We have a new address for donations

We have a new mailing address for anyone that sends donations to our office. Please note, checks are made out to Rayo de Esperanza and mailed to:
Rayo de Esperanza
C/O Provision Foundation
2095 Lakeside Centre Way, suite 101
Knoxville, Tennessee 37922

Some new news

Well it has been a little while again. Here a few things happening here at the Ranch.


Praise God the clinic in Esmeralda will be reopening very soon!


We bought a couple of cows that will soon have little ones; this is the start of supplying some of our own milk, cheese, and beef for the orphanage. Leti also bought one and hers had her baby 2 days ago. I named this one hamburger as it is a male. Praise God for His Guidance, love, grace, mercy, and unwavering love for us. He teaches us something every day here.

The kids are doing well in school and seem to enjoy it. I think they really like the meeting new friends’ part most. Speaking of school, we are putting Hilda through more school; she has decided she wants to be a kindergarten teacher. It is cool as part of her home work is to hold class for some of the little ones around here. Michael, Danny, and one of our workers kids are her class. Michael and our workers son are doing very well she says, but Danny just runs out after about 5 minutes, he is going to be a challenge. We pray that the more we work with him the better he will get. Danny has some speacial problems, his mother was an alcoholic and while pregnant was drunk most of the time. I am afraid it will be a tough road for him, however we are confident our Father will touch him and smooth his way, if not completely heal him.

Below is a wish list copied from the girls’ blog that has joined us for awhile.

Rancho Esperanza Wish List
This post is to inform you all of a "Rancho Esperanza" Wish List that is up on Target.com. Some of you have shown an interest in donating items needed by the orphanage, and making a wish list was the easiest way for us to make aware some of the needs down here. It's not that these items need to be purchased from Target- using Target's "Wish List" application was just the easiest way for Karen and I to "go shopping" and list items publically (we can both be a bit electronically challenged at times).If God has placed it on your heart to donate something to the Rancho Esperanza ministry, we will consider it a HUGE blessing. Even if we receive one thing from the list, it will have been a success. However, other than these material items, we are ALWAYS in need of prayer, and thankfully that is something that every one of us is able to do. I would like to say thank you to each one of you who have been faithfully praying for this ministry. Your prayers are felt and appreciated every single day.Our reason for posting the list at this time is because I am coming back to Knoxville for two weeks at the end of the month for my brother's wedding, and because I do not plan on bringing many things with me for my visit, I will have room in my suitcases to bring back any items with me when I return to Rio Dulce.If you feel led to donate, you can access the Wish List website by going to http://www.target.com/lists/2DPPAY7175KGT and you can e-mail me at kholt3@utk.edu so we can arrange a way to get the things in my suitcase before I head back to Guatemala on March 10th.Like I said, every little bit helps (I've been amazed at how even the simplest things that we use on a daily basis in the US can be impossible to find in Guatemala). Thanks to you all and I hope you have a fantastic week!

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