FINANCIAL GIFTS enable Children of Mexico, Inc. to feed, care for, and witness to at-risk Mexican children. Without such assistance, this mission work would not be possible. You are invited to become financially involved in this work.

Children of Mexico, doing business as Niños de Mexico, is incorporated in the State of Missouri as a nonprofit 501c3 organization approved by the IRS to issue tax-deductible gifts for the care of Mexican children. For more Information, contact Mick O'Hanahan – 417-499-3983 or mick.ohanahan@ninosdemexico.org.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS:Linda AltzierBobby CaleyMike ChartrauRon CookGonzalo FloresDr. Kent HillChristy HortonFrank JeansKerry KlenkeMark MatthewsScott NeuhartBob Wideman

STAFF:Steve Ross Executive Director

Mick O’Hanahan Development Director

Crystal Koster Office Administrator

visit us atninosdemexico.orgcall 636.583.2000

Nonprofit Org.U.S. Postage

PAIDPermit No. 24

Union, MO 63084

Serving Christ in Mexico since 1967.

We are excited to announce that we received eight new children in June, plus two new sibling groups in July! Adding new children to the family is always exciting and also challenging. Everyone has to make adjustments - from the houseparents and the children already in the home – to each of the children who arrive to make Niños their new home! The children arrived after they had finished their school year allowing them to be ready to start their next year of school in mid-August.We are thankful for the opportunity to be able to minister and serve these eight kids and looking forward to developing a new relationship with the state Division of Family Services.Please keep them in your prayers as they transition into their new families and prepare for school. Please pray for the spiritual battle that these children will face as Satan has lost some of his power in their lives. They are now in a place where they will hear the Word of God and will be challenged to follow Jesus Christ! Lastly, please pray for new HUGS sponsors who will step up to personally care for these young lives. The kids who presently call Niños home number 81.

Serving Christ in Mexico since 1967.

P.O. Box 309 Union, MO 63084

Return Service Requested

The four newest kids

new children join the niños family

Fall 2016

AndreaBethel House

NahomiBethel House

AldoGenesis House

AzucenaAgape House

AriEmanuel House

DulceEmanuel House

CarlosEsperanza House

MateoGenesis House

This summer, José was one of 68 of our kids that were able to attend church camp. Thanks to the generosity of a group of kids at a week of camp at High Hill Christian Camp and the VBS program from Bethel Bible Church in Evergreen Park, Illinois, for making this happen..

The kids had a great time and were challenged in their faith in Christ. Several of the young people made decisions to give their lives more fully to Christ. One of our young people was baptized! Welcome to the family, Jose!

JosÉ baptized

Please help us out by sending us your email address! This would allow us to keep you up to date on all that goes on by receiving our monthly e-newsletters. This will also enable us to send your receipts and other update items by email.

In July we had an evening to honor the accomplishments of the children who graduated and moved on to the next level of education! What a celebration it was!

All the Niños family was present along with a group from the US, one of the Niños board members, and a member of the Mexican board. As each student's name was called, they walked to the front of the room and received a recognition from the organization. Everyone applauded them as they walked to the front table to be greeted by myself, our field director and the members of our two boards. You could see and feel their excitement as they were recognized for their hard work that led to this day!

Each one of the kids has a story of how God has helped them to achieve this new level in their lives. Please continue to pray for each of these students as they adjust to the next level of education.

This year, one of our newer additions, Allison, graduated from Kindergarten, 11 kids graduated from primary school, eight graduated from secondary school, and three from prepa (high school).

I want to focus on the three young men who have finished their prepa studies and who are preparing to

enter a university to continue their studies.

Kevin Lopez from Casa de Niños graduated on June 27th. He is enrolled in a public university in San Luis Potosi where he is studying marketing. We are proud of Kevin's hard work and success. He has been with us since July 2015. He came from an impoverished area of Oaxaca with a need for help in his education.

Juan Gallegos from the boys' dorm graduated on July 4th. We are proud of Juan and his effort to succeed. He is enrolled in a university where he will be able to study to be an architect in interior design.

