Feb 4th Rivera Family / La Misión para niños A. C.

DICIEMBRE 2024

OUR FAMILY

This month always brings many emotions and hearts full of gratitude for birthday celebrations in the family;

On the 7th my beloved mother-in-law,

On the 12th we celebrated my 46th birthday, wow, I feel so blessed.

On the 17th my sister Conchita turned 50, her whole life is a beautiful miracle, it reminds me of God’s faithfulness, the doctors said that she would only live until she was 15, our God has allowed her to live and despite her mental retardation she enjoys of the life that God gives you.

Our son Azaff continues with his anticonvulsant treatment, but much better, thank God.

My beloved husband, Miguel, continues working at the locksmith and at the Mission to continue paying for our son’s and my sister’s medications.

We continue doing school at home.

OUR MINISTRY

This month always represents a lot of work, as a family we distribute clothes, food, blankets, jackets and whatever we have in the community where we live. December is long awaited by the girls at home, because of the celebrations it brings, the groups of people who visit, friends and family make this time so long awaited. This last month of the year has been challenging for everyone in the household. The second week of December, Juan Carlos got sick. On December 22, we took him to the emergency room at the general hospital in Ensenada. He was hospitalized for 9 days. He got worse, having respiratory problems. They had to intubate him to help him breathe. Today from the beginning the doctors told my husband Miguel not to leave the hospital because Juan Carlos could die at any moment, despite his efforts Juan Carlos died on 12/31/2024.

While he was conscious and awake he always maintained the smile that always characterized him.

Today my husband wrote about the ministry of Juan Carlos.

On 03/08/1979 in the city of Mexicali, Baja California, I am sure that God smiled when he put Juan Carlos into this world and it was that same smile that was forever captured on the face of that then child but that would never be erased by the rest of his life, that same smile would change hundreds of lives.

At the age of 4 he was abandoned at a red cross in Mexicali with severe hyperthermia and it was from that moment on that he was diagnosed with infantile cerebral palsy. We do not know if it was due to hyperthermia or not but we do know that everything It was part of God’s masterpiece

On 03/16/1990, at the age of 11, Juan Carlos arrived at this mission home for children to begin his ministry and fulfill the call that God gave him. Today he entered for rehabilitation reasons, but we already knew that the ones rehabilitated would be us. .

On 12/31/2024 today at 4:10 a.m. at the age of 45, God decided that it was time to take Juan Carlos home, thus ending a life ministry of 34 years, I am sure that it will remain in the memories and hearts of all of us forever.

It was 34 years that God gave us the privilege and honor of living together, loving, crying, smiling and learning from Juan, hello, a man of God who without saying a single word won more souls for God than you and me, who despite the pain or discomfort due to the state of his body, he was always willing to give you a smile, thus changing your day and consequently your life.

Psalms 116:15

Dear is the death of his saints in the sight of Jehovah.

Matthew 25:23

His master said to him: Well done, good and faithful servant; You have been faithful over a few things I will put you over many things; enter into the joy of your lord.

2 Timothy 4:7 and 8

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.

Community Engagement and Support

We organized community outreach 3 times a year and just before Christmas is the one everyone is waiting for: we bought some special needs and friends and family send or bring clothes, blanquets, shoes, food, etc, etc, people always are so thankful for any support we can give them.

This year we work together with the new pastor and wife from the ejido to do the outreach, they where so grateful to be part of this.

Future Goals

Looking ahead, we had ambitious plans to further enhance the quality of life for the children at the orphanage. We are praying for a big building equipated with everything we need to do the therapies with all our mission kids at the same time, caminadoras, elipticas, ligas, pesas, mesas de masage y terapia, tanques o tinas de hidromasage, area para las diferentes terapias; Lenguaje, Ocupacional, Fisica, tanque, deporte, pared para escalar, etc, tenemos tantas ideas despues de todas las terapias que recibio nuestro hijo Azaff por 3 años en CRIT Tijuana, sabemos que nada es imposible para Dios y si El así lo permite, será posible, y si no, descansamos en las puertas que el abre y también por las que cierra.

