Who Can Go & Who is Needed?
Anyone who meets the age requirements and can sit through the road trip can go. Everyone is needed whether you can build or not.
The price of the trip includes transportation, meals and lodging. You must be at least 18 years old. 16 or 17 year olds must be accompanied by an adult from their home church. 14 and 15 year olds can go if accompanied by a parent or legal guardian.
The cost is $230 per person. All monies must be received by June 7th. If you cancel after June 21 you will only receive a partial refund.
It takes about 12 hours to get to La Mision from Marysville. To get there we take I-5 all the way to the La Mision turn off. We use rental vans and trucks that are covered with insurance for travel in Mexico.
We'll leave Saturday morning and stop for breaks about every two hours. On the way home we'll spend the night in a motel and gather in a room and share what we experienced on the mission field.
Where do we stay?
The Door of Faith Orphanage has a camp ground on the 120 acre property. This servers as our base of operations for our home building ministry. The campground has 4 large sleeping quarters, a fully equipped kitchen, hot and cold running water, in-door toilets and showers. The town of La Mision is 40 miles south of the U.S. border and close to the Pacific Ocean coast which keeps the temperatures down and provides for a mild summer. Light jackets are recommended for the cool evenings.
Rules, Guidelines and Information
Everyone must have a picture ID.
All prescription drugs that you bring with you should be in the original container.
No halter tops, no bikinis, no short shorts.
Do not playing with, touch, poke or capture any insects or animals.
Do not play with fire. It is very dry in Baja.
Fireworks can be purchased in Ensenada. They can be fired off under the supervision of adults at the ocean only. Fireworks are illegal in California and cannot be brought home.
When shopping in Ensenada remember to only buy things that would be on God’s shopping list. He would not buy knives, drug paraphernalia, alcohol, lighters or over-the-counter drugs that are illegal in the United States.
Work Schedule
We will work as much as we must to get the project done. Note: The daily schedule maybe adjusted or changed to fit our project needs.
In addition to the home building project we will have other projects that are just as important that you can get involved in. Examples would be laying rock, painting, electrical work, bathroom repairs, etc. Just as important are the people who will be needed to support the people on the projects. We need cooks, dishwashers, housekeepers, campsite monitors, etc. The people who support the builders are equally important.
Bedding
The orphanage campground has nice American style bunkhouses with bunk beds. The bunk beds are made of wood. If you need more cushion, there are usually foam mattresses that were left behind you can use or bring your own foam or air mattress. You will need bedding such as a sleeping bag and pillow. The electrical current is the same as here. Any electrical devices you bring will work with their electrical outlets.
Clothing
Dress comfortably, shorts are fine. Whatever you might wear to a church picnic would be fine. For church, men should have long pants and if possible women should have skirts. Bring a light jacket for the evening. If you want to go into the ocean, bring a modest swim suit.
Toiletries
Bring your own soap, shampoo, toothpaste, a couple of towels, etc. The bathrooms are connected to the bunkhouse and can be accessed by leaving the sleeping quarters and walking around to the side of the bunkhouse on the cement sidewalk. There are two stalls and one shower for the women and two stalls and one shower for the men. There is a second set of bathrooms detached from the sleeping quarters. Toilet paper cannot be flushed in any toilet in Mexico. Put all paper in the basket beside the toilet.
Other
There is a fully equipped kitchen. We can drink the water at the orphanage. The water comes from a fresh spring in the mountains. We also bring bottled water.
Do not over-pack or bring more stuff than you need. One suit case, sleeping bag and pillow should meet all your needs. People who are bringing tools can bring more. I will be contacting those who are going with a tool list. I know many of you have tools but we want to try and not duplicate our tools. We are taking pickups to haul our equipment and supplies but they can fill up fast if we don’t watch what we bring.
Bring your Bible. Bring a flashlight. You may want to bring insect repellent.
Contact Info
If you need to be reached while you are down in Mexico, you can be contacted at:
Door of Faith Phone number (011) 52-646-155-0111

Our purpose is to observe the mission field and let God speak to our hearts. This should be a time of learning.
Our ministry is to assist the directors of the orphanage in any way we can.
Our goal is to have a good time.

Mexico Schedule Sketch
Arrive Saturday night and setup camp
Church service Sunday morning in the local church
Sunday afternoon we checkout the job site
Sunday evening we prepare for the first day’s work
Monday we head to our job sites
We work on projects Monday through Wednesday
Wednesday night we eat out at our taco stand (Meal included in your trip fare)
Thursday we go to Ensenada to do the tourist thing
Thursday or Friday we will meet at the new home with the new home owners and dedicate the house
Friday morning we head home praising God for His goodness
Friday evening we usually stop short and stay in a motel. This gives the group the first time to be together and talk about what just happened. It is always a great time and is important to those who made the trip. I get to shoot some video also. (The motel stay is included in the trip fare)
I will have to work on the logistics of the motel stay because of the locations of the churches that are going.

If you have any questions, please contact Jay Ehrhart at
Phone 530-673-2328 or 530-742-3724
Email jehrhart@pacbell.net