Zoradi Extended Family - Perez Gonzalez (Blue Team)

Date Build: Friday 28th - Saturday 29th June 2024

FAMILY INFORMATION:

MOTHER: Patricia

Age: 32 years old

Job: Stay at home mom

FATHER: Alejandro

Age: 41 years old

Job: Taxi driver

Salary Weekly: $180 US

CHILDREN

Andrea Veronica - 17 years old

Alejandra - 16 years old

Nuvia - 12 years old

Luna - 10 years old

Alejandro - 3 years old

Letter from the family:

Hello!! We are the Perez Gonzalez family. We are a family of 5 and my husband is the only one who works. He’s a taxi driver, I help him sometimes by selling food and clothes but my main job is to be at home with the kids and take care of the house. I’m also a tailor so sometimes I sow costumes for the kid’s school presentations but still our income is not enough. Right now we live with our family but they are asking us to leave and we can’t afford a rent. Because of our weekly expenses we haven’t been able to build anything in our land, that’s why we come to you to ask for your help. Thank you so much for considering us for a Home of Hope, God bless you so much!!!!

Bayside Adult Team - Hernandez Carvallo (Brown Team)

Date Build: Saturday 8th - Sunday 9th, June 2024

FAMILY INFORMATION:

MOTHER: Sandra

Age: 36 years old

Job: Cleaning Houses

salary weekly: $170 US

CHILDREN

Jazmin - 15 years old

Esmeralda - 6 years old

Letter from the family:

Hello my name is Sandra Carvallo, I’m a widowed mom of two wonderful daughters. Two years ago, my husband died unexpectedly in a matter of two weeks. We were living at my mother in law’s when he fell ill. She helped take care of the girls while I took care of him day and night until sadly he passed away. After his funeral I went to be with my relatives for a couple days but when I went back to my mother in law's house she was in a lot of emotional pain and rage and she didn’t receive us back in the house. She was mourning. We found ourselves in the streets with anything but what we were wearing. My family received us back again, so we moved to Rosarito permanently to start a new life. Here we bought a piece of land and I’ve been paying for it while I live at my aunt’s house. Here my older daughter sleeps on a sofa and I sleep on the floor with my youngest daughter. My aunt has been very good to us but her house is small and we long for a place of our own that we can call home. Thank you so much for considering us for a Home of Hope! God bless you.

Bayside Adult Team - Robles Aguayo (Pink Team)

Date Build: Tuesday 11th - Wednesday 12th, June 2024

FAMILY INFORMATION:

MOTHER: Claudia

Age: 37 years old

Job: Cleaning Houses

Salary Weekly: $75 US

FATHER: Victor

Age: 37 years old

Job: Brick layer

Salary Weekly: $160 US

CHILDREN

Janet - 13 years old

Fatima - 12 years old

Letter from the family:

Hello! We are the family Robles Aguayo. We are a small family from the south of Mexico. We came to Tijuana in search of a better life. Our family here promised to help us establish but in the end they left us on our own and when we had acquired some things to start a sales business a fake friend stole everything we had. We ended up in the streets again because we didn’t have enough income to pay rent. We’ve gone through hunger and cold and living wherever people let us stay. My days and nights have been dark for not having a place to live or any stability. We’ve been in Tijuana for the past 9 years struggling and working hard trying to give a good life to our children but it’s been very hard. One of my daughters has a lot of sight issues and they make fun of her at school but a friend recently helped us to pay for her prescription glasses thank God. Me and my husband are both type 1 diabetic. We have all the symptoms of very advanced diabetes. Our feet and our bones hurt and sometimes we can’t see clearly when our sugar is high. I’ve already lost mobility in my right hand and apart from diabetes my husband also suffers from high blood pressure. It’s hard for us to get hired in a normal job because of all of our health issues. Right now I work cleaning a house 3 days a week and my husband works helping this same family doing some errands for them and fixing things in their house. He also works sometimes doing small construction jobs. Thank you so much for considering our family for a Home of Hope!!

