Roger & Denise's testimony
In 1990, with a calling on our lives
and a dream in our hearts, my husband Roger and I left Ottawa for the mission
field of Tijuana, Mexico.
We sold everything we had and moved to
San Diego, C.A. For 15 years, working as volunteers, we took the Gospel, food
and clothing across the Mexican border. Learning the language and the culture helped us bring the love of Jesus and the hope of the Gospel to thousands of poor children in many of Tijuana's poorest shanty towns.
From our very comfortable lives in
Ottawa, owning our own Chartered Accountant firm, to helping the poor children
of Mexico was certainly a life changing experience.
Nevertheless, these were also the
happiest years of our lives.
In March of 2008, my precious husband
passed away. A non-smoker, he fought a 2 ½ year courageous battle with lung
cancer.
He was the love of my life and my best
friend. He was a man of strong faith. I still miss him terribly. A few
days before he died, I promised him was that I would continue the work we had started
together and that I would make him
proud.
I have kept that promise. With the
grace of God, I continue to answer God’s call on my life, to honor Roger’s
memory. Daily, I continue to live “our” dream.
I have a team of wonderful Mexican
volunteers that are responsible for the daily activities. Together, we continue
to feed the kids and teach them the Word of God.
I am very blessed to have the opportunity
to continue to help some of the poorest children in Tijuana. With our Spanish curriculum
freely available on the Tender Loving Care Children Ministries website, I can also continue to help hundreds of pastors and children workers all over the Hispanic
world.
I am also very grateful to the Lord for
my family, for my many friends and for our TLCCM partners for their continued prayer
and financial support. They help me keep “our” DREAM ALIVE!
Denise
Tender Loving Care
Children Ministries website: www.tlccm.net or our email address: tlccm@roger.com
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