Casa de Esperanza
Making a difference, on child at a time
P.O. Box 9222
Columbus, MS 39705
cdehonduras.org/casa.acklenavenue.com
Dear
Friends of Casa de Esperanza,
It
has been a while since I have done a newsletter. I made three quick trips to Texas in the
first four months of this year to be with my mother as she was dying. I also had knee surgery in February. I just never got back into a rhythm, if there
ever was a rhythm around here.
I
think most people and most organizations can claim that are victories and
defeats, highs and lows in every year. That
would definitely be the case this year at Casa de Esperanza.
As
the year began, we were busy raising money for four of the kids to go to
special needs school. We successfully
raised that money. The children that
went to this school benefitted greatly and improved socially, emotionally, and
educationally. Our desire is to keep
these kids in this school. As we began
the year, we end the year trying to raise money for educational needs.
In
January, Nicole had just become interim director. She
has done a great job and I have loved having my family here on campus. Nicole’s heart is truly with Honduras
Hope. She will soon be returning to work
with that ministry as we have finally found a director for Casa de
Esperanza.
We will
welcome Guadalupe Villatoro as our new director. Her passion for these children, her desire to
make this home better and the skills she brings with her will be huge assets to
us all. She will be able to remove a
huge burden from me.
Sewing
classes have continued. The girls have
started to learn making jewelry as well.
All of the older kids are learning to cut hair. The three older boys have had a woodworking
class. My desire is for everyone to
leave here knowing how to do something.
Thanks to all the people that have skills and are willing to share them
with the kids.
Everyone was in school
in 2016. We had five different school
schedules. We also hired a driver. Jackson did very well in school this year and
finished 9th grade. That is a
huge accomplishment in this country.
Sisi did pretty well in school.
Making the transition from elementary school to high school has been
hard on all of our kids, but she did exceptionally well with that
transition. Katy and Nohemy finished 6th
grade and will be going to high school in February. Of course, there were celebrations for these
graduations and for all making good grades.
Some of the children did not have great years and will be repeating a
grade next year.
We
did three service projects in December.
We visited the nursing home, the women’s prison and the dump. I hope the kids learned about serving others
from these outings. Some of the outings
were fun and some were gut-wrenching for us all.
This
year, 2016 marks the 10th anniversary of Casa de Esperanza and
making a difference in these kids’ lives.
It also marked the time to replace some windows and doors and make other
improvements. Having this many kids is
hard on living space.
I
wish I could fill this newsletter with all great and wonderful things. But everything that happened at Casa this
year was not great and wonderful.
Two
of the kids are no longer with us. One
child had to be removed for everyone else’s safety and one decided that she was
17 our rules were stupid. We love these
kids and we pour ourselves into them. We
have wept and prayed, and prayed and wept over these two dear ones.
Some
employees did not make it this year either.
While some needed to leave, it is always difficult on the children to
have another person leave them.
I
think the future for Casa de Esperanza is hopeful. We plan on taking a few more children in
2017. I have a very good staff in place
right now. We have some new ideas and
new perspectives.
It
is not too late to make a year-end donation to Casa de Esperanza. Or, if you wish to sponsor a child, help with
the cost of education for the special needs children or any other need we have,
you can send a check to:
Casa
de Esperanza
P.O.
Box 9222
Columbus,
MS 39705
Or, you can go online and make a one- time donation or set
up recurring monthly payments at casa.waytogive.net. Another option is http://www.easytithe.com/dl/?uid=hondpo256
and go to the Casa tab.
We
appreciate you our friends, our prayer warriors, our financial supporters and
our emotional encouragers. Thank you for
partnering with us.
If
you have any questions or need more information, please contact me at terriltindall@yahoo.com
Sincerely,
Terri
Tindall
