A Productive Summer

After a week of construction, as the Tecate sun beat increasingly stronger on the Nazarene Seminary Campus, four buildings near completion and two more are in preliminary stages. Composed of styrofoam, concrete, rebar, wood and plaster Lazarian world homes are a revolutionary and eco-friendly method of construction. Living and working in close proximities, the varying group of volunteers, clad in matching yellow t-shirts and green baseball caps, has developed a close-knit and efficient team.
Leading the group with his passion for rapid and efficient production, George has successfully guided the production, alongside his wife Bernie and colleagues Ken and Marsha. With recent improvements and innovations in the construction process—square holes in the foam blocks, an aluminum trough for pouring cement and zip ties used to attach rebar—production time has greatly increased.