MU Williams - Torres Cruz (Blue Team)

Date Build: Saturday 8th - Sunday 9th, June 2024

FAMILY INFORMATION:

MOTHER: Alicia

Age: 21 years old

Job: Stay at home mom

FATHER: Jose Eduardo

Age: 23 years old

Job: Fabric

Salary Weekly: $200 US

CHILDREN

Arleth - 5 years old

Baby girl - Due in June or July

Letter from the family:

Hello! My name is Alicia Cruz Madrigal. I’m the mom of a little 5 year old named Arleth and I’m very pregnant with my second baby. She is due in June. We’ve been living for the past 3 months in our land in a little room we made ourselves. It’s been hard because we don’t have electricity or running water but we are working very hard to adapt. We were living in my mother’s land in her old house but it used to leak and it was very deteriorated. The floor was dirt and wood and the walls were not properly sealed. We really want something better for our family but it’s hard to do it on ourselves. That’s why we come to you. I come from a very big family. My sister and my mom have also received a Home of Hope but they each have their own family and children. We also dream of having our own home and it would be such a blessing if you could help us and consider us for a Home of Hope. Thank you for helping us provide a safe home for our little girls. God bless you!!!!

Mission Uprising MA - Consuegra Maya (Orange Team)

Date Build: Saturday 8th - Sunday 9th, June 2024

FAMILY INFORMATION:

MOTHER: Luz Elena

Age: 24 years old

Job: Stay at home mom

FATHER: Wilmer

Age: 32 years old

Job: Brick layer

Salary Weekly: $185 US

CHILDREN

Karolina - 5 months old

Naomi Valeria - 5 years old

Letter from the family:

Hello!!! We are the family Consuegra Maya. We are a family of four living in a small room for the past five years. We haven’t been able to build anything in our land because we are paying rent and making the land payments. We are living with my parents so they don’t charge us a lot for rent but we dream of having a place of our own. At their house there's a lot of other people living there too. Everyone helps each other but it's still a very difficult situation to live in. There's not a lot of privacy and we need to be very tolerant with everyone. That's why we come to you to ask for help. Thank you so much for considering us for a Home of Hope.

MU Lamotte - Astorga Lopez (green team)

Date Build: Saturday 1st - Sunday 2nd June 2024

FAMILY INFORMATION:

MOTHER: Boni Adilene

Age: 34 years old

Job: Sales

Salary Weekly: $ 1400 US

FATHER: Jaime

Age: 38 years old

Job: Brick layer

Salary Weekly: $180 US

CHILDREN

Jaime Leonel - 16 years old

Carlos - 5 years old

Letter from the family:

Hello! We are the Astorga Lopez family. Right now we live in a small community with other families where we rent a room. It’s a very small, tight place where we have many restrictions and there’s not much privacy. My 5 year old son has autism and loud noises trigger him and make him very anxious. That’s why we ask for your help to receive a Home of Hope for our family. We are very excited to be able to have our own space, it would be such a blessing for us. My husband and I were able to give a downpayment for a piece of land with a lot of sacrifice and we’ve been trying to build something and have something of our own but it’s been many years and we haven’t been able to. Thank you so much for considering a Home of Hope :)

MU Willis Simmons - Ariza Velarde (Red team)

Date Build: Saturday 1st - Sunday 2nd, June 2024

FAMILY INFORMATION:

MOTHER: Elvia

Age: 42 years old

Job: Sales

Salary Weekly: $100 US

CHILDREN

Christian - 15 years old

Fernando - 8 years old

Letter from the family:

