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Every summer children with “normal” families take this time for special activities. It kind of marks our own childhood- memories of beach days, climbing expeditions, week-long camping trips …  We at the children’s home try each summer, with the help of many teams, to create such treasured memories for our kids. This summer we excelled!!! A day of water slides, 4 days of camping in cabins with pools and awesome times; 4 days of camping for the older kids, ruffing it in the ...

Many of you probably know Ruby. She and her sister have lived with us for many years. They came out of a family situation with many problems, so not surprisingly, Ruby is a challenge!  She can be a cheerful, loving, happy girl! But her behavior can also turn quickly into tantrums and other misbehaviors. She struggles with learning in school and getting along with others. She was having so many problems at Rosarito that a few months ago, she was ...

Wave Church from San Diego came to Rosarito and hosted an Easter Carnival.  It was a lot of fun!

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The months of March and April are busy times here, with lots of missions teams coming to help us out!  We have already had groups from Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee and California, and more are coming!  The groups have been busy at Soler, Rosarito and the Women’s Shelter.  Here are just a few samples of the things they are doing around here…

Spa Day for the girls of Soler

KaiLi and Hannah are two college sophomores who chose to spend their spring break with us at TCM this year, loving on our kids and helping out with homework and tortillas!  They found out that when it rains here, school gets cancelled… that sometimes there is hot water, sometimes there is cold water, and sometimes there is no water because the water truck can’t drive over the rainy, muddy roads!  They had a great time. Here is what Hannah said ...

In our state, the government is in the process of passing news laws governing orphanages. ALL orphanages in this state (we have heard that there are at least 100 in Baja California!) will be affected by these new regulations, and all will have to make updates and changes to comply with these laws.   The regulations cover everything from staff training requirements, fire safety, restrictions on visitors, changes in how kids are accepted, and more. At TCM,  Seth Gomez, has been ...

The Super Pandas (the 5th and 6th grade girls at Rosarito) are continuing their small group study of a famous missionary, Amy Carmichael. Last week, they read about how she preferred to pray to God when she needed something, without asking people directly, and God always provided.  So we learned the verse Luke 18:27- “What is impossible with man is possible with God.”

I then asked the girls if there was anything they wanted to pray for that was needed at ...

Two of our girls from Hacienda Victoria were selected to represent their school in the Dia de la Bandara (Flag Day) parade and ceremony in Rosarito!   Every school in Rosarito sent a delegation to the parade.  Then there was a ceremony which they all participated in as well.

Both of these girls are ...

Polished Girlz    is an international organization of girls serving others.  We have started the first Polished Girlz chapter in Mexico with the girls who live at our Soler site. Yesterday was our first event. We went to another orphanage which is for younger children with HIV/AIDS. Our girls painted nails, played with the little ones, and gave lots of hugs.

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