He and his five brothers and sisters have been a part of the Niños

family since 2001. Juan has been a part of the worship teams at two of the local churches for several years.

Benito Jimenez, also from the boys' dorm, graduated on July 14th. He enrolled in a nearby university where he is studying business administration. We praise God for Benito and for his hard work through the years. He has been a part of the Niños family since 2003.

Benito has been actively leading worship in the Texcoco church plant, Expansion Cristiana, for several years.

It is exciting to see their progress. And I want you to know that YOU ARE A KEY PART of their progress.

Thank you for partnering for the long haul so that we can see long-term changes in these kids' futures!

Steve Ross Executive Director

P.S. To God be the glory - GREAT things He has done!

graduations

new website

2016 primary graduates

Kevin Lopez (18)

Juan Gallegos (19)

Benito Jimenez (21)

Please share the new website with your friends to help us continue to spread the word about what God is doing in the lives of each of the children and young people who call Niños de Mexico their home!

WWW.NINOSDEMEXICO.ORG

This ministry is supported by some very special people – each and every one of you! When we look at everything that is accomplished and the lives that are changed, we see SPECTACULAR RESULTS! That couldn’t happen without the help we receive from our faithful supporters. This is what that looks like.

This is Kieran Hale as she presents a special check for $1,000 to the Bethel House. She was able to visit Niños de Mexico as part of a short-term mission trip for the first time this year. This young lady has been collecting money in the lobby of Tomoka Christian Church in Ormond Beach, Florida for a number of years now. What a special heart she has for our girls at Bethel!

Compass Christian Church held the “Day of Hope” golf tournament and raised $48,000.00! This money has been extremely helpful in helping us to complete several remodels of our homes this summer. Compass has a special team of volunteers that gave many hours to help with this event. Niños de Mexico is the recipient of the proceeds every three years. (See the list of completed projects in the "Groups Brought Their Sweat Equity..." page inside of the newsletter insert.)

A group from Sheldon Church of Christ in Wisconsin gave an extra gift of over $3,000 that enabled the church plant in Chilapa to finish the second story of their church. The funds were also used to buy land and a building in the nearby village of Libertad for a church!

New Horizons Christian Church in Heyworth, Illinois raised money through their VBS program and other special gifts so we could buy new stoves. Their goal was to raise enough to buy one commercial stove but they raised enough for two! Over $3,800.00. New Horizons came on a STM trip for the first time this year. We are looking forward to having them back again in the future.

These are just a few examples of what it looks like when our Christian brothers and sisters have a heart for the work of Niños de Mexico. We appreciate ALL of the extra effort that our supporters give. It turns into SPECTACULAR RESULTS for the Kingdom!

extra effort = spectacular results

Allison (6)

2016 secondary graduates

Scan this code with a QR Reader on your smartphone to go straight to our new website!

Bethel House Emanuel House

memorials and honorariumsIn Memory of:

Mr. & Mrs. W.R. Eversole from Janet Eversole Moss

Grover Wilson from John & Jannette Allen

Major Michael F. Copeland from John & Janette Allen

Chris Crosby SR from Carol Crosby

Katherine Crosby from Carol Crosby

Chris Crosby JR from Carol Crosby

Kenneth Woods JR from Kenneth Woods III

Mary Markt from Richard & Judith Weis

Merrill Berniece Ferguson from Richard & Judith Weis

In Honor of:

Elliott French from Bruce French

Why does a Christian have a will? Much of the literature circulated in our churches and charitable organizations will lead you to believe that every Christian is obligated to have a will. To die without a will means that property will be distributed according to law, and that may be more costly. This is true. But this is a reason for everyone to have a will, not just a Christian.

The motivation for a Christian to have a will is rooted in deep spiritual tradition. It is based on the understanding that an important part of a Christian lifestyle is a relationship to God and the property that He has entrusted to us.

The earth in all of its fullness belongs to God. As Christians, He has entrusted property to us as His caretakers, trustees, stewards. We are charged with a sacred trust. How we manage that trust during our lifetimes and distribute the trust assets at the time of death are important parts of our spiritual lifestyles.

