El Sauzal Amigo Blog

Stove installers Ken, Richard and Loren

Did you ever have an old appliance that was just too expensive to replace? Maybe you needed to make do with a piece of equipment that wasn’t doing it’s job, but it was all you had.  The Orphanage has been in need of a new commercial sized cooking stove for a very long time.  The old stove, used to cook for the entire Orphanage, had only 2 of the 12 burners working.  Replacing it was going to cost thousands of dollars…and so the staff made do.  Can you imagine cooking for forty children per meal with only two working burners?

The First Baptist Church of Ashland, Oregon committed to purchasing and installing a new stove.  First Baptist has been visiting and helping the Orphanage for many years.  We received exciting news yesterday, from First Baptist member Loren:

The stoves are in.  [We] went down and just got back.  What a trip!  Lots of stories.  We got kicked out of Mexico!  OK  just temporary.  We had to go from Tecate to Otay Mesa to take the stoves in.  They do work and boy do they put out heat.  We had all 12 burners going and the griddle and WOW.  God is good. 

Thank you so much, First Baptist, for raising the funds for this much needed equipment.  We are so grateful for the entire church’s support.  Thank you, Loren, Ken and Richard for your exciting trip delivering the stove and installing it.  There will be countless tortillas, pans of beans, rice and so much more cooked on it.  Thank you for looking “after orphans and widows in their distress” (James 1:27).  Many warm, filled tummies thank you!

We are so grateful for our shiny hot new stove!