WE CELEBRATE

Karinas birthday on December 13, she turned 41 years old, she wanted to look like Cinderella, we did everything to made her day so special, she was so happy and grateful with all her Mission mommas, that make her cake, special food, dessert, piñata etc

Christmas was full of joy with the Boothby and White family from Edgewater Christian Fellowship at the Mission.

Applegate Christian Fellowship bring all the Christmas presents for the kids like every year for more that 37 years, what a blessing they have been always.

Conclusion

The journey of all our staff single and families at home for disabled children is a profound example of what compassion and dedication can achieve. Their unwavering commitment to improving the lives of these children has led to significant positive changes. As we continue to support and celebrate their efforts, we are reminded of the incredible impact that every act of love can have on their lives and the community in which we live. Together we can help build a better world for these children who deserve the best from all of us.

No matter what our work is each day at home, in the end we always come to the conclusion that we are the most blessed by the children we were called to serve.

HOW TO PRAY

Gods peace in our hearts no matter what.
Health. Ministry and family.
Straintgh for all our amazing staff
Safe travels for everyone visiting home.
Wisdom in everything.

Thank you for reading us and every prayer in our favor.

With so much love

The Rivera Family

Miguel, Zurisadai, Azaff, Abdiel and Conchita.

Posted in Uncategorized by Miguel and Zurisadai Rivera with comments disabled.

Dec 2nd Rivera Family, October and November 2024

Our Family

Its been a crazy days, weeks, months, years, life for us as a family and individual, always something its happening, always new adventures, and God is in each one of them.

Azaff has a high pain tolerance so, every time he let us know something its not ok we act right away, he continue with the treatment for seizure. On November 5 Azaff had a Surgery for appendicitis stage 2, it was a intense time waiting for results to know what was happening.

We went to a private hospital for the MRI, tests and labs Azaff need, when we had the results we move from there to a public General Hospital in Ensenada, where they performed the surgery, he spent a few days because when they did the surgery it was already stage 3, so it was perforated and purulent. I’m so grateful for this hospital, we only pay for the tests and meds that the hospital didn’t have, but the doctors and nurses where so incredible good and attentive to us. When Azaff was home I went back to thank to them with a little detail, specially a nurse and pediatrician, they where so grateful.

A doctor order a MRI for my lower back since February, in July I finally did the MRI, 3 vertebras are almost with hernias, I’m on pain medication and trying to keep loosing weight to relieve pain.

My sister Conchita keeps dealing with the menopause and having so much issues because of it, she’ll be 50 years old next month, I have learn so much from her, even everything she is goin through she loves to help cleaning and giving foot massages to us and staff at the Mission.

God provides, He is present in every adventure as a family and at home and we will continued serving Him with our hearts no matter what.

Mi husband keep working hard on the locksmith and with the Mission responsibilities to keep providing for Azaff medication and treatment, and every need for all of us.

Abdiel and Azaff keep doing homeschool every day.

Our Ministry!!

For two weeks we have a school of discipleship from Brookings, Oregon, along with the Belt family, it is always a blessing to have old friends-family at home.

Alonso (from the Bastidas, one of the families serving here) was working on the retaining wall behind our house at the Mission, the same wall that was ruined 7 years ago because of the raining a few days before Christmas when our house got flood in, well, the retaining wall is finished!! so grateful for Alonso, Belo and every person that work on it and the people that donate to make it possible, God is so good and faithful, I can see Him in everything.

A ministry comes monthly to donate beans, rice, oatmeal, eggs, etc., they use to support the orphanage I grow up in and they keep doing it, but now in the orphanage we serve in, this always bless my heart so much. I thank God for the beautiful ministry of MCCA.

The wheelchairs, clothing, food, etc. we have extra or don’t need at the moment we donate to people that contact us asking for help or for people at the ejido we know they are in need.

A group from Edgewater was here they cook every day the week of Thanksgiving and some helped with the construction on the Ahumada’s house.

Kaylese visiting home, she was here for the Thanksgiving week, always a joy to have her home, she is a sister-daughter, always brings to much joy and fun days when she is here.

We didn’t have the school of discipleship a Church wanted to do for 3 months but even that 2 ladies that planned to be part of that came to the Mission and serve here the time they suppose to be here, Elaina from Ohio and Lisa from Oregon, a beautiful blessings for us all to have them here.