Hello!! My name is Elvia, I’m a single mom of two wonderful young men. I have an older daughter but she doesn’t live with me anymore. She has her own family. My grandson loves coming to visit us and stay with us for a couple of days. Our house is not very comfortable or safe but it’s what I have to offer to my children right now. We’ve been living there for the past six months. Our roof leaks and the house is cold and damp when it rains so we have a lot of respiratory issues. My health is also not the best but I haven’t been able to get the help I need. I sell clothes and some food to sustain our little family, but what we make is barely enough for the land payments and some of our expenses. My older daughter helps us sometimes when we don’t have enough but she has her own expenses. My biggest desire is to give a stable and safe home to my children. We heard about Homes of Hope through our neighbors, they received a Home of Hope and when the team came to build someone from the team talked to my youngest son Mateo and invited him to eat and offered help to our family. My son got very excited and thought we could receive a Home of Hope too. So we applied and here we are. We are so grateful for this opportunity, thank you so much for everything you do, God bless you so much!!!!

MU Ryan Fire Protection - Martinez Gallardo (blue team)

Date Build: Saturday 1st - Sunday 2nd, June 2024

FAMILY INFORMATION:

MOTHER: Yessica

Age: 28 years old

Job: Stay at home mom

FATHER: William Orlando

Age: 34 years old

Job: Brick layer

Salary Weekly: $150 US

CHILDREN

William Joan - 12 years old

Victor Josue - 10 years old

Isaias Abraham - 7 years old

Erik Noe - 4 years old

Genesis Mariel - 4 years old

Letter from the family:

Hello my name is Yessica Gallardo, I’m from the south of Mexico. I used to live with my grandparents there because my mom abandoned us since me and my siblings were children and if it wasn’t because of my grandparents I don’t know where we would be. My dad didn’t take any responsibility for us either. Later an uncle brought me and one of my sisters to Tijuana and I’ve been here since then. Here I met my husband and we have 5 children together. We’ve been together for 13 years. My dream is to have my own house and be there with my family. Right now we live with my mother in law and we have nothing of our own except a bed, a tv and a small closet. We haven’t been able to build anything in our land by ourselves although we want to, but with our income and expenses it's just not possible. That’s why we ask for your help. Thank you so much for considering us for a Home of Hope. God bless you!!!

New Life Church - Soto Lozano ( Green Team)

Date Build: Saturday 18th - Sunday 19th May 2024

FAMILY INFORMATION:

MOTHER: Laura

Age: 27 years old

Job: Stay at home mom

FATHER: Miguel Angel

Age: 26 years old

Job: Brick layer

Salary Weekly: $175 US

CHILDREN

Marcus - 2 years old

Melanie - 7 years old

Miguel Angel - 9 years old

Letter from the family:

Hello! we are the family Soto Lozano, we are a family of 5. My husband and I have 3 wonderful children who we love more than anything. My dream as a mom is to give my children a comfortable place where they can live and play. We used to pay rent in a very small and ugly place but we decided we want to leave something to our children for when we're gone so we started paying this land. With our savings we gave our down payment and that day our adventure begun. Since then we started collecting wood and we started working on leveling our ground. Friends and family helped us a lot and a week and a half later we got to build a little room where we are currently living in. Our first months were a struggle because we didn't have electricity or running water and we had a dirt floor so lots of little animals would crawl inside the house. In the end we are so happy that little by little we are creating our own home with a lot of effort and sacrifice. It was hard to connect to electricity but thank God and with our parents help now we have light inside our house. My children sometimes ask me how long we will live in these conditions and it's hard to give them an answer. Sometimes they get sick because the room is cold and the walls have some holes where the air comes through at night. Our roof is covered with plastic that we got from some of our neighbors so that when it rains our roof doesn't leak. I love being in my home so I try really hard to keep my house clean and comfortable for my children. Whatever we've been able to buy it's been with a lot of effort and it would be such a dream come true that Homes of Hope would build a house for our children to have a beautiful place where they can rest and sleep peacefully. Thank you so much for considering us for a Home of Hope!!

