Hello! We're the Finchers from Nashville, TN. Check back here often to read about our adventures in our new life at the City of Children in Ensenada, Mexico.
© Jeff & Natasha Fincher
Feb
27
Apparently Carnaval is the city’s largest party. We were skeptical of this until we saw it with our own eyes. In 15 years of visiting Ensenada, I have never seen anything like it – amazing costumes, dancing, lots of music, etc. See for yourself:
Feb
27
Every week Natasha and I have the opportunity to travel from Ensenada to San Diego and back, which is always an adventure. Because the City of Children is an American non-profit organization, we have to travel north to visit the bank, post office, and outlet malls while running lots of other errands. In the last [...]
Feb
23
This past weekend was especially great for one of our girls. This particular girl is ten or eleven years old. It was not her birthday, nor did she receive an award at school. She did not receive elaborate gifts, and she was not recognized for anything in particular. But, she had a visitor. Someone came to the home [...]
Feb
22
Natasha and I went to church this morning at Colonia 89. It is a new church that Baja Missions built in the last couple of years in the eastern part of Ensenada. The roof inside the church is amazing!
A guy I really admire named John Dyas preached this morning in Spanish and I understood [...]
Feb
21
Well, Mardi Gras season is upon us. I have always heard about what the party is like in places like New Orleans and in the Caribbean and in other Latin American countries but I have never experienced it for myself. Apparently, in Ensenada, the Carnaval celebration is unlike any throughout the rest of the year. [...]
Feb
21
As reported in this weeks City of Children Weekly Report, one of our boys (Giovani Rodriguez) pulled one of his teeth this week. He was very proud that he lost his tooth so he showed it to everyone hoping that the tooth fairy would come and visit. Well, it worked. The tooth fairy came and [...]
Feb
14
We had someone recently donate a motor scooter to the home for our college boys to use. As you can see, they really think they are tuff stuff on this thing!
Feb
14
Paul Kelly, an elder at the Mayfair Church in Huntsville, AL bought all of the mommas here at the City of Children flowers for Valentines Day. They were really beautiful and the mom’s really liked them! There’s nothing like flowers to put a smile on a momma’s face!
Feb
14
This week in the City of Children Weekly Report I wrote about Ron Brown coming on Valentine’s day and grilling burgers for all of our kids. It was a GREAT meal and our kids loved it! Here are some pictures from the day:
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Feb
9
Last weekend we celebrated what has become one of favorite holidays both in Mexico and in the United States – SUPER BOWL SUNDAY!! Being on the west coast, the game began at 3:30pm so all of the guys gathered at Stan and Carole’s at 3pm. All of the teen boys were invited along with numerous [...]
