jerusalem to Jericho. On the way he was attacked by robbers. They took his clothes, beat him up, and went off leaving him half-dead. Luckily, a priest was on his way down the same road, but when he saw him he angled across to the other side. Then a Levite religious man showed up; he also avoided the injured man. "A Samaritan traveling the road came on him. When he saw the man's condition, his heart went out to him. He gave him first aid, disinfecting and bandaging his wounds. Then he lifted him onto his donkey, led him to an inn, and made him comfortable. In the morning he took out two silver coins and gave them to the innkeeper, saying, 'Take good care of him. If it costs any more, put it on my bill—I'll pay you on my way back.' "What do you think? Which of the three became a neighbor to the man attacked by robbers?" "The one who treated him kindly," the religion scholar responded. Jesus said, "Go and do the same."

The AMOR Mission Trip
The AMOR mission trip is a short-term mission trip based on serving the local church in Mexico, while creating cross-cultural understanding through direct exposure to the Mexican culture. Amor Ministries doesn't want a group to just build a house in a developing nation. We want a group to understand the conditions of poverty through immersion.

How Families Receive A Home
Families are selected to receive homes by the Mexico Ministry Planning Board (MMPB). The selection process begins with the pastors discerning the need within their own communities. Any family within a community can potentially be selected to receive a home, but the family must own their land. Amor and the MMPB have agreed that a family doesn't have to be saved or even attend the church within that community to receive a home, because we believe that the house becomes a powerful evangelistic tool and opens a relationship between the community’s church and the family. The pastors present their nominations at board meetings and those families selected will then receive an Amor home built by mission trip participants.

The Mexico Ministry Planning Board
The Mexico Ministry Planning Board (MMPB) are not employees of Amor, but an integral part of the Amor team, because they provide vital support in Baja California, Juarez, and Puerto Peñasco, Mexico. The board is made up of Mexican pastors who volunteer to serve alongside the AMOR staff because they share a vision of ministry to the people of Mexico. These tireless, self-sacrificing men, who are among the impoverished population themselves, interview prospective families, create biographical sketches on each family, determine the families in the greatest need for house building priority, and return to the family again and again after the house is complete to remind them that the God who has provided the house will provide salvation for all eternity. The MMPB sets the tone for service by their consistent involvement with outreach programs, medical clinics, and attendance at Amor campfires.

The AMOR House Project
Amor Ministries typically builds an 11’x22’, two-room home with a slab floor, stucco-finished exterior, two windows, and a door. An AMOR house is a simple design, built according to the standards of the community so that a group without skilled labor, power tools or any experience can still complete the project.
Amor doesn't allow the use of power tools or generators on the worksite. We want every member of the mission trip group involved in the house building process and power tools do not foster that environment. We realize that there are other methods of completing the building project more quickly, but we want everyone to experience the culture, get to know the family you are building for, and play with the children.
Our building projects may include a double house (for larger families), schools, churches, and medical clinics, but these are dependent upon the needs of the community and the total number of mission trip participants in a group.