(Charlie and Lizeth pictured with Miguel at his Birthday party two months ago)
Charlie and Lizeth Lamas Rivera
This young couple are the loving house parents to 7 children currenly living in this home. Charlie will be 24 years old on April 22nd, and Lizeth is 20 years old. Her Birthday is Sept. 16th. Charlie and Lizeth have been married a little over a year and half and have a baby of their own named Andrea. Charlie is currenly in school working on his Master´s Degree in Micro-Biology. He would like to work in a laboratory when he finishes. He enjoys doing medical research. Lizeth has been a Christian for 12 years and met the Lord through her Christian family. When she met Charlie, her and her family ended up leading him to the Lord!
Charlie and Lizeth have been house parents to this home for 8 months, since it´s beginning last August. They learned about the opening to be house parents through Lizeth´s mother who actually lives next door to the property. These house parents consider their job here as a blessing.They say it is a great opportunity to teach these children about the things of the Lord and to instill in them what a Christian family should look like.
One of the things Lizeth says was hard when they first started working with these children was that many of them came from hard family situations. They carried a lot of baggage with them and this affected how they would behave. For example, some of the children used to tell her that they wanted to leave. They would also give them a hard time about going to church and would just play in church as well when they did go. Now she says it is such a blesssing because their home is like a family. The children call her and Charlie Mom and Dad. She says as a whole they act like a family and also do things as a family like going places and eating meals together. Now she says the children do not want to leave, but consider this their home.
Thank you for your prayers for Charlie and Lizeth as they have a huge responsiblity to raise these beautiful children.
-Michelle Anthony
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