Kids Club: The WORD

One of the new things we have started at Kids Club is a weekly chapel. It is a time to have fun, worship God in song and dance, and spiritual nourishment. As a part of the program, kids are given a weekly memory verse. I am excited to see the kids’ enthusiasm...

Teens Club: Together

We have completed our 4th week of program! The first week we were faced with some snags that forced us to cancel our program for two days as well as shorten it by a whole hour. However, the following week was a great success. Our students were so engaged during...

Volunteer Spotlight: Adria Paulina Modesto

Adria came to Arlington, VA in August having left her hometown of El Paso, TX in order to begin a much needed fresh start in her life. Within her first 3 weeks of living in a completely new city that, she has been helping with administrative work at Casa Chirilagua,...

Mentoring is a Lot of Leaping

Choosing to become a mentor with Casa Chirilagua was definitely a leap of faith. Like so many others I have encountered in this ministry, I was drawn like a moth to a flame, knowing there was something special about this ministry and sensing God’s hands all over it....

D’s Corner: Imagine

Dear Casa Chiri Family, All that it takes to bring any story to life is a little imagination. This was fully displayed this week while playing figurines with my 4-year-old nephew. In his little imaginative world, it made complete sense for a penguin, elephant and...

D’s Corner: Go Time!

Dear Casa Chiri Family, It’s “Go Time” for the 2012-2013 school year, and we are knee deep in the back-to-school hustle and bustle. Following a little break in August, it feels good to have our programs back up and running. On Monday, September 10th,...