Plum Creek Church - Aguilar Ramos (Red Team)

Date Build: Saturday 3rd - Sunday 4th, August 2024

FAMILY INFORMATION:

MOTHER: Carla

Age: 36 years old

Job: Gas Station

Salary Weekly: $160 US

FATHER: Edgar

Age: 36 years old

Job: Taxista

salary weekly: $140 US

CHILDREN

Ian - 6 years old

Brendan - 17 years old

Letter from the family:

Hello!! We are the Aguilar Ramos Family. In 2021 we began with this dream of having our own home in order to stop paying rent. We started by saving to give the down payment. Then on the weekends we would go to our land to work leveling it. It took a lot of effort and money. Sometimes we were discouraged and we wanted to give up cause we had to do it with our own hands since renting a machine to do it is very expensive. We also wanted to save money by doing it ourselves so we even did the septic tank and the retaining wall ourselves. Our cousin’s house is next to our land and when she had to move out she allowed us to live there for free so we could keep investing in our own piece of land. Now conditioning the land cost us a lot of money too. We took a loan to do that but it was not enough. The roof still leaks and we don't have a bathroom so we have to walk to our land to use the bathroom. We still have the dream of building our own home in our little piece of land and we would love for you to help us accomplish this great dream of having a home that’s peaceful and safe for our children. We are working really hard to accomplish this and with God’s help we know it will be possible. Thank you so much for your help!!!!

Plum Creek Church - Carlos Rivera (Yellow Team)

Date Build: Saturday 3rd - Sunday 4th, July 2024

FAMILY INFORMATION:

MOTHER: Cinthia

Age: 31 years old

Job: Sales

Salary Weekly: $110 US

FATHER: Dario

Age: 35 years old

Job: Mechanics

salary weekly: $150 US

CHILDREN

Jiselle - 11 months old

Edwim - 10 years old

Brian - 13 years old

Letter from the family:

Hello! We are the Carlos Rivera family. We’ve been living in our land for the past 8 years in a house that was built there years ago before we moved in. It’s a very old damaged house. The roof leaks and the walls are not properly sealed. When it's winter it’s very cold and damp even inside. Our roof has to have a tarp so we don’t get so much water inside the house. We moved to our land because the rents were very high and we couldn’t afford them anymore. So we did what we could to condition the house and moved in. The government helped us with money to build our bathroom and to buy some drywalls for the inside of the house but the structure itself is very damaged and old so the improvements didn’t last much. With our own income we haven’t been able to improve the house that’s why we come to you to ask for help. We want to feel safe inside our house and live in better conditions than the ones we currently live in. So receiving a Home of Hope would be such a wonderful help for us. Thank you so much for considering us and for all of your support!

Plum Creek Church - Trujano Negrellos (Blue Team)

Date Build: Saturday 3rd - Sunday 4th, August 2024

FAMILY INFORMATION:

MOTHER: Franceli

Age: 32 years old

Job: Stay at home mom

FATHER: Pablo

Age: 34 years old

Job: Sales tamales

salary weekly: $100 US

CHILDREN

German - 10 years old

Yolzin - 6 years old

Letter from the family:

Hello!! We are a family from a small town in the south of Mexico. We left because our life there was very complicated. There’s not a lot of job or education opportunities and it’s very underdeveloped in many ways. One day my husband and I talked about leaving to find a better life and so we came to Tijuana. At the beginning it was very hard to find a job but we didn’t give up. Our children really wanted to go to school, that's one of the reasons we came to the city. Thank God we were able to enroll them in school and now they know how to read and write. We are very happy for them because we want them to have access to education so when they grow up they can get a good job and have better income. Later on we were able to find a piece of land for our little family. Our dream is for our children to live in a peaceful place where they can be safe and happy. That;s why we come to you to ask for your help. Where we currently live, when it rains water leaks everywhere and it creates a lot of humidity and that’s affecting our health, apart from the fact that it’s very cold at night. Our salary hasn’t been enough to put a concrete floor on our house so the floor is very uneven. Our children often ask us if one day we will be able to have a home and we just tell them they need to be patient. That’s why we come to you, thank you for reading our letter and for considering our petition.

