My recent trip to Monterrey, Mexico has messed with me in the deepest way possible. Majestic. Beautiful. Powerful. I was overwhelmed. It was Sunday morning at Casa Hogar Douglas, an orphanage, in Monterrey. The aforementioned orphanage would have appeared empty to the passerby if it weren’t for the noise coming from a little building atop… Read more
” A little boy planted a carrot seed… and the whole world said nothing would sprout.” – The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss For the majority of the children I work with in the Rio the whole world has said they won’t succeed, they won’t thrive, they won’t amount to anything,… they won’t sprout. That… Read more
We invite you to partner with us by joining us in prayer for our ministry. Find a list of current prayer needs by country below. India: – Pray for the Lord to bring us more Godly staff to serve in India. – Pray for the continued growth and development of the ministry in India Monterrey:… Read more
How do you serve with Back2Back? Lonnie: I am currently serving here in Monterrey with my wife Angela and my three children. My children are Alonna (11), Brayden (9), Layton (6). We are learning as much as we can about the Back2Back. It is our goal to move to a new location in the… Read more
Boys are rough, tough and have endless energy. How do you deal with that in a 17 year-old young man? Tae-kwon-do. One young man in our Hope Program, Antonio, has found a great outlet through tae-kwon-do. He is now in his second year of lessons and just passed his red belt, level one examination. One… Read more
Congrats to NASCAR driver and Back2Back supporter, Trevor Bayne on winning the Daytona 500 on Sunday, the youngest driver ever to win the sports’ biggest race! Bayne has served with Back2Back in Monterrey, Mexico and pledged to donate portions of his Daytona 500 prize money to Back2Back’s orphan care work in Mexico. Bayne commented, “Hopefully… Read more
The past few days have been very encouraging as we have had two different families from North Carolina come to visit. We took one of the families to visit a children’s home (orphanage) that we serve, and we noticed that they needed groceries. The pantry had no fruits or vegetables. We went out shopping and purchased the food that they needed. It is always a… Read more
One day, I was at one of the children’s homes we serve. Standing by herself was a little girl. She appeared to be the saddest thing I had seen in a long time. I started asking around and found out that her and her sister had been dropped off about a week before. That was… Read more