Well summer is over! With Halloween and Christmas supplies and decorations all around us, it’s hard not to over look that summer is over!
Our kids are back in school with all new uniforms and school supplies, and a list a mile long. It’s nothing but a miracle that all the needs are met though the body of Christ. I can’t imagine doing all this without all those who faithfully support us in prayer and financially.
I hope you all find yourselves well after such a fast start this year. I can’t believe it! It’s March already! Easter is just around the corner! What a wonderful event that took place that the world cannot over look; Jesus lives! The grave could not keep Him nor did death have the strength to hold Him. Satan thought he had a victory; but Jesus broke through all bondage so that you and I can live!
As we begin another year of ministry together, I wanted to take this opportunity to let you know how much we appreciate your commitment to La Roca ministries.
By the Lord's grace, your support is vital to the work that the Lord has called us to. We often say here, our Ministry Partners make ministry happen, and we are thankful for your prayers and donations that under-gird our outreach to all those in Tijuana, Mexico and beyond.
Can you believe it, summer is now over and kids are back in school! My wife and I are keeping busy taking Christina across the border to school every morning and then picking her back up. Believe it or not our daughter in now a senior in high school. She is not quite sure what she wants to study, but she still loves singing and dancing and loves to model. Karla, who is now 10 years old also loves singing and dancing, just like her sister and is studying in Tijuana in the fifth grade.
I hope you are enjoying summertime wherever you are. In light of your ongoing faithfulness and partnership, much ministry is being done every day.
From taking care of 30 children at our own orphanage,children whose mothers are on drugs or prostitution, teens that go to sleep crying because their mothers never came back for them or have seen them working in the streets!
We are so excited to announce that the Orphanage has been purchased and we have money to spare for paying closing cost and attorney fees! It’s one of so many praise reports of God’s faithfulness! Thanks to each one of you that helped us reach our goal. We had a grand opening, with the cutting of the ribbon and letting the children participate in this joyful exciting time for La Roca Ministries and of course our beautiful children.
Greetings to all and may we all be a flame of light of HOPE to all those who are desperate and in despaired! Can you believe it? Christmas is just around the corner! Christmas ought to be the most wonderful time of the year, with hope and cheer. Yet, the sad reality is that in Tijuana this is not the case. You walk the streets and you see many women enslaved in prostitution and their kids just running around the streets like crazy. Then you see drug deals going down almost in every corner and the kids being used as the ones that do the deliveries and in some cases the sales!
The beginning of this summer has taken a whole new twist. The shelter which usually houses 90 to 100 men per night, jumped in a matter of days to 140 people. For what reason you might ask, well, I do not have the whole answer, but I do have some information regarding the problem in our Nation. 1st the high increase of people being deported, 2nd the high percentage of people struggling with addictions. 3rd the homeless population continues to increase for lost of jobs, or their part time job does not provide the income to pay for their apartment or room.
Greetings and as you may know January of 2012 marked La Roca’s sixteenth year of proclaiming the goodness of God and serving the poor in Tijuana Mexico. God’s people again showed their commitment to God’s mission, and friends like you contributed to our work through your prayers, gift, and encouraging letters. Even though of the worldwide economic uncertainty, you helped us under the Lord’s providence, to sustain and increase our outreach to the lost and devastated. We deeply appreciate your willingness to stand with us.