NW Dream Team - Zamora Trinidad (Green Team)

Date Build: Sunday 28th - Monday 29th, July 2024

FAMILY INFORMATION:

MOTHER: Patricia

Age: 29 years old

Job: Stay at home mom

FATHER: Marco Antonio

Age: 30 years old

Job: communications company

salary weekly: $130 US

CHILDREN

German - 7 years old

Juan - 8 years old

Cindy - 14 years old

Letter from the family:

Hello!!! My name is Patricia, our family had been paying rent for a long time so with some help from my family, my husband and I built the house we currently live in in our land. We haven’t had enough money to condition it well so when it rains the roof leaks a lot and water also comes through the walls. Our floor is not perfectly built so water runs through the ground too and it makes our children feel unsafe even inside the house. Last year I heard about Homes of Hope and I started praying every night for God to bless us with a comfortable home for my children where they could sleep warm and without fear. In our area we would see other houses being built and my children would tell me: “mom we want a house as beautiful as that one too”. I told them to pray to God and they have been praying every night since then. We know that He can do it. I thank you with all my heart for considering us for a Home of Hope. We are very excited and happy for this opportunity!

Cochran Family - Sandoval Alaniz (Orange Team)

Date Build: Saturday 27th - Sunday 28th, July 2024

FAMILY INFORMATION:

MOTHER: Sandy

Age: 33 years old

Job: Sales

Salary Weekly: $160 US

FATHER: Guillermo

Age: 47 years old

Job: Sales

salary weekly: $160 US

CHILDREN

Ramon - 14 years old

Valeria - 7 years old

Letter from the family:

Hello!! We are the family Sandoval Alaniz, we’ve been living in Tijuana for the past 12 years, we are originally from the south of Mexico. When we got here my husband would work in the morning and I would work at night so we could take care of our son. Later on we had our daughter. We’ve always worked very hard and we’ve wanted a house of our own for a long time but no matter how hard we try, things happen and we can’t do it. We’ve tried to be generous even in the middle of our own needs. When the pandemic happened we also went through a lot of financial problems. My husband lost his job and eventually I did too. We started asking for loans and our debt kept growing and growing. My mother in law got sick and that left us with even more debt. We are currently paying our debt, the land, our rent, the kids' schools and our other house expenses. That's why we haven’t had enough to build something in our land. Sometimes we are in pain and anguish because we feel powerless under the circumstances, but we will keep searching for more of God, we know he has a purpose for us and we will keep looking for that. Thank you so much for considering us for a Hope of Hope!!!

Kuo Family and Friends - Vargas Pulido (Red Team)

Date Build: Friday 26th - Saturday 27th, July 2024

FAMILY INFORMATION:

MOTHER: Graciela

Age: 41 years old

Job: Cleaning houses

Salary Weekly: $50 US

CHILDREN

Mayrani - 20 years old

Yenni - 16 years old

David - 13 years old

Juliana - 7 years old

Rubi - 5 years old

Letter from the family:

Hello!! We are the Vargas Pulido family, my name is Graciela Juarez I’m a single mom of 5 wonderful children. My first two daughters are from my first marriage and my other three from my second one. The father of my last three children was very abusive to my first two daughters so I had to leave him. Now I’m raising my children all by myself. My oldest daughter stopped studying university so she could help me with the house expenses but she wants to go back to study administration eventually. Her dream is to become an accountant. My second daughter is studying her 4th semester of high school. She loves sports, especially soccer. My third child Julian is 13 years old and he is in his second year of middle school, he loves drawing and to work out. His dream is to become part of the army. My fourth daughter’s name is Juliana, she’s 8 years old and she’s in third grade. She loves art and drawing, she's a very joyful little girl. My last little girl is 5 years old. Her name is Ruvi, she’s still in preschool. She loves coloring and eating lots of donuts. Although I was not expecting her, I am very happy with my beautiful surprise. We hope you can get to know our family deeper and that we can have a place in your heart. Thank you so much for the gift of a Home of Hope!!!

Rich in Hope - Galmes Vera (Red Team)

Date Build: Friday 26th - Saturday 27th, July 2024

FAMILY INFORMATION:

MOTHER: Brenda

Age: 32 years old

Job: Cashier

Salary Weekly: $100 US

FATHER: Jaime

Age: 32 years old

Job: Cashier

salary weekly: $140 US

CHILDREN

Isaac - 10 years old

Melany - 8 years old

Letter from the family:

Hello! my name is Jaime Galmes I come to you to ask for your help because the situation we currently live in is very complicated. We live in my mother in laws house in a little 3 by 3 meters room. We are trying really hard to build something in our land to move there but it's been very hard on our own. We live with my mother in law and her husband and my sister in law and her husband and they don't have stable works or income and they are struggling through addictions and other stuff. Our dream is to become independent of that cycle but we haven't been able to. We want to create a more stable and positive future for our family and to provide our children with the peaceful and calm enviroment they deserve that's why we come to you. We don't want our children to grow around a bad example we want them to grow into hardworking and responsible people. Thank you so much for considering us for a Hope of Hope. God bless you!!

