Tip: If you want to see dramatic extremes of wealth and poverty within a very short distance, drop by Coronado on your way to the airport from Tijuana (this is also a very real kindness to your fellow airline passengers if you happen not to have showered in the past few days).
The very last nail hung a San Damiano crucifix. Victor got the honor of hanging it. Victor lives in a nearly identical house a mile or so away. Since it was built for him in June, he has come to volunteer on every subsequent weekend build.
Though we slept on cots and didn't have a place to shower or flush toilets, we actually ate really well all weekend and walked up the street for ice cream every night. It was basically "catered camping."
Columbus Day Weekend a group from Steubenville and a few more experienced hands from LA got together to build a house for a poor family in Tijuana. This is the compound at the orphanage where we stayed.
Then on Sunday, I went to the annual Labor Day bash at the Crowe's house in Youngstown, OH. This might look to some like a larger bonfire than we really needed, but remember: it was a tree that killed Sunny Bono.