We are Eddie and Tammy Villavicencio. We volunteer with Youth With A Mission San Diego/Baja in Mexico. We are called to use our gifitings in education and healthcare to advance the kingdom of God. This calling includes adopting Esthela, a girl who is suffering from rejecting a transplanted kidney. We invite you to be a part of our lives as we follow God’s calling.
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Get Invloved!
With all of the sickness and suffering around us sometimes it can be
overwhelming to figure out how to help. But in placing Esthela in our lives, God’s given us-and you- the chance to be that help for one little girl.
In order to adopt Esthela we need to raise $2,000 to complete the adoption plus an
additional $1,500 a month to be able to give Esthela the care she needs.
Will you join us in fighting for Esthela?
Will you join us in giving her an
opportunity to live?
To get involved write a check out to “YWAM San Diego/Baja” and send it to:
YWAM San Diego/Baja
100 W. 35th St. Ste C
National City, CA 91950
Or Donate online at:
www.ywamsdb.org
All donations tax-deductable.
Thanks for helping change Esthela's life!
Sunday, June 6, 2010
Our Journey with Esthela
Esthela's kidney is in chronic failure. Why did this happen? The doctor's best guess is because it wasn't taken care of well enough. While Eddie and I were gone doing DTS in Minnesota and spending the summer with my family she was hospitalized a few times and had trouble taking her medication at the right times.This is the most likely reason for the kidney failure. He says the kidney should have lasted 15-20 years.
Within a year Esthela will most likely have to go on dialysis. When that happens she will be able to be put on the list for a new kidney. The doctor said that if Esthela stays with her mother that no doctor will do the transplant because if the kidney failed due to not being taken care of then a second one will as well. We told him that we are wanting to adopt Esthela and he said that if that was the case then he would do everything possible to make sure that Esthela got another kidney. He wanted us to be aware that there was still a chance of the second kidney to be rejected as well.
We realize that all of our work still could result in Esthela suffering and, possibly passing away, but we know that it is the only chance that Esthela has.
Please be in prayer for us as we continue to work towards the adoption of Esthela
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Our Journey with Esthela
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Esthela
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Living on the edge of water....Tsunami warning!
I'm sure we've all thought about what'd we'd grab if our house was burning down. I thought about it a lot too thinking that I'd grab pictures (memories) and my Bible (what else would a Christian want?) and other small sentimental things...well Saturday morning Eddie and I got a chance to experience this and find out what we'd REALLY bring.
Around 10:30 we were awoken (sleepy Saturday off) by a hard rushed knock on our door. The first thought that jumped into both of our heads was that there was some sort of accident and they needed Eddie as the nurse. When the door was opened we saw one of our fellow YWAMers there looking panicked.
"There is a Tsunami Warning for here, we are all evacuating. You need to grab your passports and leave NOW!"
We ran back into our rooms to get dressed. I ran down a few doors down to where my sister, Aliza and Eddie's brother, Bobby, live (yes, brothers married sisters and are neighbors. It's great). Because they aren't YWAMers YWAM hadn't contacted them. They too started the hustle of grabbing a few things and running to their car. Bobby's response was "well, we gotta go!"
What did we bring? Eddie first grabbed our little file box of legal papers then started getting the cat's stuff (food and litter) and our laptops while I run around like crazy trying to figure out what to do. My first thought was "clothes" but when I went to grab a suitcase I thought "WHAT AM I DOING" and grabbed a plastic bag and ran for the bathroom. I grabbed our toothbrushes (who wants to be stranded without a home and no toothbrush?) and a few other toiletries. We jumped in the car and drove off to my mother-in-law who lives up in the hills.
While driving away my mind rushed back to all the things we had left. Eddie forgot his wedding rings and my mind wanders to our wedding albums and my Bible - the things I always said I'd grab first.
Obviously nothing happened, no Tsunami praise God. We had a bit of an exciting experience finding out what our reaction would be to an immediate evacuation!