Building Foundations MA - Rosas Vasquez (Brown Team)

Date Build: Wednesday 24th - Thursday 25th, July 2024

FAMILY INFORMATION:

MOTHER: Leslie

Age: 19 years old

Job: Stay at Home mom

FATHER: Obed

Age: 27 years old

Job: Factory

salary weekly: $200 US

CHILDREN

Gael - 1 year old

Letter from the family:

Hello!! We are the Rosas Vasquez family. We write to you to ask for your help to receive a home because our actual living conditions are very bad. We have a little baby and it’s consuming all of my wife’s time. She had to leave university because of this. I heard about Homes of Hope through some neighbors and I couldn’t believe it. In the last few years we’ve been living in a little room with our family. There we only have space for our clothes, we don’t have a bathroom or a kitchen and it’s on the second floor. There’s a lot of humidity in the room and when it rains it becomes worse in many ways. I’m at a point in my life where I don’t know what else to do. Our situation is very unfortunate and we need your help. In the last few months our baby got sick because of the cold and that has exceeded our expenses. We’ve had our piece of land for a while but we still haven’t been able to build anything. I want to give my family and home and stability and I know God is big and he can help me do this. I know he has good things prepared for us and he knows our current situation. Right now only I can work because my wife is with the baby. She used to help me selling things and cutting hair but right now she’s too busy with the baby. She wants to re take her studies in the future but right now our situation is very complicated. I feel like I don’t have any right to ask God for help, it’s only been in the last few years that I have drawn near to him but I’m desperate. When it’s not one thing is another. They recently detected a cyst in our baby’s hand and we’ve been taking him to get studies. My wife and I have cried together and prayed to God and we know He will help us. Thank you so much for your time and for considering our petition, God bless you always!!!

North County Youth MA - Nunez Aguirre (Orange Team)

Date Build: Monday 22nd - Wednesday 24th, July 2024

FAMILY INFORMATION:

MOTHER: Sandra

Age: 43 years old

Job: Stay at Home mom

FATHER: Francisco

Age: 42 years old

Job: Security guard

salary weekly: $190 US

CHILDREN

Carla - 17 years old

Letter from the family:

Hello! We are a family from the south of Mexico. We left home after losing everything in our town. We got scammed by a family member and lost our house, the one we had built with a lot of effort. We lost family members, our economic stability and many things. So with the little we had we decided to embark to start again in Tijuana. We sold the little we had and in our old car we drove from Chihuahua to Tijuana. We didn’t know anybody here but we started renting a little room. At the beginning we would sleep on the floor. It was a very hard few months, but we also got to know God in a deeper way. My husband and my daughter were working selling snacks in the streets while I was working in a pinata factory. We wanted to follow God and start attending a church, so we prayed and through a neighbor we started going to a church meeting on Tuesday and that’s how we met some of the YWAMers. They helped us and even gave my husband a stable job at the ywam base as a security guard. My husband has diabetes so it’s a great blessing that he gets to have a job with medical insurance. We currently live in a borrowed trailer in a land that’s not ours. We pay for the bills and we take care of the owners house and garden in return. Not paying rent allowed us to save for a down payment for our own piece of land and we’ve been giving monthly land payments. Still our living conditions are not the best. The trailer is very small and our daughter is a teenager. We would love for her to have her own space and we would like to have some privacy for ourselves too. That’s why we come to you to ask for your help. Our future is very uncertain cause we could get asked to leave at any moment but we know God has taken care of us until this day and he will continue. Our daughter wants to study to be a doctor and having a stable and comfortable home would be such a great way of supporting her so she can accomplish her dream. We are praying for this home and for you guys, thank you so much for everything you do to help families like ours!!!

