Jose's Photo-biography

This is a picture of Jose with two of his younger sisters, who live at the Manuelito Project, which is a ranch that houses homeless children about an hour outside Tegucigalpa. Jose tries to visit his five siblings often at Manuelito. (October, 2006)

In 2006, Jose produced an album with four other young men called "Dificil de Olvidar". Above, Jose sings one of his songs in June 2006 on stage in the central plaza of Tegucigalpa. One of his songs is called “Sueños”, or “Dreams.” One part of the song goes like this:

My dream and my desire is to one day be at home with my Lord, touch his face and feel his love.

And see His justice reigning in us,

It will be awesome, it will be awesome,

To see a world no longer divided, A beggar no longer rejected

An old man no longer abandoned

A child no longer mistreated

And tears that no longer fall like rain, because of the lack of justice;

It will be awesome, awesome!

Above: Jose works on his fifth grade classes with Micah Project educator Roger Figueroa in 2002.

Jose comes to the Micah Project after abandoning an alcoholic home. As the oldest son, Jose was in charge of caring for his four brothers and sisters. José left school in order to shine shoes on the streets, hoping to earn enough money to keep his family fed.

Since January 2002, Jose’s younger siblings have lived in an orphanage in Tegucigalpa. He himself lived there for a while, but as he reached adolescence, he had to find a new place to live. We were overjoyed at the prospect of accepting him into our family! He looks up to the older boys in the project, and they are a good influence on him. Right now, he is a sponge, soaking up the lessons that the other boys have learned through their years with us. José is very interested in sports and enjoys going out to Villa Linda Miller to serve in our ministries there. He also participates in the Micah house choir and is learning to play the guitar!