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
Dec
27
After the mediano’s went into their dorms, we headed up to the teen boys dorm where all of the teenagers were gathering for their Noche Buena fiesta. We were told that the party was going to begin at 9pm so we arrived promptly at that time. However, the food wasn’t ready so we stood and [...]
Dec
27
The next stop on the Christmas parade was in the mediano kitchen. The teen girls had worked really hard to make the kitchen look festive and beautiful! Their Christmas tree was in the middle of the room surrounded by tables with Christmas lights hanging from the ceiling.
The mediano kids were also served tamales and champurrado [...]
Dec
27
Christmas this year for Natasha and I consisted of lots of eating! Christmas eve (known as Noche Buena in Mexico) was a great night of food and dance! The first stop on our tour of Christmas fiesta’s began at 5:30pm with a trip to the Baby Dorm. They ate a traditional Mexican Christmas meal consisting [...]
Dec
20
Natasha’s sister Chara graduated from nursing school this week. Not only did she graduate, she was the valedictorian of her class! Not only was she valedictorian, she got to wear this awesome nursing suit. We are so proud of you Chara!
Dec
20
Tonight we had the staff Christmas party. I love getting to be a part of it because there are always new experiences for those of us who are not originally from south of the border (which I was the only one since Natasha was in Nashville watching her sister graduate). Tonight for the first time [...]
Dec
19
Here are some of the great photos that Ricardo took during Mexico’s Revolution Day celebration. Our kids were in a school play and as you can see, they looked great! Click on any of the photos below to see the full sized version.
Dec
13
Santa has been really busy so far planning and preparing for Christmas at the City of Children. Here are a few photos that show some of the preparations:
Dec
13
Last Saturday we were really busy. For lunch, we hosted the semi-monthly Ron Brown burger feed. This is always a great event filled with lots of great food. The kids absolutely love it when Ron comes to cook hamburgers and cheese burgers!
After the burger feed, the Newland Street Church in Garden Grove, CA passed [...]
Dec
13
We had a HUGE storm this week. As you can see in the photos, we got lots of rain and some really strong wind.
In fact, the storm was so bad that it blew over our old rugged cross up on the hill behind the wall. We look forward to the Lipscomb group coming [...]
Dec
6
This week our babies and preschoolers moved from the baby dorm to the larger preschool dorm. Because we’ve had an influx of new children, especially those who are that age, Ricardo and Patty thought it would be best to move them to the bigger dorm. There they will have more room to do homework and [...]