Harvest Church - Macias Ortiz (Pink Team)

Date Build: Saturday 20th - Sunday 21st, July 2024

FAMILY INFORMATION:

MOTHER: Alely

Age: 37 years old

Job: Sales and manicurist

Salary Weekly: $ 150 US

FATHER: Jose

Age: 44 years old

CHILDREN

Luna - 4 years old

Letter from the family:

Hello!!! My name Nallely, I’m a wife and a mom of a little 4 year old girl. The story of why my husband can’t be physically with us is very complicated but you can ask me more when we meet in person. My mom has been a great help to us during this season. My daughter and I live with her and she helps me take care of her while I work sometimes. I do many different jobs, sometimes I work as a manicurist, sometimes I sell things and other times I clean houses. All those jobs help me be close and available for my daughter. Living with my mother has helped us so much in our economy because we don’t have to pay rent. I met my husband through one of my clients, she introduced me to him and we’ve been together for the past 7 years. After a long time of waiting and wanting, I got pregnant and it’s been a true gift from God but also it’s been a challenge to have to raise our daughter by myself. Our families have helped but still it hasn’t been easy to parent alone for so long. In my moms’s house there’s a lot of other people living too and some of them want to influence in the way I raise my child. My daughter and I really long to have a place of our own and some privacy. We want emotional and economical stability and we know one day when my husband can be with us we will have it. Thank you so much for considering us for a Home of Hope in the mean time. It would be such a great joy to receive this wonderful gift, God bless you always!!!

North County Youth MA - Barraza Flores (Gray Team)

Date Build: Monday 22nd - Wednesday 24th, July 2024

FAMILY INFORMATION:

MOTHER: Daniela

Age: 20 years old

Job: Cleaning Houses

Salary Weekly: $60 US

FATHER: Luis

Age: 24 years old

Job: Clothing store

salary weekly: $170 US

CHILDREN

Daniel - 2 years old

Siblings living with them

Keily - 6 years old

Adriana - 4 years old

Letter from the family:

Hello!! My name is Daniela, I’m a young mom and wife. We’ve been struggling a lot with renting and living with our family and moving around and trying to find a stable place to live in. We’ve had problems and disagreements and after a lot of battling for many years we’ve been able to acquire a piece of land. Thank God it was donated to us. That’s why we’ve come to you now. A house in our land would be such a huge help for us. We currently live in a borrowed house, we don’t pay rent there but it’s a very dangerous and desolated place. My mom and my brother have been battling with addictions for a while and I’ve taken responsibility for my two little sisters. One of them is 6 and the other one is 4 years old. If we receive a home, they would also live with us. We’ve been working in our land leveling the ground and making a bathroom but because of our situation we haven’t been able to build a proper shelter. If you could help us with a home you would be providing a safe place for three little children who desperately need some stability. Thank you so much for considering us for a Home of Hope. God bless you always!!!

Valve + Meter Performance Marketing- Escobedo Lopez ( Blue Team)

Date Build: Thursday 8th - Friday 9th, August 2024

FAMILY INFORMATION:

MOTHER: Cinthya

Age: 24 years old

Job: Stay at home mom

FATHER: Jovany

Age: 27 years old

Job: Clothing store

salary weekly: $150 US

CHILDREN

Leon - 1 year old

Letter from the family:

In name of our family we greet you and we desperately ask for your help since we have a little baby and sadly we don’t have the resources to make a house because only my husband is working right now. We’ve lived in our land for the past 4 years in a little house that was already here when we arrived. It’s in very bad conditions, when it rains the roof and the walls leak. It’s a very small house with two rooms. One we use as a common area and the other one is our bedroom. My mom is living with us and sadly she has to sleep on the couch we have in our common area. As a family we dream of something so much better, a home where we can have peace and love and where our baby can grow safely. Thank you so much for taking the time to consider our petition and for the hope you provide to families like ours. God bless you all!!

Addicted to life - Ruiz Espiritu ( Green Team)

Date Build: Friday 19th - Saturday 20th, July 2024

FAMILY INFORMATION:

MOTHER: Rosaura

Age: 39 years old

Job: Gas Station

salary weekly: $220 US

CHILDREN

Laila - 13 years old

Letter from the family:

Hello!! My name is Rosaura Espiritu, I’m a single mom of three wonderful children. Two of them are adults and live with my family and study in the south of Mexico and one of them, the minor, lives with me. I started coming to Tijuana back in 2019 in search of a better life and better opportunities. The salaries where I come from were not enough to sustain all of my children and their school expenses so I had to move. At first I had to leave without them and I would send them the money for their expenses. Since then, I’ve had to go back to my city a couple times because my parents have gotten sick and I wanted to support them. But with my sick parents and my salary again not being enough to help them buy medications I had to go back to Tijuana to be able to provide for all of that. Seeing our situation and that the rents were very expensive in Tijuana and constantly going up I decided to buy a piece of land for me and my children. My biggest desire is to have all of my children with me one day in our own home. My daughter and I are currently renting near our land but our dream is to be able to live in our land in something that belongs to us so we don’t have to be moving around constantly. I’ve tried to save to do it on my own but things always come up and I end up spending the money on something else. But God knows our desire and I know his times are perfect. Thank you so much for taking the time to read this and to consider our petition, God bless you!!

