My name is Fanny Cano. In 2009, I was supposed to go to Canada and volunteer at a Christian camp. However, because of a misunderstanding (due to my poor English) people at the Canadian migration office thought I was there to work. Unable to explain my real purpose, the immigration officer deported me. I was 19 years old at that time.
I was back in Mexico City the following day after my deportation from Canada. Feeling humiliated, I didn’t want to go back home to Tabasco, southeast of Mexico, a 16 hour bus ride. Thanks to a friend who knew the Caldwells, I ended up at Los Domos, a place that would change my life.
At first I thought it would be just a quick stop before going back to Canada, which was my plan. The days past and soon I realized that being at Los Domos was going to be a huge challenge, which I wasn’t prepared for; the cold weather, the food, facing loneliness, practicing a language I barely spoke, exercising different habits like waking up at 7:00 am and working till 6:00 pm… But being in the mountains and in the woods surrounded by nature, just me and God, was healing. That was the moment where I believe I met God. I was able to hear Him in the wind, through each storm at night. I felt scared but I knew God was there in the middle of the storm as He was with His disciples.
Suddenly I started to enjoyed it, my relationship with God developed more than ever, and without noticing it, I had found a new family; David and Karen became like parents to me. They set up a Godly example of what the family I would like to raise someday would look like. I found spiritual support in them, guidance, and love for the children’s ministry, camp. Seeing them believing in me made me believe in myself, and I wanted to learn more about this ministry and share with everyone back home.
12 years later, we are still friends; more than that, we are family. Their lives and ministry changed mine. David has blessed my state (Tabasco) visiting it a couple of times, sharing his faith and knowledge with different churches down here. I can’t be more blessed with the change of plans God had for me back then in 2009.
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Fanny lives in Tabasco, Mexico with her husband and young son and are expecting another son soon.