Elk Crossing!

We left Salem Oregon Dec. 7th after a truly wonderful time with Pastor Rick, and Sharon, and all the tremendous people of Calvary Chapel. Arriving in Klamath Falls that same night we were met by our dear friend Bernie. Leaving the train station about 10:30pm we headed toward Medford, about an hour and a half drive. A half hour from our destination two elk crossed the road in front of our car. I still have the image of the enormous animals in my mind, and you can actually see the form of the head on the windshield. Sitting in front I ducked as the collisions startled us throwing glass all through the vehicle. Praise God nobody hurt, and the car was able to continue on its now freezing remaining miles to Bernie's home. The police had to end the suffering of the animal sorry to say. Please pray for Bernie's process if dealing with the insurance. We believe God to provide a better vehicle for her, or repair this better than before.
God bless you all and have a wonderful day!

Greetings from Oregon!

The Pastors of the Calvary Chapel church in Independence Oregon took us up the cascade mountains to see some snow. We had a wonderful time with them on the trip up and spending a few days in their home. Pastor Rick was brought to the Lord through the ministry of Frank Gonzalez so he has a special place in his heart for Casa de Ninos. God has given us a wonderful time in the USA meeting so many wonderful people. Tomorrow we will spend the day with Dave and Barbara Sanders who live in the area and have the Fishin Mission Ministry near the Casa. We thank God for all that he has done. We thank you for having a heart for our ministry. From here we leave Wednesday for the Medford Oregon area where we will be with our great friend Bernie. Many blessings to you all and have a wonderful day!

Greetings friends! I believe you are all aware that Irma, Ana, and I are in the USA. We are presently in Minnesota where it is very cold for us. We had a wonderful Thanksgiving here seeing family and eating a excellent meal. Our travels have been full of blessings staying with great people like Pastor Ubaldo & Isdelda at Mercedes Christain church, then Robin Walker in Austin Texas. We then jumped on the Amtrak train and went up to Longview Texas where we enjoyed a few days with Dale and Janis Simpson who have the Mission Support Team ministry. Next stop was St. Louis and we had our first Thanksgiving with my son Jeremy &  Socorro at their new home. Great time there! St Paul Minnesota was next  where we were hit hard by the cold, but many warm blessings, and yes Thanksgiving number 2. It was so nice to see most of my family; Rachel, Dan, and Steven, and the rest of my 10 grand children, dad, and brother. Tomorrow, 10:30 pm we leave here on the Amtrak heading for Oregon. We have had great time with family and doing some important fund raising. Thank you for your support and prayers as we continue on and heading eventually back to Tepic.

Tamales!
There is allot to learn from a tamale! To start with tamales are one of my favorites, but like many foods it has to be done just right. There are bad tamales, very good tamales, and hot tamales. I will only be able to open up one valuable principle that is within this tasty treat. Tamales are so much like we are. Husks that we would just throw away are used to put this wonderful combination of ingredients inside. I believe God's design was used when tamales were invented. If you were just to look at this food you may never want to know what is inside, but you need to open it up putting that outer shell to the side later just getting rid of its temporary home. Then you get to what the tamale really is. Such a wonderful combination of things that are inside.
Are we any different? Do we reject many because of what we see on the outside? This is our work at Casa de Ninos. Getting to that taste inside. You may get you fingers messy, and it is usually hot to the touch, but there is a very pleasant tasty surprise inside. Our body is just that outer shell that will one day be discarded. Our relationships need to focus on the inside.

Picnic fun!

As we are still without regular house parents for the girls Irma and I spend more time being with them. They love going on outings so we try to do that as often as we can. All of our kids have been through very hard circumstances and that comes out of them if different ways; they compete for attention; have a hard time receiving love; use pinching or pain to get attention; silence; crying; and other ways. They need love and attention like everyone, but do not have the God given parents to do that for them. Irma and I do a pretty good job loving them in the way that their parents should have.
God bless and have a wonderful day!