Home for Abused Children

This afternoon I was taken to a home for abused children here in Tijuana, Mexico. All of the kids there of all ages have been taken from their parents due to mistreatment. It is like an enclosed community of houses. Each house has a permanent “mother” who accepts the children that are assigned to her house as if they were her own. She keeps them until they are old enough to live on their own… 18 years old or even 20 years old or more.

We did a service outdoors under a patio with a shade roof. Josué and Carla, a young couple from Templo La Hermosa where I am ministering, hold regular Bible classes and games for the kids here. Some of the mothers allow their kids to come, others do not. It was sad to see one “mother” run out of her house yelling and demanding that “her children” do not listen and watch Felipe as he told a Bible story. Finally she came and grabbed three small children by force and dragged them away crying. One must understand that this “mother” has been taught that she is protecting her “children” from a false sect.

The kids all seemed to enjoy the class. After Felipe’s Bible story, Carla continued with more teaching, prayer, games and nice prizes for all. Thank the Lord for Josué and Carla who, like hundreds of other lay people in our churches, do not sit idly by doing their own thing, but without prompting, seek out a ministry to touch the lives of others with the love of Jesus.

Ralph

Josue y Carla teaching abused kids

Flowers at Home for Abused Children

Felipe Visits Home for Abused Children, Tijuana