|
The Mayan Friendship Hotel
We feel that God is calling us to confront one of the great problems in this part of Mexico. The great problem is poverty. Fathers are forced to leave their family in village as they seek money to survive in the tourist town like Cancun or Playa. Many never return to their families. In the small Mayan village of Chan Chen we are trying to build a small hotel and market center to bring some long term opportunities to these people. We are going to try to develop a new type of tourism. These tourists would come and stay in the village of Chan Chen. These would be tourist who want to use their vacation time to make a difference in the world through many different types of service projects in the village. We also will enlist churches to bring mission teams to the area and stay in the new Mayan Friendship Hotel. We have started the project. We drilled the 100 ft water well and we have clear the land. The total projected cost of this construction is only $100,000. For me that is a big number when we are facing all that we are facing just to pay the bills. We need to move faster because of the daily needs of the people have in the village. We can not meet them all but it's hard for them to have hope and support for our project when they are facing so many big problems today. This is at the heart of all poverty, they can not plan or even hope for the future when the pain is so great today. I still believe God is going to do great things here. You can help us drain the swam in Chan Chen faster by giving and praying. We are in the process of building this site. If you would like more information than is currently available here |