Anticipating the rescue, we went shopping for Mariquita

Breakfast before we head out in search of Mariquita

None of the roads were well marked and most of the villages were not on any map

Where could she be!

Traffic ahead

Tarahumara Indian country

The road often disappeared and we found ourselves climbing the mountains in a minivan!

Dulce Maria from Una Esperanza was great on this trip!

Mariquita's sister Maria

Jessica and her sister Dulce Maria both live at Una Esperanza and they joined us in the search for Mariquita

An abandoned house

Many of the roads were flooded from recent storms

The search crew

We found her!

This photo was taken within minutes of the rescue

We quickly clothed and fed Mariquita, she was ravenous!

We built an altar and gave thanks to God for leading us to Mariquita

Mariquita slept like a baby

After her very first bath in a real bathtub

The rescue is finally sinking in!

Mariquita enjoys the pool

Mariquita horsing around with her sister Maria

Mariquita and her sister Maria are happy to be together again!

Thanking God at Mariquita's welcome home party

Translation-We love you Mariquita!

Mariquita now lives fulltime at Una Esperanza with three other girls and they're all waiting for Casa de Una Esperanza to be built

Four of these six girls currently live at Una Esperanza and the others are waiting to live at Casa de Una esperanza when its completed.

This room addition to Una Esperanza will temporarily house up to six girls until Casa de Una Esperanza is completed