Stewardship is not simply giving a percentage of our income. Financial stewardship can be defined as “using God-given abilities, to manage God-owned properties, to accomplish God- ordained results.” Therefore, every financial decision becomes a spiritual decision, including the distribution of property at the time of death.

We would be honored to help you with wise estate planning strategies.

Feel free to contact me via telephone at 417.499.3983, or email me at mick.ohanahan@ninosdemexico.org. Or if you would like to spend some time with David Duncan, our partner at Co:Mission Foundation, you can telephone

him at 417.437.4774, or email dduncan@comissionfoundation.org.

We would like to be of service to you.

Mick O’Hanahan Director of Development

a christian’s will is motivated by stewardship

#GivingTuesday is a global day of giving fueled by the power of social media and collaboration. Celebrated on the Tuesday following Thanksgiving (in the U.S.) and the widely recognized shopping events Black Friday and Cyber Monday, #GivingTuesday kicks off the charitable season, when many focus on their holiday and end-of-year giving. We need your help! When we send emails and Facebook posts out, we need you to share and re-send the messages out to your friends and contacts. You have a big influence on your social media group and when they see that you love and trust the ministry of Niños de Mexico they may become involved as well. Thank you in advance for helping us to get the word out!

#giving tuesday is november 29th

prayers neededPRAISES:

• Our relationship with DIF is at a high point. We are beingpursued regarding taking in children, when many otherhomes are struggling or even closing down.

• Agustin has enrolled in a school where he can studynursing as he works on his prepa classes.

• Joni, from San Luis, has started his third year ofuniversity.

• Damian is doing very well in San Luis with Marco andNayeli. This gives him the chance to start fresh.

• Joseline, with the help of our psychologists and our neweducation coordinator, was able to take the tests sheneeded to take in order to start her 2nd year of prepa.

• Pancho is doing well now. He worked hard this summerand is preparing for his next semester in the university.

• Remedios (house mom at Emanuel) had cancer surgeryearlier this year and is doing very well – completely backto full steam.

REQUESTS:

• Nahomi - One of the new children having difficultiesadjusting to the Christian environment.

• Marcos at Esperanza - Struggling to follow through on hishomework, etc.

• Pray for the eight new kids and another potential three kids.

• Please continue to lift up the children’s salvation. May theHoly Spirit move in each heart to move them closer to adecision to follow Jesus for the first time and then to followHim daily!

welcome to our new physicianWe are excited to announce that Corrie Glenn, a nurse practitioner from Deer Park, Washington and his family have joined our staff to serve in the medical area treating our children and staff.

Corrie and Romina have visited several times over the past 10 years working alongside Dr. Noe.

Corrie had practiced medicine on a reservation near Deer Park for many years.

They spent the last week of August and the first week of September getting settled into their new home on the Genesis campus as well as setting up the clinic to begin working with our children.

There are so many things that are different about serving in Mexico - language - traffic - how long it takes to do common things - names of medicines - etc... Please keep them in your prayers as they transition into their new service here at Niños.

Corrie, Romina, Lucas and Carlos

julie copp joins the niños staffThis summer Julie Copp joined our staff to work with our young people in the area of spiritual growth. We have seen such a strong need for additional support in this area, particularly among the young ladies that are growing up here at Niños.

Julie spent 5 months with us last year and felt God calling her to return to invest in the lives of the children here at Niños.

Please keep Julie in your prayers as she heads to Puebla to continue to work on her Spanish and then as she settles into her new role in this new ministry area!

Julie with Mariana

memorials and honorariumsIn Memory of:

Mr. & Mrs. W.R. Eversole from Janet Eversole Moss

Grover Wilson from John & Jannette Allen

Major Michael F. Copeland from John & Janette Allen

Chris Crosby SR from Carol Crosby

Katherine Crosby from Carol Crosby

Chris Crosby JR from Carol Crosby

Kenneth Woods JR from Kenneth Woods III

Mary Markt from Richard & Judith Weis

Merrill Berniece Ferguson from Richard & Judith Weis

In Honor of:

Elliott French from Bruce French

Why does a Christian have a will? Much of the literature circulated in our churches and charitable organizations will lead you to believe that every Christian is obligated to have a will. To die without a will means that property will be distributed according to law, and that may be more costly. This is true. But this is a reason for everyone to have a will, not just a Christian.

