Each year is another testimony of God’s faithfulness. This year was not the exception. We have much to be grateful. As it’s almost always the case, the holidays began and went by too fast. Though we are blessed to have more people to interact with than a regular household, it was a welcomed change to have a few visitors in the past few weeks. The kids fully enjoyed seeing different faces and more so have time with them. Although this ministry is in Mexico, it continues to have an American influence, which is one of the things I like. So we celebrated Thanksgiving, a holiday that has become one of…

This year has been a bit paradoxy, time wise. Part of me cannot belive we are already in December and the other part feels like it has been a long year. Much like life here at the Ranch, this year has been packed with changes that it feels like it’s been forever. One of those changes was back in March, when we were blessed to have a new staff member join our team. It was God’s perfect timing, another caregiver was having to move on to what God had next for her. The lady that arrived, grew up in this ranch and by God’s sovereignty she was able to come…

Over the last few months we have had to bid goodbye to about 15 kids for various reasons. Some because they could no longer be here, others went back to family, and others to a new family. We’ve also had a few interns and staff end their service with us and moved on to a new phase in their lives. It would seem we are constantly having to part from people, that one would think it would get easier but it doesn’t. After only being at the Ranch a few months, we had a teenager leave. I remember one morning as I prayed for him, God made me realize something…

We are officially open again, yet still with a few precautions/restrictions.  We are still not allowing the kids to venture out, like going to the little store nearby, which I know is hard on them.  As far as the adults, we are now being able to go out a little more.  I try to do the minimum and usually just go to Juarez to get groceries and come back.  Although, I did get the chance to take some time off and go on a vacation, for which I am so grateful. When the pandemic started hitting our region hard, we assumed it would end in a couple of months.  Unfortunately,…

Life has been a whirlwind lately. The world has been interrupted by a virus and as everyone seemed to come to a sudden halt, life here stayed about the same…if just for a second. For it was not long after we also had to stop and reevaluate our response to what had developed into a pandemic. Even though we live in a little town farther for the cities near us, we had to make tough decisions as to how to protect our kids. When things started coming to a halt in the city north of the border, we also took it upon us to prepare for a quarantine. We stopped…

We often hear about living like it was our last day, like if living in a broken sin-full (couldn’t help a play on words) world is the best there is. I am so grateful that it is not. The truth that there is an eternity and a life that will truly be how it was really meant to be is such an encouragement. This truth, comforts when saints close the chapter in this life and we no longer have them with us. But it also awakens us to let loose of things that are insignificant in light of eternity. As I ironically shared on my previous post, we often have…

Christmas came so quickly and was gone even faster! I stayed in the Ranch and got to be with the girls on Christmas Eve. Almost half of the kids get to go and visit family for the season. So only the kids who are under the state’s custody stayed. I was looking forward to Christmas, but was not really ready for how tiring it would be. Those who know me, know I do enjoy cooking and baking. So I was excited to do some cooking and therefore I volunteered to help out with making a few meals during the holidays. On Christmas Eve, I decided to fill in and make…

As mentioned on my previous post, the week Little E transitioned to a new home, was a very busy week. Not going to say it was easy sailing. The first evening when entering my apartment it felt cold, empty, and lonely. But needing to get the house in order and start preparing a birthday cake I got busy with no time to linger in those feelings. The following evening, I had a birthday girl and her sisters join me for dinner and cake. Right after our time together I had to bake another cake for another birthday boy. Thank goodness I had lots of leftovers, so I only had to…

I have to admit I was kind of stubborn in wanting to continue with making the apartment my home. And I’m happy to report I have made some advancements. Being a big believer of killing two birds with one stone it occurred to me to have the older boys help me, paint a few things/wall around the house and at the same time learn/teach them how to do these types of things. Needless to say these have been good times spent with the kiddos. On one of the first times they came to help, we were not able to do much in the house, so they ended up helping me…