The People of Tijuana
This is Elisa with two of her grandchildren, Jael and Diana. Jael and Diana's parents both died young, now Elisa raises them on her own. They live in one room of the house shown to their left. Elisa has been diagnosed with cancer and she has some tooth decay which has caused her pain. The children have also been experiencing diminished appetites, nausea, headaches, lethargy/weakness. This family n
This is Elvira and Javier. Their house burned down two years ago along with all of their possessions. Since then they have been able to move to a new location and rebuild with the help of Christian friends from San Diego and Tijuana. They trust in God and they have been very helpful to us in serving others in our community. We now hold monthly gatherings at their place for all of the families that
This is Gaby, Ana Paola, and Lucas. Gaby's husband Diego was at work when we took this picture. Diego works very hard ,often working double shifts, so that they can pay for the land they live on, however hard times have lost them their property and their vehicle. Now they are trying to start over. They have to leave the house they built by the end of the month (March 2024). They plan to move onto
This is Ana and her family. She has six kids in all. One of her children was at a friends house and her husband was at the empty plot of land where they hope to have a house one day soon. They are being forced to leave this place they have been living because the owners want to develop the land into commercial space. In the meantime their rent has doubled. They have 1-1/2 months to find a new plac
Gloria, her daughter and two of her grandkids. Gloria passed away a couple months ago in 2023.
Nicolas and Marisol have moved back to Guadalajara after working in Tijuana for over a year to provide for their family. When we met them they had almost nothing and were cooking food in a pan they had found on the side of the road. Through God's blessings, they were able to work and buy some essentials, the Bostonia Church of Christ also contributed some clothes and the stuff shown in this pictur