She's Back!

(Lesli here...)What an awesome day this has been. We've had a great week with the Navigators group from Iowa State. They were such a blessing to us and to our kids. More about that in a moment.

When we arrived at the ministry center this morning, we were greeted by a familiar face - Mariquita (Alicia) arrived back at Kilometer 33 last night and we were so thrilled to see her beautiful smile and give her lots of hugs. It truly felt like that blessing was more than we could even imagine to top off this week. It felt like God was giving us an extra special gift to have her back.


As I mentioned in the beginning, we've had a marvelous time with these young men and women from Iowa State. We were blessed in so many ways by them as they served and loved on our kids. We've never had our kids so impacted by people that have come to Una Esperanza. They were truly examples of servant leadership and were such amazing examples of Christ's love, and we're confident that the investment they made this week will have wonderful eternal results.


We are so grateful for their willingness to serve in any way that was needed - they renovated our playground set using their engineering and ingenuity skills, they painted the interior of our ministry center with a wonderful new mural, they told Bible stories and acted out skits that wonderfully engaged the kids, they gave countless "caballo" rides on their backs, they led the kids in music and worship, helped the kids with crafts, and just loved the kids in any every way they could.



Please keep them in your prayers as they will be driving back the 20-something hours to Iowa in the next two days. We thank God for bringing them into our lives and to the children of Una Esperanza. Brian, thanks so much for listening to the prompting of the Holy Spirit and bringing your crew to Juarez. God bless you guys and we love you all!

Kingdom Flight Update

Easter 2007 at Una Esperanza


The grand opening of the Tienda de Una Esperanza store was held last Friday. Our purpose for this particular project is to promote self-sustainability for the people of Kilometer 33, and a percentage of the proceeds will go towards providing for our daily feeding and ministry program at the Una Esperanza ministry center. We’re already seeing results, and Monday we were able to feed the children for the first time in weeks. This has been a welcome blessing, especially during this difficult time where the need has far outgrown our current resources! Please join us in prayer for this “Store of Hope” addition to the Una Esperanza ministry center.


We’re getting ready for our annual Easter trip to Una Esperanza and looking forward to celebrating Easter with the children of Kilometer 33. We have a team of 21 from Iowa State University joining us for the week and we're looking forward to making much about Jesus!


We’ll be flying out this Saturday March 15th and returning Monday March 24th and we would appreciate your prayers. Please pray that many would come to know Christ through our efforts and that God would bless this trip abundantly!

Ministry Update

We are praising God that our second annual Easter mission trip has been confirmed. A team of 21 from Iowa State University will be visiting Una Esperanza March 16-21. They will also be sponsoring fundraising events at two separate churches in Iowa for Kingdom Flight this Sunday, March 9th. Please join us in prayer for God’s blessing on their efforts!

We were hoping to be able to travel to Una Esperanza this week for the grand opening of the Una Esperanza store scheduled for this Friday, but unfortunately, we just don’t have the funds to do so. Una Esperanza also remains closed for the fourth week in a row for this same reason. We are still waiting on God’s provision, and we know that this is something that only He can fix. Please pray for the children of Una Esperanza and for us during this difficult season. We may not always see God at work through our circumstances, but we do know that He is faithful.