NEWSLETTER: JANUARY, 2012

Thanks to all of you who have given us help this Christmas! Thanks to you we're busy bringing a little joy to our dirty world!!!

So far this Christmas has been most unusual. Kauai Christian Fellowship in Hawaii sent us twenty genuine four-foot Chinese Christmas trees (with lights.) through San Diego Walmart. I've never thought a little, brightly lit, plastic Christmas Tree would mean so much to these kids. So many of our poor families are loaded with kids.


ALEAS, WHO SUFFERS FROM PROGERIA, IS 60 AT JUST 6 YEARS OLD!


ALEAS LOVES CHRISTMAS TREES!

We took a Christmas Tree to little old Aleas, he's little because he's just six years old, yet he's old because he ages ten years for every one year birthday. He was so happy to see his bright tree up on the table. And the hundreds of little lights, that's what got him.


TWO COLD CHILDREN SITTING ON A COLD BED!


THEIR FIRST CHRISTMAS TREE!

Theresa has seven boys. They are very poor and have never ever had a Christmas tree. As the Christmas tree lit up, so did their eyes! We were standing in mud, their yard was full of junk and two old dogs. It was cold and windy. . . the little tree somehow erased the muddy cold world around us. Indeed it's fun to give to the truly needy.


HANGING HER SOLE CHRISTMAS DECORATION!

Barrio Invasion, a group of about sixty shacks carved out of the hillside. The little houses are propped up by hundreds of old tires. Luis and his family of six kids live in one of the houses. Luis was hit by a car. Hit and run. Ended in a coma for three months. At the present he can't work; so his wife sells little candy's at the school. They were so happy to have their little tree. We had to climb down three levels of un-even tire stairs to get to their home.

Yesterday we put up a tree in Estell's house. Estella and her husband have a big bunch of boys! They all pitched in and happily put up their two piece tree. Excited smiles. One of the young boys was rubbing his finger across the carton the tree came in, then looked up at me with his index finger pointing to the picture of the tree on the label, He looked at me with a wide smile. . . as his finger circled the gifts under the tree. Pretty obvious hint.

Do we need more gifts? Yes. Need more blankets? Yes. Need more tarps? Yes. Need more food money? Yes. The Christmas Season stops in Mexico about two weeks into the New Year.

I might note that the asterisk shown indicates where we left food money. The priority of our families is simple. . . first. Food and second schooling. The general fund isn't as popular as projects but it's where emergency money comes from. Thanks for helping us meet the very real needs here on the other side of the fence. May you all have a great New Year!

Von, for Aaron and all of us here in Tijuana.

THESE TWO PHOTOS SAY IT ALL!!!

THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL YOUR HELP!!!