New Life Church - Pelayo Rodriguez (red team)

Date Build: Saturday 25th - Sunday 26th May 2024

FAMILY INFORMATION:

MOTHER: Brenda

Age: 28 years old

Job: Stay at home mom

FATHER: Sergio

Age: 37 years old

Job: Brick layer

Salary Weekly: $175 US

CHILDREN

Sergio - 7 years old

Jairo - 4 years old

Letter from the family:

Hello!!! we are the family Pelayo Rodriguez, we are a small but loving family of four. We were renting for many years in the same place but when I was pregnant with my second child the owners of the house gave us 1 week to leave and thank God my dad helped us and allowed us to live in a little room in his land because we didn't have anywhere else to go. It's been 4 years since we've lived there but we really want something better for our children. Where we currently live there's not enough space for them to play and it's not very safe. If we could receive this Home of Hope it would make our life so much better and we would be forever grateful. Thank you so much for considering us and may God give you the resources to keep helping families like ours! God bless!

New Life Church - Rodriguez Gonzales (Pink Team)

Date Build: Saturday 25th - Sunday 26th May 2024

FAMILY INFORMATION:

MOTHER: Alejandra

Age: 40 years old

Job: factory

Salary Weekly: $100 US

CHILDREN

Antoni - 12 years old

Diana - 24 years old

GRANDCHILDREN

Keyla - 7 years old

Samuel - 4 years old

Letter from the family:

Hello!!! my name is Alejandra, I am a single working mom of a 12 year old, my other children are already adults. A couple months ago I built a litle room in my land for me and my son but it's not a safe place. While I was at work my son got bitten by an animal and he got very scared, since then he hasn't been living with me. He's been living with his grandmother, my ex husbands mom. His father has never been responsible for him but I had no other choice but to send him there so he could be safe while I was able to build something better for him. I call him everyday and I visit him every two weeks. I know he wants to be with me but I can't bring him with me yet. I work everyday but it's not enough. I also have an older daughter who just separated from her husband and has two children, she wants to live with me in my land but I don't have space for them either. They also need a stable home. I thank you so much for this opportunity, for considering us for a Home of Hope. Thank you for helping me to have a safe place for my family, God bless you always!!!

Renovia - Perez Caraveo (blue team)

Date Build: Thursday 30th - Friday 31st May 2024

FAMILY INFORMATION:

MOTHER: Dayana

Age: 23 years old

Job: sales

salary weekly: $100 US

CHILDREN

Zulema - 2 years old

Geraldine - 8 years old

Letter from the family:

Hello!!! my name is Dayana, I'm a mom of two wonderful little girls, I left my mom's house when I had my first child and I started selling stuff to pay rent on my own. Years ago I bought a piece of land from my aunt and when I was 18 years old it was completely payed off; but the place where it was would get really bad and dangerous during the rainy season, so I sold it and with that I bought another one that was closer to the girl's school. With the money I had left I was able to build a little room and stop renting. It's been the best investment I've made for my children, so they don't struggle like I did and so I can give them some stability. I don't want my children to go through the same things I went through, struggling and moving around. This way they can focus on their education and have something of their own. I currently don't have the resources to improve my home and where we are living the roof leaks and it's cold at night. It would be such a wonderful blessing if my family and I could receive a Home of Hope, thank you so much for considering us and for everything you do for this families, God bless you!!

Porter Family & Friends - Martin Isidoro (Teal Team)

Date Build: Saturday 25th - Sunday 26th May 2024

FAMILY INFORMATION:

FATHER: Concepcion

Age: 41 years old

Job: Factory

Salary Weekly: $200 US

MOTHER: Beatriz

Age: 27 years old

Job: Stay at Home mom

CHILDREN

Isaac - 7 years old Yeshia - 5 years old David - 6 months old

Letter from the family:

Hello! we are the family Martin Isidoro. We are a family of 5 and we've been living in our land for the past 3 years. The walls of our house are second hand, my husband and his brother built it even without knowing much about construction. It's not in the best conditions our roof leaks when it rains and our room it's only 5 by 5 meters but we've had to adapt. Since being there also our family grew and now the space is really not enough for all of us. We would really love to build something better but my husband's salary is barely enough for our daily expenses. We try our best to administer our finances but we can't do it on our own that's why we come to you to ask for your help. Thank you so much for considering us for a Home of Hope!!!!!

