Good Things Come to Those Who Wait

The Recio Mora family applied for a Home of Hope in 2019 and were hopeful to receive their home in March of 2020, yet as the Covid- 19 pandemic escalated in Mexico at that time, they quickly realized that they would have to wait. Manuel, Veronica and their two daughters Dania and Grecia struggled throughout the lock down. Manuel had lost his job and at times they had no food in the house. Thankfully they had family nearby that helped them through as they waited patiently.

One night in December, as a storm blew through Ensenada, the force of the rain took out the mud retaining wall above their property.  In the middle of the night, while the family was fast asleep inside, the dirt came sliding down and took out one of the walls of their makeshift shelter. 

They ran out of the house and thankfully no one was hurt. Again, family supported them and they were able to rebuild their structure again. Once again, all they could do was wait. After much time had passed, the Recio Mora family finally received their miracle! They now are the proud owners of a safe and dry shelter for them to be together as a family. As he received the keys to their new home, Manuel shared, “We started to lose hope. We believed that it would never actually happen, but it did!”

The reality is, many deserving families such as the Recio Mora family are waiting for a home. We are doing everything in our power to meet the needs of these families and we can not do it without you. Thank you for your support, partnership and prayers. Your partnership is truly making a difference to these families. Will you be the answer to a family that is waiting?

Sustaining Hope

This year's #GivingTuesday is next week and we would like to invite you to be a part of it. Here at YWAM San Diego Baja we are in the business of giving HOPE. While 2020 has thrown us all some major curve balls, we are more convinced than ever that HOPE is a powerful force to sustain us, even in the most difficult of times.

This year because of your generosity we were able to give 4000 life sustaining food packages to families in Baja California as well as train 159 world changers through our University of the Nations program!

We want to continue bringing hope to those in need but in order to do that we need your help!

This year we find ourselves with a budget shortfall due to the cancellation of all our teams once the pandemic hit. In response, we have created a Hope Fund that will help us sustain our ministry and to give us the ability to continue meeting the needs of the communities around us.

Would you consider giving to the Hope Fund this Giving Tuesday? Your gift will help us in 3 areas:

1. Baja Food Relief - we want to continue serving the hardest hit communities in this time providing much needed food to those who have lost their income.

2. Student Scholarships- this is a great time for young people to be trained to make a difference. We are able to host students on our ywam campuses and we want to help our students from Mexico with a scholarship to cover their room and board while they learn with us. We believe that the young adults we are able to train will go on to be world changers!

3. Sustain- Help us keep the doors of YWAM San Diego/Baja open for service so that we can be equipped and prepared once we are able to operate at full capacity again.

Please join us in giving this #GivingTuesday - December 1, 2020 to see hope sustained here in Mexico!