Support Niños de México at your VBS by calling 636-583-2000 or by emailing ndm@ninosdemexico.org to pre-order our 2008 VBS Mission Kit which includes the new DVD featuring “Felipe” and the children of Niños de Mexico.

Enjoy the preview of our new video below!

2008 Promotion Video

Graduation

In December, Marcela Romero graduated from John Brown University in Siloam Springs, AR with a Bachelor’s degree in graphic design. She was able to spend part of the Christmas holiday with her friends and family at the Genesis house. This week she will be moving to Cuernavaca, Morales, Mexico, where she will begin working with a publication company. Oreb Salazar also graduated in December. He finished with a Bachelor’s degree in communications from the University of the Valley of Mexico. Oreb now has a job in Mexico City and is moving to an apartment this week. David Gonzalez finished his licensing in December in order to practice architecture in Mexico. He is making plans to begin his new life as well.

To all those who contributed to the success of Oreb, Marcela, and David, they all offer words of appreciation. We at Niños de México are so excited for these young people. It is our prayer that as many have blessed them that they too will be a blessing to others and the light of Jesus to those around them. Thank you for your past support and faithful prayers for each of them. Pray that other young people at Niños de México would follow in their footsteps. [Read more →]

1. Part of our supporting a minister in the remote village of Chilapa involves helping with his transportation. Due to the location, Jorge drives up and out of a deep valley several times a week. This last week his Volkswagon Combi, an old small minivan, needed a major engine overhaul. The overall cost was $800 dollars.

2. When the Genesis and Esperanza homes were initially built there was no city sewer system in place near the property. Septic tanks and lateral fields were installed. There are two tanks at Esperanza and four at Genesis. Some of them are 40 years old. Recently we have had continued problems with the old brick septic tanks and now partially collapsed lateral fields. In order to plan for the future and continued growth of Niños it is necessary to install a sewer line to the street where there is now city sewer. The cost of installation for the main sewer line to the street, which is about 150 yards away, is approximately $3000 dollars. After that we will need to connect each of the homes drainage lines to the new sewer line. We estimate this cost at another $4000 dollars. We need to do this now.

We appreciate your friendship and support through prayer and financial giving. Please consider helping with one of these expenses. If you or someone you know would be able to cover part or all of these expenses it would greatly help offset the rest of this Christmas season’s needs. If you have any questions please contact Mick O’Hanahan at mickohanahan@ninosdemexico.org or our office in Union, Missouri at (636) 583-2000. You can also email me at seththomas@ninosdemexico.org. We trust God will provide as He always has through faithful friends. We need your help.

Many young people in Mexico do not have the opportunity to go to college and study for a career. They may never have the chance to train for a profession that interests them and uses their talents. They will struggle to find jobs to support themselves and their families. At Niños de Mexico, we encourage all of our kids to pursue college or technical school. We want them to have the tools to provide for themselves and their families in the future. We hope that they will be able to find rewarding professions and see them as a ministry.

Some Niños Alumni have gone on to become doctors, ministers, lawyers, educators, professors, beauticians, etc. So many areas in which God can use them to leave his fingerprints on people’s lives! We currently have ten students in college or technical school. Marcos, Ricardo P., and Jesús are in Bible college. Marcela is studying at John Brown University. Victor, Oreb and Claudia are studying at universities in Mexico. Maycol and Salvador are in technical school. David is currently working on a license in architecture at one of his school’s satellite programs in Canada. These students are studying everything from Biblical Studies to Gastronomy to Computer Technical support. We are excited for them to be pursuing their interests and working toward a profession. What a privilege to see them come from the most humble and hopeless circumstances and transform into young people with goals and the opportunities to reach their dreams!

Please encourage and support these students in prayer. Pray for them to grow in wisdom in order to make good choices for their future, to take their studies seriously and make a good effort. Pray for those working in internships and other work-study programs, that God will give them good contacts for future job opportunities. Pray for them to look for ministry opportunities right now in their schools, as well as in their future professions. Pray for Niños to be able to provide the emotional and financial support they need.

Please celebrate and pray for our future graduates in December 2007 and January 2008:

Oreb – degree in Communications
Marcela – degree in Graphic Design
Claudia – degree in Business Administration

God bless you each for your love and support of the ministry of Niños de México!

We have a booth registered for the 2008 National Missionary Convention November 15-18 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Please stop by if you are in the area. I would enjoy meeting you or catching up on what is going on here in Mexico. I will be there along with our Development Director, Mick O’Hanahan and his family.

Blessings,

Seth