The motivation for a Christian to have a will is rooted in deep spiritual tradition. It is based on the understanding that an important part of a Christian lifestyle is a relationship to God and the property that He has entrusted to us.

The earth in all of its fullness belongs to God. As Christians, He has entrusted property to us as His caretakers, trustees, stewards. We are charged with a sacred trust. How we manage that trust during our lifetimes and distribute the trust assets at the time of death are important parts of our spiritual lifestyles.

Stewardship is not simply giving a percentage of our income. Financial stewardship can be defined as “using God-given abilities, to manage God-owned properties, to accomplish God- ordained results.” Therefore, every financial decision becomes a spiritual decision, including the distribution of property at the time of death.

We would be honored to help you with wise estate planning strategies.

Feel free to contact me via telephone at 417.499.3983, or email me at mick.ohanahan@ninosdemexico.org. Or if you would like to spend some time with David Duncan, our partner at Co:Mission Foundation, you can telephone

him at 417.437.4774, or email dduncan@comissionfoundation.org.

We would like to be of service to you.

Mick O’Hanahan Director of Development

a christian’s will is motivated by stewardship

#GivingTuesday is a global day of giving fueled by the power of social media and collaboration. Celebrated on the Tuesday following Thanksgiving (in the U.S.) and the widely recognized shopping events Black Friday and Cyber Monday, #GivingTuesday kicks off the charitable season, when many focus on their holiday and end-of-year giving. We need your help! When we send emails and Facebook posts out, we need you to share and re-send the messages out to your friends and contacts. You have a big influence on your social media group and when they see that you love and trust the ministry of Niños de Mexico they may become involved as well. Thank you in advance for helping us to get the word out!

#giving tuesday is november 29th

prayers neededPRAISES:

• Our relationship with DIF is at a high point. We are beingpursued regarding taking in children, when many otherhomes are struggling or even closing down.

• Agustin has enrolled in a school where he can studynursing as he works on his prepa classes.

• Joni, from San Luis, has started his third year ofuniversity.

• Damian is doing very well in San Luis with Marco andNayeli. This gives him the chance to start fresh.

• Joseline, with the help of our psychologists and our neweducation coordinator, was able to take the tests sheneeded to take in order to start her 2nd year of prepa.

• Pancho is doing well now. He worked hard this summerand is preparing for his next semester in the university.

• Remedios (house mom at Emanuel) had cancer surgeryearlier this year and is doing very well – completely backto full steam.

REQUESTS:

• Nahomi - One of the new children having difficultiesadjusting to the Christian environment.

• Marcos at Esperanza - Struggling to follow through on hishomework, etc.

• Pray for the eight new kids and another potential three kids.

• Please continue to lift up the children’s salvation. May theHoly Spirit move in each heart to move them closer to adecision to follow Jesus for the first time and then to followHim daily!

welcome to our new physicianWe are excited to announce that Corrie Glenn, a nurse practitioner from Deer Park, Washington and his family have joined our staff to serve in the medical area treating our children and staff.

Corrie and Romina have visited several times over the past 10 years working alongside Dr. Noe.

Corrie had practiced medicine on a reservation near Deer Park for many years.

They spent the last week of August and the first week of September getting settled into their new home on the Genesis campus as well as setting up the clinic to begin working with our children.

There are so many things that are different about serving in Mexico - language - traffic - how long it takes to do common things - names of medicines - etc... Please keep them in your prayers as they transition into their new service here at Niños.

Corrie, Romina, Lucas and Carlos

julie copp joins the niños staffThis summer Julie Copp joined our staff to work with our young people in the area of spiritual growth. We have seen such a strong need for additional support in this area, particularly among the young ladies that are growing up here at Niños.

