Nineteen

There are 19 families that have been on our waiting list to receive a home from Casas por Cristo for more than four years. Nineteen families that each have five or more members and are waiting for a three-room home that we call a “double.” These families have made their houses out of the same cardboard that we use to pack our belongings. They pray that their homes will weather the storm and long for the one that Christ will provide one day.

These families have been waiting since 2008. Since before the drug war began. Since before all the four-year olds in the world were born. Since before some of our college interns were old enough to drive. Since before many of these families’ own children were born. They have been waiting and hoping and praying, because a prayer is all they have.

If we continue at the present rate, these families will be waiting another two years before they receive a home. Children that were 12 when their parents applied for a home will be 18 and moving on, never seeing their prayers answered. Every day we meet countless families in desperate need hoping to be added to this list, yet are denied because our list is already too long.

People ask our ministry all the time, “What are your greatest needs?” Right now our answer is…

Sandra Almanza

Maria Cristina Reyes Hernandez

Ricardo Aguirre Hernandez

Santa Carrasco Aburto

Rocio Landa Martinez

Roselia Garcia Valdez

Luis Manuel Hernandez

Jaime Cueto Escanuelas

Emilia Mancinas Lopez

Maria Luisa Ramirez Macario

Jose Manuel Flores Leos Gabriela Espino

Marlit Ortiz Reyes

Maria de Jesus Rodriguez Tena

Amalia Gomez Ramos

Alberto Carlos Garcia Vazquez

Graciela Sierra Cana

Pedro Valenzuela Moralez

Francisco Trejo Juan Paulo

Perla Valverde Solis

...and their families are our greatest needs.

These are not just names. Together they represent over a hundred men, women and children in houses that are not fit to be called homes. They are mothers and fathers that want to provide for their children but can’t. These individuals have spoken up on behalf of their families and asked their local church for help; for our help. Theirs are some of the countless prayers around the world, crying out to God in need. Their prayers are not just open ended words spoken into the night sky, these prayers represent names, faces and lives that have now been brought into your life and ours.

Without teams stepping up to build these homes, these families will continue to wait and wonder. 

Will you help us change their future? 

Will you organize a team to build their home and answer their prayers?

Register Today

Need: 18-25 people per team

Where: Juárez, México

Cost: $7000 per home

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