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Orphanage Estado 29 is a home for orphan children in Baja, Mexico near Ensenada. It is a safe place for over 90 children who have been abused, abandoned or given up due to the effects of poverty. At Estado 29 children are given a fresh start and the opportunity to grow up in a nurturing environment and learn about the love Jesus Christ has for them. It is that love which eventually leads many of them to a relationship with Christ.

Each month teams have the opportunity to spend Saturday playing, encouraging and or working on a project with the kids at Estado. Help prepare dinner on Saturday and breakfast on Sunday with the kids and send them off to church.

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Orphanage Estado 29 was founded by Mexican minister Jose Acosta Zamora in August 1957 with five children who were orphans from the town of San Luis Rio Colorado in Sonora. Pastor Acosta was deeply influenced by the presence of so many children living on the street of many Mexican cities. He started preaching about their condition and the Christian obligation that we have to help orphans.

In the town of San Antonio, Mrs. Manuela Camacho was touched by this and she donated the land to start a home for these children.  Mrs. Camacho did not have family or children, thus these five orphans became her family and she also began serving the Lord at Estado 29.

For many years the orphanage consisted of three mud-wall rooms a few old beds, a dinner table and a wood stove for cooking. In 1975, electricity was connected and an LPG tank was added to supply gas for cooking. Improvement to the facilities has been done very slowly by private donations or individuals.  In 1977 Mrs. Camacho passed away and left the land to the orphanage. In 1983, Pastor Acosta and his family founded a private, Mexican non-profit organization to operate as an orphanage.  In 1987, Pastor Acosta became very ill and he gave the direction of the orphanage to his daughter Debora.  At the same time he gave direction of the church in Ensenada to his son Samuel who is also a pastor.

The financial situation of the orphanage was often critical, with no money to pay the bills nor to buy food. The orphanage didn't have a proper kitchen, dining room, laundry room, bathrooms, etc. and there were about 30 children to take care of.  Each day they trusted in the Lord and slowly the needs were answered. Today, visitors are sometimes surprised at the cleanliness and size of the facilities.