In 2019 we built a total of 26 houses, allowing more than 130 family members to have a beautiful house to come home to! We welcomed two new master carpenters to our team, and provided more than 100 bags of groceries to more than a dozen families.Thank you for allowing us to reach these numbers and we can't wait to see what 2020 brings!

Our holiday despensa program of December was a huge success! Every family at our Faro de Luz community center received groceries for the holiday season thanks to the generosity of our sponsors. Thank you for allowing so many families to enjoy a Christmas dinner.

Our annual holiday party at our Cumbres community center was so much fun! We had our usual piñata fun filled with all of the candy from our Halloween candy drive. The kids love trying American candy, it is different from what they are used to! The whole community enjoyed singing, playing games, and receiving and giving presents along with high school students and leaders from San Diego. Every year we see the growth in this community center, as its new building finds new uses and invites new members to become a part of the community.

Dozens of kids poured participated in the holiday party at Faro de Luz, we even had special guests from Catherine's Kids (read below)! High school leaders led different games, including the all-time favorite of donut on a string, decorating (and eating) cookies, and the final event of giving out gifts! Thanks to several donors, each child received a pillow pet as well as a brand new toy. Families left the party with their stockings full and big smiles on their faces!

Catherine's Kids is an organization that provides a nurturing home for abandoned special needs children in Baja California. Our Faro de Luz community center has made several trips to visit the children at Catherine's where they have made beautiful friendships while playing, bouncing on the trampoline, and cooking for them. While they visit Catherine's, both organization's staff are able to share in their successes and barriers to providing hope for both communities. As a result, Catherine's Kids donated gifts for 60 children for the Faro de Luz holiday party on January 12! Quite a few friends from Catherine's even came to join in on the fun and experience the greater Faro de Luz community. The kids at Catherine's were excited to be able to say thank you for all of the love and time community members spend with them, and they were so happy they were able to provide gifts!

"The experience of receiving a house was an answer to my prayers. We are so happy because we now have a roof under which we can be with our children. Our new home has allowed us to have our own space to have more time as a family, especially because we used to live with my mother. It’s so special to be able to have your own home in your house." - Alma

With a year filled with builds from new and returning teams, we are in need of windows! As part of our re-purposing with a purpose program, donated windows give each home their own style and keep our costs low all while keeping them out of the landfills. If you or someone you know is re-modeling their home or replacing windows, let us know! We would love to take them off your hands.

Sheds are at the end of the parking lot of the church if coming from the North. If you are coming from the South, take Via de la Valle and drive towards the ocean. On Del Mar Downs Road, turn right and continue until the end of the road where you will turn left. Drive left up the hill and the sheds will be on your left! There is a rope protecting our sheds from being a dump zone, so feel free to drop off your    usable  donations right there!   Please contact us so we know to expect it!