Julie spent 5 months with us last year and felt God calling her to return to invest in the lives of the children here at Niños.

Please keep Julie in your prayers as she heads to Puebla to continue to work on her Spanish and then as she settles into her new role in this new ministry area!

Julie with Mariana

This year, we were blessed to have 15 groups join us in Mexico to work on our homes. I really believe that as a whole, our homes

haven’t looked better! There is a lot to do to keep up on all of the maintenance of our facilities, as well as the continuing work to improve our facilities for our kids and staff.

Groups are able to do so much with a paintbrush and a couple of rollers! They have helped us to improve the look of all of our homes through the years – and this year is no exception. They are helping to make them more comfortable for our children and staff.

Due to the tremors that constantly hit our area, there are fissures that develop in the concrete roofs. So our groups help seal our roofs to protect the homes from the rains.

The work accomplished always depends on the talents that each group brings. We are thankful for each one and praise God for each person and their willingness to sacrifice their time, energy, and money to come bless the children!

We are also thankful for Joel Beck, a carpenter from Carl Junction, Missouri, who raised support to be able to come down for 7-1/2 weeks this summer to help us work in a variety of our homes using his carpentry skills on doors, closets, kitchens, drywall to create bedrooms, etc.

Beyond the maintenance and construction work projects we had a group that focused on educational training for our houseparents and teachers, and another group that trained our houseparents and worked with creating historical photo albums with all of the children in the homes.

THANK YOU to each group and church who participated with us this year to bless the ministry. Your contribution is so valuable!

Some of the Projects Completed This Year• A new apartment was finished

to house our boys’ dorm on theGenesis property.

• The Esperanza House received afacelift (on the inside) with newtile and with new electrical wiringin all of the kids rooms.

• A new apartment was finished tohouse our short-term missionsassistant hosts.

• The Emanuel house received anew space for their study area sothat they will not have to clean off their dining room table in orderto study. They will soon havenew space for the girls and for anassistant house mom.

• The Bungalow was redone on theinside, making it a very liveablespace for guests or for staff.

• Apartments were remodeled andupdated in preparation for thearrival of Julie Copp and CorrieGlenn and his family!

• New rooms were built andprepared in order to receivenew girls at Agape. The interiorwas modified so that the girls allenter their rooms from the insideof the house.

• After the old boys’ dorm wasvacated, we took the timeto remodel and prepare thishouse to be our next home.We will be looking for the righthouseparents and then fill it withgirls. For the time being, our fielddirector is living in this house.

• The Fron-Tennis court wasrepaired and painted thissummer.

• Curtains were made and hung inthe downstairs girls’ roomsat Bethel.

• The Genesis remodel was finished,making the space even morelivable for the Genesis family!

groups brought their energy, sweat equity, and encouragement to us!

This year, we were blessed to have 15 groups join us in Mexico to work on our homes. I really believe that as a whole, our homes

haven’t looked better! There is a lot to do to keep up on all of the maintenance of our facilities, as well as the continuing work to improve our facilities for our kids and staff.

Groups are able to do so much with a paintbrush and a couple of rollers! They have helped us to improve the look of all of our homes through the years – and this year is no exception. They are helping to make them more comfortable for our children and staff.

Due to the tremors that constantly hit our area, there are fissures that develop in the concrete roofs. So our groups help seal our roofs to protect the homes from the rains.

The work accomplished always depends on the talents that each group brings. We are thankful for each one and praise God for each person and their willingness to sacrifice their time, energy, and money to come bless the children!

We are also thankful for Joel Beck, a carpenter from Carl Junction, Missouri, who raised support to be able to come down for 7-1/2 weeks this summer to help us work in a variety of our homes using his carpentry skills on doors, closets, kitchens, drywall to create bedrooms, etc.

Beyond the maintenance and construction work projects we had a group that focused on educational training for our houseparents and teachers, and another group that trained our houseparents and worked with creating historical photo albums with all of the children in the homes.

THANK YOU to each group and church who participated with us this year to bless the ministry. Your contribution is so valuable!

