Archive for June, 2009

Jun

28

Picture of the Week

By jeff

This week’s picture of the week comes from a devotional that was led by Scott, the youth minister from Virginia who was visiting the City of Children last week.  On their last night, Scott did a great job of illustrating several stories from the Bible.  As you can see, our boys were enthralled!

Jun

28

Friends and Family!!

By jeff

What and interesting summer this has been for us so far!  We really feel like God is blessing us in so many ways.  The first group of the summer was the Campbell Street group from Jackson, TN.  By the end of the week with them, we felt like we had known them for years.  Natasha [...]

Jun

28

Graduation 2009!

By jeff

The following are pictures taken from the graduation ceremony of Andres Gonzalez and Miriam Torres.  They have both lived at the City of Children for a long time!  We also got to see Esmerelda graduate.  She lived here for a long time as well.  It was a great day.  Every seat in the theater was [...]

Jun

21

Sponsor Visits!

By jeff

One of the best parts of my job is bringing together American individuals and families with Mexican children.  We have a great sponsorship program here at the City of Children where loving individuals commit their time and resources to loving one of our children.  When you put the two together, it makes for an amazing [...]

Jun

21

A Long Journey

By jeff

Last week I went to my last class ever.  I am trying to finish a doctoral degree from Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena.  For the last four years I have met with the same 8 guys (pictured with our 3 professors) as we all worked to complete this task.  We are now preparing on our [...]

Jun

14

Central Park at the City of Children

By jeff

As reported in my weekly report, we are working on the plans for a new park to be built behind our mediana girls dorm.  My brother-in-law, Rob Regg, along with others on the Western Hills (TN) / Pleasant Ridge (TX) team that will be coming in a couple of weeks have been raising money and [...]

Jun

14

A Night of Singing and Dancing!

By jeff

Last week we hosted a group of 46 from Jackson, Tennessee here at the home.  They were our first summer mission team to visit, led by our good friends Danny and Tamie Sorrell and David Knox.  We had a great week with them!  One of their team members said on the last night that they [...]

Jun

7

Dodgertown USA

By jeff

Last week we had some good friends visit from Nashville.  Mark and Beth Jent along with their almost one year old daughter Brooklyn were in Los Angeles for a few days.  I drove up to L.A. to go to a Dodger game with them and then brought them back down to the City of Children [...]

Jun

7

The End of an Era

By jeff

This week we witnessed the retirement of a City of Children legend – the arch over the entrance to the home.  The arch has become synonymous with home over the years – especially the “Vaya Con Dios – Go With God” that was painted on it.  As we witnessed the expansion of the road in front of [...]