July 2020: Caring for our communities

CARING FOR OUR COMMUNITIES

At The Mission campuses in both Romania and Mexico, we have over 450 children enrolled in K-12th grade and our family care programs. Our family care program, at the Mexico campus, was opened in 1991. The elementary, jr high and high school opened later in the following years. That journey began after seeing a massive need in the communities surrounding our campus in Tijuana, Mexico; childcare was expensive and out of reach for most families. Along with that, most families needed two incomes which meant that both parents were working. After looking into it, The Mission team found that many teenagers dropped out of school to stay home and take care of younger siblings.

As of 2018, we are honored to be not only serving families in Mexico but also in Romania. We do this through providing a safe place for kids while their parents are working! Due to COVID-19, we have been unable to gather children enrolled in 12- hour care programs, on campus, in either Mexico or Romania. Since March, our team has been making sure all of those children are still being cared for through regular social work visits. During those visits we determine how to love and serve their families during this time of quarantine. For the families with two working parents, who are unable to cease working, The Mission team has provided in-home childcare.

Normally, those kids would be with us from 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM. While with us they would get two meals, education and take part in our after school program. Because of that, we have been delivering food to families each week. Since then, several families have shared with us testimonies of God’s provision during this time. A couple of families who said they did not necessarily need the food donation, were giving it away to others in their neighborhood. They shared that ever since then, they have seen God’s faithful hand of provision increase even more in their lives. Please continue to pray with us for the abolishment of the virus and the safety of our kids and team. Thank you for partnering with us!