Addicted to life - Contreras Moreno (Purple Team)

Date Build: Friday 19th - Saturday 20th, July 2024

FAMILY INFORMATION:

MOTHER: Maria

Age: 28 years old

Job: Stay at home mom

FATHER: Heliodoro

Age: 37 years old

Job: Factory

salary weekly: $190 US

CHILDREN

Dylan - 5 years old

Kimberly - 17 years old

Letter from the family:

Hello! We are the Contreras Moreno family. Sometime ago we bought a piece of land but for many reasons we haven’t been able to build something on our own. I have a 5 year old and my couple has a 17 year old. My husband works in a factory and I spend my time taking care of the house and the children. We currently pay rent in a place close to our land. We would love to move to our land but with the rent, our weekly expenses and us supporting my parents we just can’t do it on our own. We would love to have a place for our children, something that belongs to them, where they can have some privacy and a place to play. A place where we can laugh and share special times as a family. Thank you so much for considering us for a Home of Hope!!!! God bless you.

Addicted to life - Bravo Gonzalez (Red Team)

Date Build: Friday 19th - Saturday 20th, July 2024

FAMILY INFORMATION:

MOTHER: Leslie

Age: 18 years old

Job: Stay at home mom

FATHER: Jesse

Age: 26 years old

Job: Sales

salary weekly: $170 US

CHILDREN

Liam - 2 months old

Letter from the family:

Hello!! We are the Bravo Gonzalez family, we ask for your help because our need is great. We are living in a small room someone lent us for a short term. Our time there is running out and we don’t know where we will go. We have a two-month- old baby and we fear for his safety. Our income is very low and we don’t have enough to build a house on our own. Right now only my husband is working and he’s sustaining our family. I can’t work because I have to take care of the baby. The room we’re currently living in has some holes on the walls so it’s very cold and it affects the baby’s health. We try to put clothes on the holes to prevent the cold from coming in and the mosquitos but it doesn’t help much. When it rains our roof leaks and there’s a lot of humidity in the walls and in the floor. We don’t have any windows so on very hot days the room is suffocating. We have to share the bathroom and kitchen with the family we live with, so there’s not a lot of privacy for either of us. We are a small family who dream to have their own home. Sadly we haven’t been able to save enough to build something on our own. We don’t want our children to spend their childhood moving from place to place. We wait in God to receive the miracle of a home. Thank you so much for considering our petition, God bless you.

Miles of Hope - Zavala Ortiz (Purple Team)

Date Build: Friday 12th - Saturday 13th, July 2024

FAMILY INFORMATION:

MOTHER: Mirella

Age: 27 years old

Job: Sales

Salary Weekly: $100 US

FATHER: Moises

Age: 28 years old

Job: Construction

salary weekly: $100 US

CHILDREN

Mia - 7 years old

Abigail - 5 years old

Gabriela - 5years old

Letter from the family:

Before anything else, we want to thank you so much for this opportunity and the support you give to families like ours. We are a family of 5, 3 little girls and my husband and I. On June 22nd we received a very sad call, telling us our home that we had built with a lot of effort was on fire. The fire started with a neighbor and it reached our house. When we found out it was too late to do anything. But even in the middle of our pain and our questioning we have hope and we’ve seen God’s hand with us. We work very hard and we serve God and we know he’s always working in our favor. It has been a very painful process but we know he’s in control and we have hope that everything has a purpose. A lot of our memories we had made in that home were burned but we know in our new house we’ll make new memories too. We thought it was the end, we felt lost, but it was only the beginning of a new story for our family. Even a couple hours after our tragedy we received a call from Homes of Hope and we are so so grateful for everything, thank you for this new beginning for our family!!!

