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Erique's one of our first kids. He's
hardly a kid anymore. He took every photo last
Wednesday. He's been banned from the camera for
the last year, when he decided to slam dunk the last
one in a bout of peevishness that cost me a couple
of hundred bucks. A new year deserved another
opportunity and he did a great job.
Enrique was a gangly, goofy 12 year old when he
came to live at Siempre 3 years ago. He's matured
into a fine young man. That's not to say there
haven't been rough spots. He's made it through
each of them - whether it was the social adjustment
as kids came and went or in his grades at school,
he's thrived and now thinks about all the same things
any other 15 year old would dream of: girlfriends,
cars, jobs, college. He has the opportunity to dream
big because people with big hearts have taken the
time to give him extra care. People like Mickey, who
helped us open Siempre and lived and worked with us
through those first days and has never forgotten
Enrique. People like Barbara and her husband Arturo,
great friends of Siempre who have taken a special
interest in encouraging Enrique to give his best and
discover his full potential. The love and personal
concern has given Enrique reason to hold his head
high and to keep on trying when many other 15 year
olds would be just getting ready for serious trouble.
Way to go Enrique. Way to go team. You keep our
doors open and more importantly you keep the doors
to a bright funture open for Enriquefn
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Every prayer whispered, every visit,
every positive word carries the message of kids in
need - and helps. 3 very specific things you can do
to help us keep our promise to the kids of Siempre in
2007 are: 1. Support a child - it's easy and it's not
nearly as expensive as raising one! Find out how
through our www site. 2. Join us Memorial Day
Weekend, 2007, as we build our biggest and final
building, completing our site. 3. Forward this email to
5 friends. People want to do great things with their
lives and finances. Rescuing children from poverty is
a cause worth risking the rejection of our friends
over. I've discovered that EVERYONE wants to
spend their lives and time on something great - most
people just don't know how. This little email can
help. Working together, we have the opportunity to
participate in a year of tremendous healing for
children without hope.
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Thanks so much to each of you that have given and worked to keep the doors of Siempre open. Your heart for the hurting is changing lives and I'm so proud to work together with you. When we first visited the little community Siempre's in we were just looking for a village without a church - somewhere God could use us to build a foundation. Little did we know all He had in store. We were horribly ignorant to how great the need was so close to home. I'm excited about 2007. We'll double our staff so we can double the number of children we give shelter to in the days to come. Tonight it's cold and windy- and a child is fighting to find a place to safely sleep - tomorrow, they may be safe and warm in the arms of Siempre Para Los Ninos. That's my prayer. Join me!
siempre,
 Eric Denton
Siempre Para Los Ninos
email:
eric@siemprekids.org
phone:
951-689-5806
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