Bel Air Church - Romero Ledesma (Red Team)

Date Build: Saturday 18th - Sunday 19th May 2024

FAMILY INFORMATION:

MOTHER: Lucia

Age: 30 years old

Job: Taxi driver

Salary Weekly: $150 US

CHILDREN

Jonathan - 8 years old

Letter from the family: Hello we are the family Romero Ledesma!!! My name is Lucia, I'm a single mom of a wonderful 8 year old boy named Jonathan. I had a very difficult childhood growing up. My dad left us when I was 11 years old and since then me and my siblings started working to help my mom with our family expenses. I started my own family when I was 21 years old with the dad of my son but after a while we had to part our ways because of violence and I went back to live with my mother. I started focusing on God and putting my life together working and serving at church. Later on I met someone else and with him I tried again to start a family but we had to split too because of the same issues. He helped me buy the land I own right now and in january of 2023 we had to leave the house we were renting so we moved to our land in an improvised house we built with wood scraps and a tin roof with a tarp. It still leaks when it rains, and our living conditions are not the right ones but I know God is good and he's the one who has given me the strength I need to keep going and trying. Thank you so much for considering us for a Home of Hope. We are so grateful and expectant for you to come and help us build the house we need so much.

Q Missions - Lopez Castro (Blue Team)

Date Build: Saturday 25th - Sunday 26th May 2024

FAMILY INFORMATION:

FATHER: Carlos

Age: 45 years old

Job: Uber eats

Salary Weekly: $190 US

MOTHER: Leticia

Age: 40 years old

Job: Stay at Home mom

CHILDREN

Cesar Alejandro - 17 years old

Carlos Emmanuel - 11 years old

Melanie Alexia - 10 years old

Letter from the family:

Hello! my name is Leticia Castro, my family and I have been living in Rosarito for the past 7 years. The reason we ask for your help is because the only person working in our house is my husband and the house we live in is borrowed. My husband works delivering food but his work is not very stable. When it rains he can't go to work because of the roads and the mud and his job options are limited because his health is not very well. I don't work because I need to take care of the children but I help him by selling things in the community like used clothes and food. I also serve at my children's school in the cafeteria. They don't pay me a salary but they give me part of the lefovers food and that's how I help my husband with our family expenses. We ask for your help because it would be very hard for us to build a home for our family on our own. Thank you so much for considering us for a Home of Hope. God bless you!!!

Redeemer's Fellowship - Contreras Gurrola (orange team)

Date Build: Saturday 18th - Sunday 19th May 2024

FAMILY INFORMATION:

MOTHER: Yolanda

Age: 20 years old

Job: Sales

Salary Weekly: $100 US

CHILDREN

Kimberly - 20 years old

Letter from the family: Hello! My name is Yolanda, my family and I came to Tijuana running away from violence and in search of a better life 12 years a go. Last year my husband passed away unexpectedly from a very aggressive cancer and it left me and my daughter without a husband and without a dad; and with debts and a big void in our lives. Friends and family have been good to us and have helped us, but as time has passed by we’ve found ourselves again on our own. With my husband’s departure it has been very hard to cover all of our expenses and to pay rent, that's why we got kicked out of the house we were renting and we ended up in the street. A dear friend allowed us to stay in her house for a season, until we could find another place but now they are also asking us to leave. We don’t have anywhere else to go, that’s why we have applied for a Home of Hope. My daughter sells candy at her university and I sell stuff people give us to help sustain ourselves and I also clean houses a couple times a week. We have family in the south but we don’t want to go back because of the insecurity there. My husband and I were together for 24 years, losing him was the hardest thing we’ve ever been through as a family, but we have hope for the future and we are expecting better times for us. Thank you so much for reading our application and for considering us for a Home of Hope.

