Dump Ministry
In the United States when we think of the dump what’s the first thing you think of? Let me guess…garbage, right? Well, here in Mexico the dump is not only full of garbage, but full of 300-500 people that work in that garbage looking for anything they can salvage or recycle. Sometimes even pulling something out of the garbage and eating it. The items they find can only be recycled at the recycle center that they have at the dump. Meaning that there is a monopoly and the people get a bad exchange for their goods.
Many of the people work here because they have no paper work, no Identification and so on. So, they are forced to work in 
these conditions. What makes matters worse is that they have to bring their children with them. While the parents are inside the dump working the children are walking around in conditions we would never tolerate in the United States. Because the dump is so far away some of the children have never even been to school. Most of the time, they don’t know when their next meal is coming, or if it is. The dump is full of people without hope who have never known anything other than the dump. They live there breathing in the toxins daily from the garbage.
It’s a sad condition that should never be allowed. Yet it has been, and nobody has done anything about it. Well, here at La R
oca ministries we refuse to let these people go unnoticed and unloved. We have started going out there every week taking water, sometimes fruit and donations such as bread or vitamins. Though we are only able to go out there once a week. Right now the overall plan is to get a trailer out there 5 days a week to provide cheap (5 pesos) meals for those living there. Also to have someone out there to teach the children there so that they are able to get some education. Because even though some may see the people there as lower class and worthless, they are children of God. So when we go there to give water and such we also go with open hearts ready to listen. We talk with them, letting them know that we have not forgotten them and more importantly that God has not forgotten them. We pray for them and show them that they are loved.
(Left) Workers in the dump getting ready to take a load to the recycle center.
(Right) Working around the bulldozer to find recyclables. Very Dangerous.
A group bought fruit to take out. The bags were packed with oranges, bananas, apples and other fruit. They also took watermelon to cut and pass out.
(Left) Some of the houses where the people live. They are made of anything they can find in the 
dump.
(Right) Rossy talking and praying with a man who works and lives at the dump.
(Left) Giving water to a very happy little boy.
(Right) Kids with the donated vitamins we gave them
(Left) Ivan praying with someone in need.
Pastor Carlos and his wife Rossy with some of the children at the dump.
Link to this page-
Carlos, Rossy & Girls 
La Roca Ministries reaches out to touch people’s lives that are devastated by poverty, neglect and despair. These people find themselves enslaved to drugs and alcohol and living in the streets of Tijuana, Mexico. Our desire is to mirror Christ’s compassion and concern to these people.
It has been said, “give a person a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him how to fish and you feed him for a life.” We believed in “teaching people how to fish”. We want to see lives transformed and we believe that comes through a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.
Our program seeks to help rebuild lives by making disciples; raising up men, women and teens as future leaders and missionaries, and sending them forth to advance the Kingdom of God on earth.
Thank you for your prayers and financial support. You are making a difference today and for eternity! -
My name is Cody Spaeth. I am 17 years old, I came down to mexico for the first time when I was 9 and have been coming down ever since. People ask me why I do it, why I give up my time and summers just to possibly make a difference. I have one response- have you ever been in a prayer meeting where you cant even hear your voice over the others, where you cant help but fall on your knees, have you ever been so moved tears start streaming down your face, have you ever endured something that you never thought was possible? That because it was impossible for you but not for your God. This world isnt about us or what we can do- its all about what God can do for and through us. La Roca is more than a church, or a ministry, its God living through each of the kids at the House of Grace and men at the Ranch. Its in the youth who consume the bible like others consume facebook. -
My name is Amanda and I am 25 years old. I lived in Mexico from January of 2009 to August of 2011. It was an amazing experience working with the people there. I helped out with administration, ran various errands, was on the worship team, picked up donations, led groups and did anything/everything that needed to be done. It was so awesome to see God working everyday. Though I have moved back to Sacramento I continue to make trips down to Mexico every other month or so. The ministry has helped me grow spiritually and become more confident in who I am as a Christian. I plan on returning to Tijuana to serve whenever possible. It's an awesome ministry and I plan to always be a part of it.
