Team Soren
Homes, Hope and Healing
Our Costa Rican Partners
Just months before he died, Soren and his father participated in a service trip, sponsored by their church, to build homes in Nosara, Costa Rica.
On that trip, Soren was his best self, making friends with local Costa Rican co-workers, and making the world better by helping to build two homes for people living in substandard housing. While Nosara is a popular tourist destination known for great surfing and yoga retreats, it also has significant poverty.
We work with an organization called Mercy Homes Ministry (MHM). MHM is led by Maximo Cisneros, who at one time was a leader at Habitat for Humanity in Central America. He felt called to continue addressing housing insecurity, but wanted to focus on the people with the greatest need. Recipients of MHM homes must own a plot of land, but the house itself is a gift with no strings attached and no mortgage.
During our week of house building, we are under the leadership of a construction team from MHM. Often our partner families who receive the home work alongside us, along with other community members who want to help. So far Mercy Home Ministries has built over 250 houses.