CARING HEARTS CHRISTMAS

We had another blessed Christmas this year. Sherry Whitworth and Hands Extended from Yuma came and gave their annual Christmas bash, with gifts for all. Sherry and her Worker Bees sacrifice a lot of time finding great bargains and raising support for this event, and all at Caring Hearts were blessed by the presents. Everyone got new clothes and shoes among other items. We gave the gifts in a special way this year, letting the brothers and sisters and familys open their gifts together. Afterwards, we all ate tamales. The boys of Oasis received a special blessing thanks to our friends Jenny, Steve, Lee and his family - a brand new TV, Blu-Ray DVD and Sound System!!! They were over joyed with this. They had been watching a little 15" for several months now. We thank Hands Extended and all of our friends who helped us have a special Christmas. Enjoy the Pictures!

CHRISTMAS EVE AT OASIS

A typical Mexican Christmas was celebrated at the Boy's Home, with Homily corn soup and menudo served. We also had a bonfire. At midnight the home was blessed with gifts from Marcelo and Angelica's church, Renuevo in Portland Oregon. A brother who was visiting there said he could bring them down, and though he was going to Tijuana, headed on over and brought them to the door of Oasis. Each member of the Oasis family had an individual sponsor from which they received clothes and shoes. Thank you Renuevo church, for this special blessing for our boys.

CHRISTMAS EVE FELLOWSHIP

Pastor Jose Luis and Alejandra had a special fellowship at their Bible study at Ramona's house. They shared testimonies and had tamales for lunch. God has been touching the hearts of people who live nearby and lives are being changed.

TWAS THE SUNDAY BEFORE CHRISTMAS

Sunday after church our friends from Hand's Extended ministries came and held a special program for the Indian Village. Over 133 families were blessed with a special gift from people in Yuma. Our friends from the La Sombra Baptist Church were on hand to help out, as well as some of the boys from the Oasis Boy's Home. Enjoy the pictures! We were blessed to see Viviana, Viridiana and Juana Carlos, who used to be at the orphanage but are now living with their aunt. We want to thank Sherry Whitworth and her worker bees for this wonderful blessing.

SPONSOR GIFTS

Tis the season for gift giving, and many of our sponsors came through this year for our children. Here are some pictures of our children with cards and letters from their sponsors. Thank you Sponsors! You help our kids have a joyous Christmas.

SPECIAL PRAYER REQUEST

Rodolfo Schmalz has been in the adoption process now for 2 years and 4 months. Because of incompetent government officials, the Schmalz family is facing continuing difficulties to bring him home. We need prayer. We need you to pray that Senora Maria in Mexico City will have a heart of mercy and compassion and approve Rodolofos passport. She is the only person standing in the way. Because of clerical errors and differences in how Americans and Mexicans use their names, she has denied Rodolfo the right to go with his legal parents. Please pray!!!

POLL RESULTS

Our "Where are you from" poll has closed and here are the results. In the past month we had 81 people view the blog and fill out the poll. 65 were from Pennsylvania, which was 80%. 3 people from Arizona checked in, and 5 each from Florida and Mexico. We had 2 others from east of the Missippi, and 1 from a foreign country (I think that may be my brother, who is in England now!). We will have a new poll this month, asking about how many times you have been to San Luis. We want to know more about you, so please fill out our polls, but just once a month please!
Ken

For you 81 who filled out the poll, I want to thank you. You are my Gideon's army, dedicated to praying and informing yourself on what God is doing in Caring Hearts. We couldn't do it without you, please tell your friends about the blog and keep checking in, new reports will be coming at least weekly, if not more. God bless you guys!

TWAS THE SATURDAY BEFORE CHRISTMAS...

We had a blessed Saturday! First, at the soup kitchen, members of three different Rotaries and a local high school in Lake Havasu gave a Ham Dinner to all the folks. We thank Bob Moreno and Roger Spencer for there help in organizing all this.

At the same time, a group of vetinarians, who had done animal clinics in San Luis during the week, came and gave out ice cream and spent time with the children.

Meanwhile, in Bethel, a group of four churches from Phoenix provided a ham dinner for the children there. Our friend Doro and Lupe organized a great party with many gifts for all of the children. Over 40 young people came to spend time with the kids. They also had a pinata for the kids.

While that was going on, a church from Yuma came and gave out new toys to the children.

Enjoy the pictures!!!

TILE LAYING WORKSHOP

For their Christmas Vacation, the boys are getting more experience laying tile. They are working on putting tile in Ken and Juana's house, and later will do the tile in the church bathroom. Pedro has taught them well and they will be completing the 80 square meter building in 5 days of work. We are proud of what our boys are able to do.

CALIMAX CHRISTMAS PARTY

This past friday the generous folks of the Calimax Supermarket came to share gifts with the children of Bethel. They prepared a breakfast and gave out toys to all the children. During the month they have a Christmas tree where folks can sponsor the children. Thank you Calimax for the wonderful Christmas party!