Desperate lives take desperate measures when it comes to making choices. These choices often have an impact on others, on those who are closest, on those who are vulnerable. The 16 year old abandoned her newborn at the hospital. The nameless baby was then assigned to the local child protective services, where they would [...]
We are constantly amazed at the difference the love of a family and the love of Jesus can make in the life of a child. It’s a regenerating, transforming experience, to say the least. Christian Foster Care is an amazing way in which love is shown to those who long for it the most. [...]
Here at Familia LightShine we have been accustomed to a large array of emotions. Two of them stand out above the rest. We experience great sadness and desperation when we witness the lives and stories of children who are broken, abused, and/or abandoned. Our hearts hurt when we encounter the fatherless who are faced [...]
2019 has been the best year yet! Thanks to the joint efforts of Familia LightShine, our local government, and our recent partnership with The Hope Effect, we are able to transcend our own boundaries and make an international impact! After operating for two years in Chihuahua, pioneering Foster Care in Northern Mexico, we are [...]
It would be impossible to capture in a single article everything that led to the birth of Familia LightShine, but I’ll do my best! The year was 2011, while working in the mission field with a young girl who lived in the north of the city. We noticed she had burn marks on [...]
Her story begins before her birth. Her pregnant mother worked as a cleaning lady for different people. Not really wanting her baby, she made a deal with one of the families that employed her, to give her away at birth. A couple of months later, Daniela was born. Keeping her side of the deal, [...]
We don’t know the reasons of why people do what they do. Daniel was found outside a local church, in a small town near Chihuahua, on a cold February morning, wrapped in a shower curtain, shivering, abandoned. The streets were deserted, and all the priest could hear that morning was the little baby’s mumble. [...]
