A Ride to Remember: Build 2, A Hope Lives Here series

After a terrible accident that Diego Alverez thinks is his fault, he and his two sisters become orphans. Accepting his new role as man of the house, thirteen-year-old Diego takes a job as an ayudante, a helper on a bus. In the city, tensions mount when gangs demand money from bus companies in exchange for “protection” from other gangs. Those who chose not to be protected were shot. As gangs settle out a rivalry, what happens when the bus company Diego works for refuses to pay for protection?
Mandi Jackson, a corporate millennial, returns home from a mission trip and struggles to make sense of her busy life. In an interesting twist of events, she finds herself back in Guatemala building another house for a special family. Suddenly life has purpose. But confronted with the same dangers as Diego, they both face the reality of the frailties of life. No one ever thinks this will be their last day to live. But what if it is?