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Life in Mexico is hard, but for some, it is brutal!  Poverty permeates everything.  Neglected, abused or  abandoned children have nowhere to turn.  Children as young as 5 years old are being abandoned, and even younger children are abused and neglected.

Unfortunately, our country is exporting the worst of our cultural values.  In Mexican towns near the US border, it is especially difficult.  Mexican people see US television programs, and all the rich gringos coming to Mexico every weekend looking for a good time. 

They are drawn into the cycle of alcohol, drugs and crime to support their habits.  Fathers and even mothers are abandoning their families. 

The Hernandez family is one example.  They were abandoned by their father, and their mother was involved in a life of crime.  At just 7 years old, Mayra was trying to care for four younger sisters! They lived in a shack with a dirt   floor, no plumbing and no electricity. 

They had to build an open fire inside the shack to keep warm or to cook food.  One day, the fire got out of hand, and their home burned to the ground.  The youngest girl, who was just six months old, died in the fire!

The Mexican Social Services (DIF) people took them from their mother and placed them in a large holding facility.  When they arrived at Grace Children’s Home, none of the girls had ever gone to school.  Alma, the youngest (2 years old) had never learned to walk! 

They were all scared and traumatized.  But under the loving care of George and Stacey Palau and their staff, things changed quickly.  They were all given new clothes, some toys and warm beds, and they enjoyed good food at every meal.  Mayra and Valeria were started in school, and Alma learned to walk within a few weeks. 

After about a year, DIF gave custody of the girls to a related family member.  However, after a few months, they were taken from this family by DIF for reasons of neglect and abuse. 

Even though Grace Children’s Home was over capacity, DIF asked the Palaus if they would again take these four girls into their care.  Of course they did.  “Grace” is the only stable, loving environment they have ever known.

Almost all of the children who are brought to Grace have head lice or ring worm or pink eye.  They are all mal-nourished and frightened or traumatized or even worse.  But Jesus commanded us to care for the abandoned and abused and to freely share the love of God with the helpless.

Jesus’ words from Matthew 25:40 come to mind: “Inasmuch as you did it unto one of the least of these my brethren, you did it unto Me.”

Grace Children’s Home is in need of multiple sponsors to provide us with the tools we need to continue to share Christ’s love with these precious children. 

Will you help us to continue this ministry to these otherwise helpless children?  Will you commit to giving $30 per month to help meet this pressing need? 

If you would like to become a child sponsor, all you have to do is call, write or e-mail us, and we will help you select a child whose profile interests you.  We have both boys and girls of various ages, who need sponsors. 

Please look at these photos.  Then, ask the Lord if He would have you to become “Jesus with skin on” by taking the practical step of becoming their sponsor.  God bless you, as you extend your personal ministry to include “the least of these.”

God bless you,

Wayne Freeland - Director of Partnership Development

 

The children at Grace Children's Home enjoy 24/7/365 care.  Several of them are enrolled in a private, bi-lingual school, and it is our intent to provide this opportunity to each of them as they qualify and funding is available.  The total cost for this level and standard of care is nearly $500 per child per month.  Our child sponsorship program endeavors to find a sufficient number of $30 per month partners to meet this need.

If you would like to sponsor one of these children, please contact us for more information, or download a sponsorship form here.