Making Great Progress For the Kids
A Season of Giving
These plastic bags are affectionately known as “dispensories” and contain the staple items most valued by local families. Basics like beans, rice, oats, flour, canned fish and oil all go a long way in helping struggling families make it through the week. Volunteers from Koinonia Christian Church in Rosarito traveled 50 miles south to give out 200 of these. Students from Augustine’s class at His Wings Ranch stayed after school to help him put together the many bags in preparation for the December 6th event. The food items themselves were provided by Serving Hands International via Joaquin Hernandez.
Azania with her two boys. Dilan and Eliam. They live very close to the ranch which helps Azania as a single mother with therapy and care for her boys. 200 of these types of blankets were provided to families courtesy of Serving Hands International via Joaquin Hernandez.
Dilan again here on the left has been coming to His Wings Ranch since he was born prematurely 7 years ago. At the ranch he receives both physical therapy and special instruction to help him read and write because he was struggling in the public school environment. He could not write at all and within 3 weeks His Wings instructor Josephina helped him to write. His little brother Ilium (on the right) has been diagnosed with Strabismus (crossed eyes). His Wings Ranch helped his mom apply for a surgical gift from the Fresh Start Program located in the United States. He was accepted and now they are working on a passport and visa so that he can get the surgery in San Diego as well as glasses.
Izabella was ecstatic about her new backpack. She receives treatment for her autism since she began with His Wings a year ago. This comes in the form of horse therapy, school instruction, speech therapy and sensory processing. 200 of these school backpacks were shared with the children of His Wings Ranch and their siblings. A special thank you to Josh Kim with the “Wherever You Go” Foundation and Seacoast Grace Church for providing these in coordination with pastor Juan Flores with Frontline Ministries.
Part of the day’s activities included worshipping with pastor Juan Flores under the shade canopy on the basketball courts. Juan came from Rosarito to lead the group in prayer.
300 hundred hotdogs, drinks and boxes of snacks were greatly appreciated by local families who gathered together in fellowship on a beautiful December morning. Lunch was paid for by James Flores with Frontline Ministries
Hurricane of Help
Azusa Pacific Brings 26 Staff and Students
Health Assessments: While we pray that the many children grow and develop without incident, when health starts to go sideways having a record of basic screening data, even as basic as height and weight, gives medical providers the information they need to determine whether medical interventions are needed.
Edith is 3 and a half and has autism. She was totally non-verbal before entering our autistic class with teacher Josephina 5 months ago and now is speaking in full sentences. She has also been receiving zoom speech therapy with our remote licensed speech pathologist volunteer. Thanks to volunteers like her and technology we’re are able to get the kids at the ranch the help they need from experts in the United States.
Vision Screening: You would be amazed at the number of kids in the classroom who seem to be quite delayed in their learning only to discover that they have a vision challenge that can be quickly resolved with glasses.
Marisol has taken good care of her teeth and passed her dental screening. Other children are not so fortunate, some having abscesses and gum infections from unresolved cavities in their teeth.
Two smiling girls after an oral screening from Madi (dental hygienist). They are developing good habits to take care of their teeth for a lifetime.
Haircuts seem so simple and yet can be complicated by a lack of resources as well as hair lice. Volunteers take care of both on site at His Wings Ranch leaving kids with clean hair and stylish hairdos.
An azusa Pacific Nurse and her nursing students ready for the next patient.
All made possible through the coordination of Koy Parida – Nursing & Public Health Professor and International Health Coordinator for Azusa Pacific University. She and her group visited 8 sites and helped 250 to 300 kids on their two day visit.
Christmas Crafts
While their children received horse therapy and physical therapy, their mothers got together to craft gingerbread houses and clay Christmas trees hosted by Sonja Heintz who drove down from San Diego.
After several visits from Sonja Heintz and Joy Pinkerton the His Wings Ranch mothers are now taking the initiative to coordinate their own events starting with a Christmas party at the Ranch.
Anna Sophia and her Mother work together on assembling gumdrops and frosting stars. Anna receives horse therapy and behavior therapy at the ranch.
Clay Christmas trees drying on the railing of the community room on a warm December Day looking past His Wings property to neighboring land.
Elizabeth’s improvised on her tree adding a massive Christmas star. Her daughter Izabella pictured in the article above wearing a donated backpack, is a student in Josephina’s classroom for autistic children.
Tis The Season
As we approach Christmas time supporters wanting to wrap up their 2025 giving have asked if they can still give a tax deductible donation for the 2025 tax year. The answer is “Yes”. You can give all the way up to December 31st 2025 and still receive a receipt for your 2025 taxes. All the details can be found in a 1 minute video on our donation page. Click the link below to be taken there and God Bless.
