Matthew 26:40-41
“Araceli, age 19, did not get enough oxygen at birth and incurred brain damage which affects her speech and nervous system. She needs help and medications for a lifetime. Her mother, Gloria, and older sister have always asked for help. When they arrived in Tijuana, they came to the Casa to ask for support with the medicines. The Sisters arranged for them also to come to the Casa on Thursdays for weekly groceries. Gloria praises God for having found this place for food and medicines for her daughter. She strongly remarks that God’s good touches hearts who can help others in need. When she is offered a job cleaning houses, she does it.” Continue reading
them. He died two years ago. Maria has had breast cancer for 2 years, had surgery but it returned, and she had a second surgery. The medication she needs is very expensive. She cannot afford to buy it since she cannot work, because her medication doesn’t allow her to be in the sun. She has problems with swollen legs and walking is difficult. Casa de Los Pobres is helping to supply her medication. In order to survive, she gets food from the Casa on 
Prayer is our strength to keep our faith deeper in God who provides for us all. The Casa asks for:
Maria Elizateth, age 34, is a single mother of two daughters, 4 and 5 years old. She lives on a piece of “land invasion” near Tecate close to Tijuana East. She works collecting recyclable materials in the dumps for sale to survive.
or on foot from the hills and dumps to attend an early morning Mass. Some even arrived the night before and camped out in the street. The mission of the Casa is to glorify God through the works of mercy. The people did indeed glorify God and the Holy Family by their thankfulness and joy as they happily received their food, blankets, and a toy.
One died at 19, and the other is in jail. She returned recently to say she has been diagnosed with colon cancer. She has a 13-year-old granddaughter living with her, and this young girl is her only “family” and companion. She is in the first year of Middle School. They live in a small loaned house and cannot afford to pay rent. Maria works cleaning houses, doing laundry and ironing to earn money for their support. She came to us concerned, worried, and very nervous, because she has been programmed to receive 6 sessions of chemotherapy at the cost of 6,000 pesos ($333.00 US) each session. She begs for money, and the Casa has helped to complete her treatment program. This gives her some tranquility, and she is very grateful as she wants to live and see her grauddaughter grow.” 
This past year has seen many disasters around the world and in the U.S. We view the situation of the poor in Tijuana as a constant disaster. With your support and the care given by the Sisters at the Casa, may men and women are rehabilitated, move into the stream of productive society, and out of that state of disaster.
The families living in the Colonias/dumps cannot help where they were born and have scant control over their circumstances. The Sisters promote education for the children to help lift such families out of this downward spiral. It helps! Because of you, the Sisters assist many studious children with the “scholarship” program. This consists of helping the students with bus money, uniforms, school supplies, and shoes, and enables many young boys and girls to remain in school. 
On September 1 at Our Lady of Grace Church in El Cajon, a wonderful Fiesta party began with Mass. After Mass, a famous Fr. Gil meatball dinner was served, lively music played, then speakers, video, and prizes. This was to celebrate the 70th birthday of Fr. Gil Gentile (a Director of Casa de Los Pobres USA) and the Sisters’ 60 years of extraordinary missionary work in Tijuana. 
Mrs. Marie Elena Lopez, age 75, came to the Casa de los Pobres the beginning of July, saying her husband died 4 months ago. They rented a small house and had no children. After her husband’s death, she could not pay the rent and begged the owner of the small house to let her live there a few more months, while she found the means to pay or find a job. One day, she left to look for a job washing clothes or cleaning a house. When she returned, she found the door closed and her belongings outside in the street.