In Ecuador, in the tiny town of San Lorenzo, there sits an unassuming property. You’d never know how special it is unless you turn off the paved road at the top of the hill, up the dirt driveway and through the gate. On the gate post hangs a painted turtle shell announcing the name: Montanita Verde Children’s Home. Inside you’ll find a home for children who have nowhere else to go. It is a place filled with compassion for children in need of a place to grow and learn and be loved.
Siblings Carlos, Eugene, Tanya and Justine were abandoned by their father when Justine was just a young child. Their mother was mentally unstable and had tried to kill herself numerous times. The Christians who run the children’s home were called to take care of the children as there was nowhere safe for them to live.
Montanita Verde Children’s Home opened its doors to the brothers and sisters. There, they got to attend school, they were fed and loved, told about Jesus Christ and in that time the three older siblings became Christians.
But the story gets better. Their mother Sarah began counselling with the local pastor and his wife. She became stable mentally and started hearing of God’s love. She too became a Christian. The courts deemed her fit to take care of her children again and after two and a half years of living at Montanita Verde, the family was reunited.
Sarah was baptized this last Mother’s Day at the church where her children attended, where the pastor has been counselling her and where their family was transformed. She praises God for bringing her children and her back together, and thanks the Montanita Verde people for helping her family in their time of need.
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