Some of the Projects Completed This Year• A new apartment was finished

to house our boys’ dorm on theGenesis property.

• The Esperanza House received afacelift (on the inside) with newtile and with new electrical wiringin all of the kids rooms.

• A new apartment was finished tohouse our short-term missionsassistant hosts.

• The Emanuel house received anew space for their study area sothat they will not have to clean off their dining room table in orderto study. They will soon havenew space for the girls and for anassistant house mom.

• The Bungalow was redone on theinside, making it a very liveablespace for guests or for staff.

• Apartments were remodeled andupdated in preparation for thearrival of Julie Copp and CorrieGlenn and his family!

• New rooms were built andprepared in order to receivenew girls at Agape. The interiorwas modified so that the girls allenter their rooms from the insideof the house.

• After the old boys’ dorm wasvacated, we took the timeto remodel and prepare thishouse to be our next home.We will be looking for the righthouseparents and then fill it withgirls. For the time being, our fielddirector is living in this house.

• The Fron-Tennis court wasrepaired and painted thissummer.

• Curtains were made and hung inthe downstairs girls’ roomsat Bethel.

• The Genesis remodel was finished,making the space even morelivable for the Genesis family!

groups brought their energy, sweat equity, and encouragement to us!

In July we had an evening to honor the accomplishments of the children who graduated and moved on to the next level of education! What a celebration it was!

All the Niños family was present along with a group from the US, one of the Niños board members, and a member of the Mexican board. As each student's name was called, they walked to the front of the room and received a recognition from the organization. Everyone applauded them as they walked to the front table to be greeted by myself, our field director and the members of our two boards. You could see and feel their excitement as they were recognized for their hard work that led to this day!

Each one of the kids has a story of how God has helped them to achieve this new level in their lives. Please continue to pray for each of these students as they adjust to the next level of education.

This year, one of our newer additions, Allison, graduated from Kindergarten, 11 kids graduated from primary school, eight graduated from secondary school, and three from prepa (high school).

I want to focus on the three young men who have finished their prepa studies and who are preparing to

enter a university to continue their studies.

Kevin Lopez from Casa de Niños graduated on June 27th. He is enrolled in a public university in San Luis Potosi where he is studying marketing. We are proud of Kevin's hard work and success. He has been with us since July 2015. He came from an impoverished area of Oaxaca with a need for help in his education.

Juan Gallegos from the boys' dorm graduated on July 4th. We are proud of Juan and his effort to succeed. He is enrolled in a university where he will be able to study to be an architect in interior design.

He and his five brothers and sisters have been a part of the Niños

family since 2001. Juan has been a part of the worship teams at two of the local churches for several years.

Benito Jimenez, also from the boys' dorm, graduated on July 14th. He enrolled in a nearby university where he is studying business administration. We praise God for Benito and for his hard work through the years. He has been a part of the Niños family since 2003.

Benito has been actively leading worship in the Texcoco church plant, Expansion Cristiana, for several years.

It is exciting to see their progress. And I want you to know that YOU ARE A KEY PART of their progress.

Thank you for partnering for the long haul so that we can see long-term changes in these kids' futures!

Steve Ross Executive Director

P.S. To God be the glory - GREAT things He has done!

graduations

new website

2016 primary graduates

Kevin Lopez (18)

Juan Gallegos (19)

Benito Jimenez (21)

Please share the new website with your friends to help us continue to spread the word about what God is doing in the lives of each of the children and young people who call Niños de Mexico their home!

WWW.NINOSDEMEXICO.ORG

This ministry is supported by some very special people – each and every one of you! When we look at everything that is accomplished and the lives that are changed, we see SPECTACULAR RESULTS! That couldn’t happen without the help we receive from our faithful supporters. This is what that looks like.

This is Kieran Hale as she presents a special check for $1,000 to the Bethel House. She was able to visit Niños de Mexico as part of a short-term mission trip for the first time this year. This young lady has been collecting money in the lobby of Tomoka Christian Church in Ormond Beach, Florida for a number of years now. What a special heart she has for our girls at Bethel!

