The 30th of March this year our little Yanessa was diagnosed with Leukemia.  She and her twin Larissa are 5-years-old, and part of the 7 sisters in our care.  

In the beginning God gave us a verse for Yanessa, to help strengthen our faith.  In John 11:4 Jesus said, "This sickness will not end in death.  No, it is for God's glory so that God's Son may be glorified through it."  God is faithful and little Yanessa is a walking miracle.

Yanessa was hospitalized for  2 1/2 months in San Pedro Sula.  It took a couple of weeks to get the official results, but Yanessa was diagnosed with an easier form of Leukemia and the doctors said that we caught it early enough, so that it would be treatable.  Then starting in May we've made two trips a month, driving the 5 hours each way and staying over for her treatments at the Fundación Hondureña para el Niño con Cáncer.   We are very grateful for the care they have given Yanessa.  Yanessa still isn't fully recovered, but she has responded very well to every treatment and we consistently get good reports for her.  She's moved from sad and listless, to sparkly and joyful, even in the midst of all the medical procedures and separation from her sisters.

We want to especially thank Areli (Ruby's 3rd sister) and Gladys from our team for caring for Yanessa.  Both ladies have spent several weeks away from family, doing 24-hour-shifts in the hospital to care for her.  They have been a huge blessing and have shown Yanessa a mother's love through all of this. 

I also want to thank our faithful donors for helping us to cover the cost of Yanessa's treatment.  While many of her medical bills are covered by the foundation mentioned above, GiveHope2Kids has spent several thousand dollars for her care during these months.  This was possible thanks to your faithful support.

Here are a few pictures of Yanessa through the course of her treatment.  Please pray for her continued recovery.  Also, if anyone is interested in becoming more a part of Yanessa's life, she is still in need of sponsors.

​Nearly everything else will be a duplicate of the Urraco Campus.  We will still live out all our essential values, like the most important: Our homes for children will be led by strong, Christian families.  It is our intention to carry on the wonderful family culture we so enjoy.

We firmly believe that we will have an impact in the community of Roma, just as we've had in Urraco.  We've already started building relationships with the  teachers and students in the public school, while doing service projects there.  As we develop relationships in the community we later hope to invite the young people to be a part of a youth group.