My sister-in-law, who lives in Ensenada, Mexico, was accused of a number of issues of neglect to the Mexican child welfare services (DIF) by an anonymous caller. Now, my 3 nieces and 1 nephew, Camila Lisseth (16), Isaac (10), Samara (8) and Abigail (6), were picked up and put in an orphanage while DIF investigates these accusations.

So far, my sister-in-law has passed all of their tests. For example, she was accused of being a drug addict and on drugs, however, the DIF could not find any evidence of this being true – they even gave her a drug test that came back clean. Despite having jumped through their hoops, the DIF is still not allowing her to see or get her children back. Apparently, as next of kin, we can get guardianship and get the children out of the orphanage through process that could take from a few months to a few years. 

We need help though and we just don’t know how we are going to pay for everything that we need to do right now. So, we’re praying for God to provide and to send us people who can help us and support us. We will need to pay a lawyer’s fees and work on improving the children’s living situation, so that the DIF cannot say that the children do not have a good place to go home to. We are also considering the option of adopting the children if that is what turns out to be the better option for keeping the children out of the foster system. 

Since putting up this page, our immediate needs have pretty much been covered. Thank you all for your generosity! Please check out our updates for any new developments. Since we started this campaign, it has become clear that we will move to Ensenada from San Diego to provide an inspection-passing home for the children. Our needs are shifting towards covering the expenses for living with the children in Ensenada.