Compass Christian Church held the “Day of Hope” golf tournament and raised $48,000.00! This money has been extremely helpful in helping us to complete several remodels of our homes this summer. Compass has a special team of volunteers that gave many hours to help with this event. Niños de Mexico is the recipient of the proceeds every three years. (See the list of completed projects in the "Groups Brought Their Sweat Equity..." page inside of the newsletter insert.)

A group from Sheldon Church of Christ in Wisconsin gave an extra gift of over $3,000 that enabled the church plant in Chilapa to finish the second story of their church. The funds were also used to buy land and a building in the nearby village of Libertad for a church!

New Horizons Christian Church in Heyworth, Illinois raised money through their VBS program and other special gifts so we could buy new stoves. Their goal was to raise enough to buy one commercial stove but they raised enough for two! Over $3,800.00. New Horizons came on a STM trip for the first time this year. We are looking forward to having them back again in the future.

These are just a few examples of what it looks like when our Christian brothers and sisters have a heart for the work of Niños de Mexico. We appreciate ALL of the extra effort that our supporters give. It turns into SPECTACULAR RESULTS for the Kingdom!

extra effort = spectacular results

Allison (6)

2016 secondary graduates

Scan this code with a QR Reader on your smartphone to go straight to our new website!

Bethel House Emanuel House

FINANCIAL GIFTS enable Children of Mexico, Inc. to feed, care for, and witness to at-risk Mexican children. Without such assistance, this mission work would not be possible. You are invited to become financially involved in this work.

Children of Mexico, doing business as Niños de Mexico, is incorporated in the State of Missouri as a nonprofit 501c3 organization approved by the IRS to issue tax-deductible gifts for the care of Mexican children. For more Information, contact Mick O'Hanahan – 417-499-3983 or mick.ohanahan@ninosdemexico.org.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS:Linda AltzierBobby CaleyMike ChartrauRon CookGonzalo FloresDr. Kent HillChristy HortonFrank JeansKerry KlenkeMark MatthewsScott NeuhartBob Wideman

STAFF:Steve Ross Executive Director

Mick O’Hanahan Development Director

Crystal Koster Office Administrator

visit us atninosdemexico.orgcall 636.583.2000

Nonprofit Org.U.S. Postage

PAIDPermit No. 24

Union, MO 63084

Serving Christ in Mexico since 1967.

We are excited to announce that we received eight new children in June, plus two new sibling groups in July! Adding new children to the family is always exciting and also challenging. Everyone has to make adjustments - from the houseparents and the children already in the home – to each of the children who arrive to make Niños their new home! The children arrived after they had finished their school year allowing them to be ready to start their next year of school in mid-August.We are thankful for the opportunity to be able to minister and serve these eight kids and looking forward to developing a new relationship with the state Division of Family Services.Please keep them in your prayers as they transition into their new families and prepare for school. Please pray for the spiritual battle that these children will face as Satan has lost some of his power in their lives. They are now in a place where they will hear the Word of God and will be challenged to follow Jesus Christ! Lastly, please pray for new HUGS sponsors who will step up to personally care for these young lives. The kids who presently call Niños home number 81.

Serving Christ in Mexico since 1967.

P.O. Box 309 Union, MO 63084

Return Service Requested

The four newest kids

new children join the niños family

Fall 2016

AndreaBethel House

NahomiBethel House

AldoGenesis House

AzucenaAgape House

AriEmanuel House

DulceEmanuel House

CarlosEsperanza House

MateoGenesis House

This summer, José was one of 68 of our kids that were able to attend church camp. Thanks to the generosity of a group of kids at a week of camp at High Hill Christian Camp and the VBS program from Bethel Bible Church in Evergreen Park, Illinois, for making this happen..

The kids had a great time and were challenged in their faith in Christ. Several of the young people made decisions to give their lives more fully to Christ. One of our young people was baptized! Welcome to the family, Jose!

JosÉ baptized

Please help us out by sending us your email address! This would allow us to keep you up to date on all that goes on by receiving our monthly e-newsletters. This will also enable us to send your receipts and other update items by email.