In June, three men entered Hector's home and murdered his father, mother and two-year-old baby brother. They then attempted to kill him, but the bullet got lodged in his cheek. Hector and his younger brother and sister arrived at Casa Shalom the same night, completely shocked after everything they had was ripped away from them. God immediately began working with them through their new house parents and workers of Casa Shalom. Just two weeks after that terrible day, Hector asked Jesus to come into his heart. A smile is now on his face as Christ's love has brought joy and hope into his new life. Elizabeth, Julio and Hector Marco Antonio is one of the newest additions to our family and currently the youngest. He is the result of child adoption exploitation. His mother had made an arrangement to sell him to a lawyer after birth. In tern, his mother was paid and was able to have him in a national hospital. One of the nurses recognized the lawyer and suspected what was going on. The authorities at the hospital reported him to the children courts. Casa Shalom was asked to take care of him, so we went and picked him up from the hospital.