For the last year, Back2Back has been working on creating the foster care system here in Mexico. After being asked by the state government of Nuevo Leon (where Monterrey is located) to pioneer this program, Back2Back reached out to the
While in the states for the summit on the orphan in Chicago on May 1-2, we extended our trip a few weeks for some fundraising and time at the U.S. office in Ohio. It has been a whirlwind couple of weeks, but
One of the things that we do at Back2Back is to put a lot of emphasis on the children’s birthdays. For some of them, it is the first time that they will celebrate their special day, and for others their
One thing that I have heard over and over again during the last two years working with Back2Back that has become the root of everything that we plan and do for the children we serve is that “we are only
December is one of my favorite months of the year. I love the time with family, food and traditions. Christmas is a big deal for Andrew and I and we like to make it very special for Kai and Kael.
It was recently recommended to us by our home church pastor that it might be a good thing to share with those that care, what exactly we do with our time… It got me thinking, maybe he was on to
November has been one of the busiest months this year. We had the ground-breaking ceremony for the Tres Reyes Community Center, then we had an appreciation lunch for all our volunteers, the next day all the staff got together to
We officially broke ground on our new community center! On Sunday November 9th, we were joined by a group of employees from CertaPro painters in Indianapolis, a supporting company that played a large part in the purchase of the land,
First a little update on the goings on here in Cancún. As you see in the picture above, we were able to send Mauricio and Lizy (fellow Back2Back staff members) and Tere Garcia (Back2Back Social Worker) to Mexico City at
After many months of searching for land in the impoverished community of Tres Reyes on the west side of Cancún, we finally found a perfect piece of property. It is level and already cleared of trees. It has a security