It was a blessing to have Gedeon, Cora and baby Phoebe Delgado at the Mission for a few months. We said good bye to them recently. They where part of the Mission daily tasks with joy, I miss them already.

We celebrate…

Luci’s birthday in October 10 she turned 25 years old., she wanted to look like Minnie Mouse

Magali’s birthday in November 15 she turned 25 years old.

Lupe’s birthday on November 25, she turned 55 years old she wanted to look like a princess frog.

How to pray

Gods peace in our hearts no matter what.
Health. Ministry and family.
Straintgh for all our amazing staff
Safe travels for everyone visiting home.
Wisdom in everything.

Thank you for reading us and every prayer in our favor.

With so much love

The Rivera Family

Miguel, Zurisadai, Azaff, Abdiel and Conchita.

Posted in Uncategorized by Miguel and Zurisadai Rivera with comments disabled.

Oct 11th July to October 10, 2024

Hi Friends and family!!

Thank you for your love, support and prayers through the years for our family.

Its been a wonderful adventure been able to continually witnesses Gods faithfulness.

We pray you are all doing well when reading this update!!

The Mission for children / La Mision para niños
We keep serving at this wonderful ministry that God plant in our hearts since i was 19 years old, (26 years ago)

Its our joy to announce we have a new family, the Cruz family!!! Anna and Belo serve at the Mision as a single staff for several years, they got married almost 2 years a go and feel the call to serve as a family at the Mission, its been a wonderfull blessing to have them back at home!!

We always have new staff coming and going during the year, so grateful for our amazing single staff: Blanca, Estefani, Yair, Karolina, Zimri, Ashley, Aneli, Lisa, Gedeon and Cora, Elaina, Pearl.

Bring joy to our hearts and confort our souls, to witness Gog's faitfulness every time for every need we face each day.

So thankful for the churches and groups that visit home, they bring rest to all our staff and fun times of sharing the word, snacks, board games etc

At the moment we are focused on obteining the Mission's operating license again and that takes time, finances, different courses such as: From Civil proteccion, drills, what to do in case of a fire, ertquake, etc., although all of this represents work, something extra because in the middle of any activity we never stop caring for the Mission's kids, our amaizing staff always makes us laugh as we live together in the midst of any situation and that is a beautiful blessing.

AZAFF'S ADVENTURES
Our family adventures seems to never ends, our jornual with our son Azaff stared an the end of 2019, he was diagnosed with a cancerous tumor on hes brain, he received 2 surgeries with in a week one from the other to remove the tumor, they where able to remove about 95% the rest was to dangerous to remove, since then he is been improving litle by litle until this day.

Jesus is with us at every step of the this adventure with our beloved son Azaff.

Even he keep losing hes vision slowly, he graduate from High school this past July,
its been so challenging for him but he does not give up!! At hes graduation he sang a beautiful song name "God knows what he does"

The doctor recommended for him to learn Braille and keep doing therapies for fine motor skills, also he need to keep practicing rock climbing, that therapie eye-hands and feets helps him a lot, we will continue going to San Diego ones a week for that therapy, he is still on medication for seizures, sometimes its difucult because of finnances but we keep trusting our amaizing God and resting on Him in the midst of all circumstances.

Prayer request
1. Please pray for strength, wisdom, joy, and all the fruits of the spirit for me in homeschooling our kids, Azaff is now at 9 grade and Abdiel at 8 grade.

2. Please pray for provision for the medical treatment, traveling expenses, rock Climbing therapy expenses.

3. Straight and joy to our wonderful Mission kids, staff and families.

4. Also if you will love to bless our staff with snacks or anything, you can send them packages to:

La Mision para niños
P. O. BOX 460
Tecate CA 91980

With so much love
The Rivera Family
Miguel, Zurisadai, Conchita, Azaff, Abdiel.

Facebook Mastodon Email Compartir

Posted in Uncategorized by Miguel and Zurisadai Rivera with comments disabled.

Jun 7th Rivera Family January – June 2024

Hi Friends and family!!

Thank you for your love, support and prayers through the years for our family.