Miles of Hope - Ramirez Ibarra (Yellow Team)

Date Build: Friday 12th - Saturday 13th, July 2024

FAMILY INFORMATION:

MOTHER: Guadalupe

Age: 42 years old

Job: cleaning

salary weekly: $180 US

CHILDREN

Melisa - 25 years old

Jesus - 15 years old

Leslie - 14 years old

Matias - 2 years old

Letter from the family:

Hello!! My name is Guadalupe Ibarra, I’m a single mom of 5 wonderful children. Three of them do live with me and depend on me fully, two of them are adults, one of them still lives with me and the other one has become independent. I’ve rented the same house for the past five years. It was cheap and comfortable at the beginning but now because of the rains the house has become very deteriorated. The house is full of moho and the roof leaks. Because of that I decided to start paying for a piece of land so we could build something there someday. Our current living conditions are affecting my baby’s health because of the humidity but normal rents are very expensive, that's why we haven’t been able to move anywhere else. Having our own house would also help us save some money that we could use for other needs. We thank you so much for considering our petition, we would be so grateful and happy to receive the gift of having a proper home, thank you so much again!!

Miles of Hope - Tzintzun de la Cruz (Red Team)

Date Build: Friday 12th - Saturday 13th, July 2024

FAMILY INFORMATION:

MOTHER: Maria

Age: 25 years old

Job: stay at home mom

FATHER: Salvador

Age: 23 years old

Job: Factory

salary weekly: $300 US

CHILDREN

Thiago - 4 years old

Josmar - 9 years old

Letter from the family:

Hello! We are the family TzinTzun de la Cruz. Thank you so much for taking the time to read this letter and for the beautiful work you guys do supporting families like ours. Our bigger dream is to have a home of ours. We are currently living close to our land in a borrowed house. Our economy hasn’t allowed us to build something for ourselves in our land. Two years ago I (Maria) got sick and the little savings we had to use for the operation I needed. Our children have been dreaming of a home for themselves for a while. To have their own little room to play in and we would love to have some privacy as parents too. Thank you so much for considering us for a Home of Hope, we are forever grateful!

Miles of Hope - Perez Osuna (Green Team)

Date Build: Friday 12th - Saturday 13th, July 2024

FAMILY INFORMATION:

MOTHER: Karen

Age: 24 years old

Job: stay at home mom

FATHER: Pablo

Age: 31 years old

Job: security guard

salary weekly: $150 US

CHILDREN

Nahomi - 6 years old

Letter from the family:

Hello! My name is Pablo Perez, I come to ask for your help because we are a family in need of a home. We have a 6 year old little girl and we want her to have a stable home with us. We are currently living with my uncle, he is a pastor of the church we attend to. We had to move to live with them because the place where we were renting became too expensive for us to keep paying it. We were struggling for a while paying high rents and moving around until our uncle decided to help us and take us in. The idea was for us to be able to save money to build something in our land but my salary is barely enough for a living. Our expenses exceed our income. My wife cannot work because she has a condition in her left leg and our daughter is still young and needs someone to take care of her. Our dream is that our daughter can grow in something that belongs to us. Thank you so much for considering us for a Home of Hope!

Bayside Family Team - Francisco Rodriguez (Purple Team)

Date Build: Saturday 6th - Sunday 7th, July 2024

FAMILY INFORMATION:

MOTHER: Herlinda

Age: 31 years old

Job: stay at home mom

FATHER: Christian

Age: 28 years old

Job: bricklayer

salary weekly: $150 US

CHILDREN

Luis - 12 years old

Max - 7 years old

Melani - 6 years old

Dilan - 3 years old

Neithan - 2 months old

Letter from the family:

Hello! My name is Cristihan Yoel Francisco Leon, it’s a pleasure to write to you and greet you. And I hope this letter finds you and you can learn what I’ve been living all this time. I am from the south of Mexico and because of the economy there me and my family left in search of a better life and a better future. When I turned 18 I left my home to start my own family. I met my wife and we started a family, five children later we are still together and growing in the good times and in the bad times. Everything was going well until the rent went very high at the place we were living in and we weren’t able to sustain ourselves anymore. My debt increased and one day when I came back from work my family was outside the house with all of our stuff. They kicked us out. I searched for a place to stay but without money and no one to help it was very hard. Eventually we landed in a piece of land and we built a little room there to stay until we could know what to do. Later on we bought the land we are currently living in and we moved there. We’re still making land payments for it. Sometimes it is very hard with the land payments, school expenses, food, sickness and everything in between but I know the Lord will continue helping me. I just want a place for my children where they can be warm and safe. I will continue working hard and I know God will not abandon us or forget about us. Thank you for taking the time to read my letter, I will keep on fighting because I know God is with me and he doesn’t let me fall down.