A team of 13 missioners from Saint Andrews Episcopal Church visited La Familia in mid June. The team made up of half youth and half adults got a lot accomplished in between highly competitive soccer, volley ball and basketball games with the children of La Familia.
Several projects were completed during this visit:
Everything on the kitchen shelves and the storage above the shelves was completely removed for cleaning.
![Tables covered with "stuff"](https://embracethedream.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/1-tables-stuff.jpg)
While the shelves were empty, the youth on the trip painted them while the adults painted the walls surrounding the shelves.
![L to R: Harry, Charlie and Mark](https://embracethedream.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/2-youth-shelves.jpg)
One missioner in particular — Mark Spitalli — with bucket of concrete in hand, roamed all over the house and outside the house looking for sections of concrete that needed repair.
![Mike Spitalli making repairs to the concrete wall](https://embracethedream.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/mike-wall.jpg)
The area where the garbage is kept had become full of scraps of wood from the construction of the main home, so three of the missioners — Steve DePeder, Mike Maher and Mike Spitalli — built a huge bonfire behind some old concrete block and burned the debris.
![L to R: Ben, Nathan, Harry, Mike, Steve](https://embracethedream.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/4-bon-fire.jpg)
A member of the Saint Andrews’ team — Mary Jane Haley — is a professional story teller. In her normal workweek, Mary Jane travels to schools in the midwest telling stories. Below is a photograph of her telling the Three Little Pigs nursery rhyme to the children of La Familia.
![Mary Jane Haley telling Three Little Pigs story](https://embracethedream.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/3-littlepigs.jpg)
Because virtually everything the children eat at La Familia is fresh, there is a huge need for missioners to help out with the chopping of vegetables. See below a photo of some of our missioners — Vera Martin, Mary Jane Haley and Jordan DePeder — helping out with the chopping.
![L to R: Vera, Mary Jane and Jordan chopping vegetables](https://embracethedream.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/women-carrots.jpg)
On our final night at La Familia, the children put on a show for us and afterward posed with the mission team for a group photograph.
![Group Photo](https://embracethedream.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/group-photo-DG.jpg)