Its been a wonderful adventure been able to continually witnesses Gods faithfulness.

We pray you are all doing well when reading this update!!

The Mission for children / La Mision para niños
We keep serving at this wonderful ministry that God plant in our hearts since i was 19 years old, (26 years ago)
In all this years we been having so many seasons, fun ones, stressful ones, new-old families, single staff, groups, churches etc, if you visit the Mission now you will notice a big change in everything, before "The Riveras" where the only Mexican family serving at the Mission, for the last 2 years the Hulstrom family where the only American family serving at home together with other wonderful families we have serving here, the Ahumada's, Lopez, Bastida's and recently we receive the Darger family, what a blessing to have them all here!!

Just 2 weeks ago we said goodbye to the Hultroms, it was a wonderful blessing have them back at home. We are so thankful for their time here in obedience to our God like every family serving here, so grateful for the friendship, their hearts and example in their service to everyone, Mission kids, one to another and to the community of the Ejido we are in, so grateful for our amazing single staff: Blanca, Estefani, Yair, Karolina, Zimri, Davis, Ashley.

In the mist of so many changes, One thing always remain, He's love and faithfulness for this wonderful Mission kids and the different ways they bless us all every time we serve them, what a privilege, what an honor!!


AZAFF'S ADVENTURES
Our family adventures seems to never ends, our jornual with our son Azaff stared an the end of 2019, he was diagnosed with a cancerous tumor on hes brain, he received 2 surgeries with in a week one from the other to remove the tumor, they where able to remove about 95%  the rest was to dangerous to remove, since then he is been improving litle by litle until this day.

After almost 3 years traveling to Tijuana 1 to 3 days a week for 1 to 5 different therapies, he finish successfully every level, he improved so much, grow to a high of 176cm, when the doctors use to said "He wont grow, walk, talk etc, etc", but i know who is my Daddy!!! Abundantly merciful!! I keep asking myself, how people those without Jesus!!!

Azaff is losing hes vision slowly, so the doctor recommended for him to learn Braille and keep doing therapies for fine motor skills, also he need to keep practicing rock climbing, that therapie eye-hands and feets helps him a lot, we will continue going to San Diego ones a week for that therapy.

Prayer request
1. Please pray for strength, wisdom, joy, and all the fruits of the spirit for me in homeschooling our kids, Azaff will be graduating of 8 grade in July and Abdiel will pass to the 8 grade.

2. Please pray for provision for the medical treatment, traveling expenses, rock Climbing therapy expenses.

3. Straight and joy to our wonderful Mission kids, staff and families.

4. Also if you will love to bless our staff with snacks or anything, you can send them packages to:

La Mision para niños 
P. O. BOX 460
Tecate CA 91980

With so much love
The Rivera Family
Miguel, Zurisadai, Conchita, Azaff, Abdiel.

Posted in Uncategorized by Miguel and Zurisadai Rivera with comments disabled.

Feb 1st Rivera’s January 2022

Hi family and friends!!

We pray you are all doing well when reading the update of our family!!

The end of 2021

December was so full of blessings for all our mission kids, staff and families. 
Christmas at the mission is always so special, and there is no better way you understand until you spend Christmas here at home surrounded for all the kids joy, food, presents and Gods love everywhere.

AZAFF'S ADVENTURES
Our family adventures seems to never ends, our jornual with our son Azaff stared an the end of 2019, he was diagnosed with a cancerous tumor on hes brain, he received 2 surgeries with in a week one from the other to remove the tumor, they where able to remove about 95%  the rest was to dangerous to remove, since then he is been improving litle by litle until this day.

We are now traveling two hours every week to a physical therapy center where he is getting treatment to improve his motor skills, eye side and balance.

Prayer request
1. Please pray for strength, wisdom, joy, and all the fruits of the spirit for me in homeschooling our kids Azaff and Abdiel.

2. All though we have a car that take us there and back it is time for a new car, please help us pray for provision so that we can afford a good reliable car.

3. Please pray for provision for the medical treatment and traveling expenses.

4. Mission kids, staff and families.

With so much love
The Rivera Family
Miguel, Zurisadai, Conchita, Azaff, Abdiel.