Things have been really exciting around Hogar de Esperanza. Tim and Susan Striebeck have taken Yan and Roxanna back to the U.S., which means a whole different life for both of them. Pray that all goes well for them and their new parents.

Another exciting thing happened in July when a couple from greater Kansas City area came to the orphanage with a youth group and felt called by God to adopt Yessenia and Paul. Brady and Trish came to the orphanage to minister to the children, but found themselves attracted to Yessenia and Paul. Brady wrote an email to me when he got back to KC, and said that he and Trish missed them a lot even though they hardly knew them. He then wrote, “that must be a God thing”.

We are also excited about our new director of the Ranch, Renato. He is a single guy who has worked at a drug program in Lima, and he is excited about the challenges ahead. We also finished the second floor of the Ranch which will increase our capacity from 6 to 25.

There children entered the orphanage that came from Southern Peru. Their mother died of cancer and their father died 15 days later of a heart attack. The children ages are 7, 5 and 1 1/2 years of age. The first day they came into the orphanage, the 7 year old boy was eating in the cafeteria and his mouth was even with the plate, and he was scraping rice directly into his mouth. I would do the same if I was on the bus for 3 days with little food.

We have had a great number of visitors in July. A church group of 17 from KC, two women from Great Britain, a young man from Indiana. David Alenski, who will be here for one year, Samantha who is from Virginia and has been here 6 weeks, the Roy family from Toronto Canada, who have stayed 10 days and a church group of 4 from Shenandoah Iowa, who are here a week.

Vickie and I really appreciate your prayers and your financial support for the ministry. Also, if you would like a DVD, we will be glad to send it to you. Just email me at mrdavidmiller@hotmail.com. Gracious por su support.

Dave Miller