Ampliación Paraíso

Janet Hernandez and her family recently moved to Ampliación Paraíso, a new community high in the hills above Zihuatanejo. Just getting there is a challenge--it is a steep hike up from the highway. The families recently built their wooden homes and they have electricity but no running water. (Some pump water up through a hose from a stream far below.) The families are working together to improve their water supply and to make other community improvements.

Janet meets with a group of about 20 children every Saturday afternoon. They meet behind her house and act out and discuss Bible stories. They are also learning a series of health lessons, starting with how to care for your teeth. Mostly, they thrive on the attention.

Janet has also had a Bible study with adults from this community. We are thinking of starting a community health evangelism ministry here.


A group of children from Spa Christian School in Ballston Spa, New York, collected money to buy books for the children of Zihuatanejo. They sent a collection of books in English and Spanish to us. Many of the Zihua children have never owned a book, so they are eager to read them. Many they take one home each week, and trade it in for a new one the following week.