El Limon Children’s Home is five hours south of the Back2Back Mexico campus in Monterrey. Since 2000, Back2Back has partnered with El Limon by helping to provide resources for the children, meeting their needs through service teams and ongoing care. At a recent anniversary event to celebrate the faithful service of the directors of El Limon Children’s Home, several of the children from the home read letters to them, as a tribute to express their love and gratitude. The common theme among the children’s letters was one of thankfulness for the way God had provided for them by placing Fernando and Yadira, the directors of the home, in their lives. This heartwarming moment caused us to reflect on the things that we’re thankful for, but it also acted as a powerful reminder of the way in which God is faithfully caring for the children we serve. In honor of Thanksgiving, we wanted to take a moment to share one particular child’s speech with you:
Real Parents, by Alejandra
A real mom and a real dad are not those who give you money to buy Sabritas (chips). They are someone who give you advice when you have problems and help you when you are in need and if you are in trouble they will help you and pray for you because they are good parents.
Mom, Yadira, Dad Fernando and Mom, Nancy, are some of the best parents I’ve had in my life because God gave them to me and He has a plan for my life. Thank God I’ve been set free and I´m happy. So, thank you Lord for giving me such beautiful parents who know how to care for me and do not leave me in hard times and pay attention to me when I tell them I need to talk. So, I want to tell them they are the best parents I’ve had in my life.
Thank you Lord for taking care of me and loving me so much. Thank you mom and dad – I love you.
A student from Horizon Community Church plays with a child at El Limon
Some of the children from El Limon pose for a picture with students from Horizon Community Church
A few children at El Limon playing with Back2Back mission trip guests from North Cincinnati Community Church
