Hogar Casa de Pan

Hace más de cuarenta años don Victor and doña Melba recibieron la noticia de que su hijita de tres años tenia una grave enfermedad y que no gozaría de una larga vida. La mandaron a casa donde la familia la podia chinear y cuidar mejor. Doña Melba le daba comida muy nutritiva y mantenia una actitud positiva de una curacion. Quedaron tan impresionados los doctors que le pidieron llevarse a otro niño

con cancer pancreatica, ya que este no tenia familia para cuidarlo. Los dos niños se curaron, y al ver sus plegarias contestadas, doña Melba y su esposo se sintieron llamados por Dios a dedicar sus vidas al cuido de otros niños necesitados—que a ningún niño le debería faltar un hogar donde crecer, ni brazos para recibirlo. Así, la familia empezó a crecer, y a través de estos 40 años, Casa de Pan ha sido hogar para mas de 95 niños. Casa de Pan no es un albergue temporal. Es hogar y familia para siempre para niños y adolescentes de alto riesgo. Viven aquí hasta llegar a ser adultos preparados para ser independientes en la comunidad. A pesar de los inicios tristes y difíciles de muchos de estos niños, sus historias terminan con mucha esperanza y felicidad con padres cariñosos, una gran familia, y una casa que siempre será su hogar. Our Story
Hogar Casa de Pan (Bread Home) got its name from the first child doña Melba and don Victor took in. “The home of his daily bread” represented food, shelter, and family. Their story begins over forty years ago when don Victor and doña Melba’s three year old daughter was stricken with a terminal illness and not expected to survive for very long. She was sent home so her family could love and care for her during the time she had left. Doña Melba worked around the clock to give her child every chance to live by feeding her highly nutritious food and maintaining a positive healing attitude. Doctors were so impressed she was asked to take in another terminally ill child--one with pancreatic cancer and no family to care for him. As their prayers were answered and both children recovered, doña Melba and her husband felt they had been called to dedicate their lives to helping other children in need—that no child should ever lack a home in which to grow and where loving parents welcomed them with open arms. And so the family began to grow, and in the course of these 40 some years, over 95 children have called Casa de Pan home. Casa de Pan is not a temporary shelter; it provides a forever home to high-risk children and adolescents. They only leave as adults who are ready to be independent members of the community. Despite sad and difficult beginnings for many of these children, their stories have hopeful, happy endings with loving parents, a big family, and a place to always call home.