It all started with obedience.

God had a plan for the lives of Chuck and Charla Pereau,

a fireman and housewife from North Hollywood, California. In 1966 they took an unforgettable journey 178 miles south of the U.S./Mexico border and received a supernatural call and vision. This would change not only their lives but the lives of countless others.

The vision came in the sound of children laughing at a place where there were no children… only old and crumbling adobe buildings. A verse from the Bible was whispered in Charla’s ear, “Lo the fields are white unto harvest…”  As she looked, the sparse wild grasses around her were transformed into a waving field of grain.

She and Chuck felt assured that God had brought them to this desert place. They prayed and shared the vision with a few trusted friends. God rewarded their faithfulness and soon they were able to purchase the old buildings on the 72 acres. Thus began “Hogar Para Niños,” FFHM’s first children's home. Vulnerable children came and were fed, clothed, loved, nurtured, and discipled in Christian faith.