A mission team from Fort Worth, TX returned from La Familia on July 3 and reported that Omar, Cintya and their baby boy have returned to La Familia following a stroke Omar suffered recently.
Several months ago, Omar and Cintya (volunteers at La Familia) were married and when a friend of Omar’s offered the newly weds his home to live in while he was working in the US, they took him up on his offer. Omar quickly found a job working with a large agricultural business.
I don’t have a lot of details, but the Fort Worth team told me that Omar has some facial distortion from the effects of the stroke and has some speech issues. I have asked several of the physicians who have joined me on mission trips to La Familia to make recommendations as to what type of medical attention Embrace the Dream Foundation and other interested parties might assist Omar in receiving.
I also learned that one of the boys that recently became a part of La Familia has quite a few large growths on his body and has never been seen by a physician. I have also asked for advice on how to get this new La Familia resident the medical attention he needs.
Signal Crest UMC from Signal Mountain, TN is going down with a team next week and they are going to do their best to see that both the young boy and Omar are able to see a competent physician.
One of our doctors from the Sumter Team in Sumter, SC has been updated on the situation and has given me instructions on questions to get answered.
Casa Hogar La Familia
Meet the New Children at Casa Hogar La Familia
Birthdays of the children of Casa Hogar La Familia
Birth Dates for the Children of Casa Hogar La Familia
Name of Child Birthday
Abigail Glez. Barrientos September 27
Isabel Urbina González June 8
Fernanda Urbina González July 5
Alicia Urbina González March 18
Jazmín Urbina González December 24
Juan Carlos Urbina González September 29
Brisa Cassandra Jiménez C. June 27
Damaly Hernández García June 10
Aleksei Z. Hernández Arias October 15
Daniel A. Hernández Arias December 28
Dulce Angélica Jiménez C. June 27
Arturo Jiménez C. May 15
José Alfredo Jiménez C. May 16
Cintya López Muñoz January 10
America Jiménez García January 10
Elizabeth Jiménez Garcia March 22
Dylan Luna Ortega February 25
Brandon Luna Ortega August 20
Rodolfo Flores Rosas September 26
Juan Miguel Monterrosas September 29
Cintya Lopez Muñoz January 10
Surisadai Cebad Soto August 9
Eduardo Cebada Soto April 12
Juan Miguel Castellanos Berrientos December 31
Josué Glez. Berrientos September 14
Sarai Glez Barrientos June 28
Abigail Glez. Barrientos September 27
Cristofer A. Glez. Berrientos March 29
Jonathan Yael August 12
Cristian Alexander February 12
Yoana Margarita February 4, 1999
Cristina Guadalupe May 2, 1997
Children of La Familia on vacation in Colima
Each summer, the children of Casa Hogar La Familia travel to the City of Colima in the State of Colima, which is about an hour’s drive to the Pacific Ocean. Colima is where Juan Francisco and Silvia are originally from and where they began their ministry.
Courtesy of Alexi, we have some photographs of several of the children enjoying a rare visit to the Pacific Ocean. Please click on the following link to see the photographs:
Casa Hogar La Familia – April 26, 2012
Two weeks ago, a team of 14 made up of three families from Sumter, South Carolina visited Casa Hogar La Familia. The three families were made up of six, four and three family members respectively. Each family elected to spent their children’s spring break on a mission trip to Mexico.
The team transported two truck loads of concrete block from the ground to the second floor, repaired and painted the lockers in both the boys and girls dormitories and engaged the children in many games of soccer, Sequence, chess and VBS-type activities.
One of the highlights of the trip was the opportunity to celebrate Easter Sunday with the children of La Familia. Juan Francisco led worship services and there was standing room only in the living room of La Familia. (See photograph below.)
The second floor construction project is coming along nicely. The roof is taking shape and will soon be ready to be poured. Once the roof is poured, all we will need to do to occupy the second floor space is to complete the tile work in the bathrooms and on the floors and walls. (See photograph of the work in progress.)
La Familia has added two new boys: Christian and Jonathan, who are brothers from Palmarito. There are currently 31 children at La Familia. (See boys’ photographs)
The Sumter, SC team learned that the children of La Familia have not had any hot water for over eight months, so the team donated over $3,500 to purchase and install five new tankless water heaters along with a pump to move the hot water to the bathrooms, kitchen and to the director’s quarters. (See photograph below.)
On the last day of the team’s visit, the children were invited to visit the Quecholac Water Park for swimming, games and a picnic. Since it was Holy Week in Mexico, the park was packed with a lot of people looking for a place to relax. The team purchased rotisserie chicken and Silvia made a salad and a pot of beans for the picnic. Everyone had a terrific day until a thunder shower ran everyone back to the casa hogar to avoid the rain drops.
(Photograph below shows missioner Becky Wilson and volunteer Omar having a conversation while Omar keeps an eye on the pot of beans cooking over a charcoal fire at the Water Park.
We still need donations to complete the second floor construction project. Please make checks payable to Embrace the Dream Foundation, Inc. and mail to PO Box 5558, Greenville, SC 29606.
Our June Mission Trip departs on Thursday, June 7 and returns on Thursday, June 14. We need more missioners for this trip. Please telephone Bill Lee (864-303-8366) or email me at BLee3Paris@aol.com if you would like to discuss. Estimated cost is $1,000 to $1,200 grand total.
You may email Bill Lee at BLee3Paris@aol.com.