Bel Air Church - Puentes Lopez (blue team)

Date Build: Saturday 18th - Sunday 19th May 2024

FAMILY INFORMATION:

MOTHER: Ana Karen

Age: 28 years old

Job: Hardware store

Salary Weekly: $130US

CHILDREN

Valeria - 5 years old

Letter from the family: I came to Tijuana 10 years a go to look for work because where I'm from there were not many work opportunities. I started living with my aunt at the beggining but then I met someone and we got together. Some time later I got pregnant but then we started having a lot of problems because of his addictions and domestic violence. I left again to live with my aunt for a season until I could find something for my own. Three months later I moved out and started paying rent and making land payments. Because of our expenses I haven't been able to build anything in our piece of land. I work 4 days a week, when my daughter's dad helps me take care of her. I don't have anyone else to help me take care of her so those are the only days I can work. We would be very excited to receive this wonderful gift of having a home of our own. Thank you so much for considering us for a Home of Hope.

Lompoc Foursquare Church - Barbosa Medina (yellow team)

Date Build: Saturday 18th - Sunday 19th May 2024

FAMILY INFORMATION:

FATHER: Francisco

Age: 46 years old

Job: butcher

Salary Weekly: $150US

MOTHER: Ana Cristina

Age: 36 years old

Job: Stay at Home Mom

CHILDREN

Ernesto - 18 years old

Javier - 13 years old

Ana Leticia - 6 years old

Letter from the family: Hello!! We are the family Medina Ortiz, we ask for your help to make a house since we don't have the resources to build something better on our own. We built our house with wood scraps and been living like that for the past 2 years. When it rains our roof leaks and our children get sick. We are working really hard and doing what we can but we haven't been able to improve our home. We are so grateful you're considering us for a Home of Hope. God bless you so mcuh!

Lompoc Foursquare Church - Lopez Ovando (green team)

Date Build: Saturday 18th - Sunday 19th May 2024

FAMILY INFORMATION:

MOTHER: Juana

Age: 53 years old

Job: Pension

Salary Weekly: $100US

CHILDREN

Alejandra- 14 years old

Letter from the family: Hello my name is Juana,I'm a mom of three, two young man and a 14 year old. We came from Chiapas to Tijuana 12 years a go in search of a better life. Since I came here we were renting but then my children encouraged me to buy a piece of land, and with a lot of sacrifice we did it. The monthly payments are hard with all of our other expenses, that's why we come to you to ask for help. We built something in our land but it's not in good conditions. My children work and help me but we still don't have the finances to do anything better. We are so grateful you've considerer our family for a Home of Hope. Thank you so much for everything you do! God bless you.

The Crossing Men’s Retreat - DOMINGUEZ ZEPEDA (Orange Team)

Date Build: Friday 03 - Saturday 04 May 2024

FAMILY INFORMATION:

FATHER: Julio 38

Age: 38 years old

Job: taxi driver

Salary Weekly: $160US

MOTHER: Guadalupe

Age: 25 years old

Job: Little store

Salary Weekly: $110US

CHILDREN

Vannia - 7 years old

Adonai - 3 years old

Letter from the family: Hello we are the family Dominguez Zepeda, we came from the south of Mexico to Tijuana in search of a better life. We've been living in Ensenada and Rosarito with our families but it has been very uncomfortable for both of our families. We even had to live in my mother in law's living room for 6 months, we also lived in my brother in law's land for a a while. Later we got to save money for our land down payment and then we started saving to build something but we only got to build the septic tank and leveled the ground and then we ran out of money. Then thankfully we got to hear about Homes of Hope and we applied for a home. We would love to have our own stable home for our children. We're we've been living they've even robed us and when it rains the roof leaks and the house gets really cold and humid and the kids get sick. My desire as a mom is to be with my kids at home and be able to give them attention and teach them about values and faith. I know you can't help all the families but I thank you for this opportunity of having a safe roof over our heads. Thank you so much!!!