Mexicali Mexico

The Barillaro Family attended Calvary Chapel Chino Valley and then moved to Mexicali, Mexico on February 1, 1994. They parked their Chevy pickup in a vacant lot in Colonia Rivera Campestre and made it their home. Theybegin to learn the customs and the language of the people to share the Gospel with them. Their Spanish was very weak, but the Lord was not, and the smallgroup slowly grew into a small handful of adults and children. Today, CalvaryChapel Mexicali has an established fellowship of approximately 600-800, a prison ministry with many of the ex-prisoners becoming members of the church – and praising God for His grace and mercy as He has transformed their lives.

When Deanna was 8 years old, a missionary came to her school and shared about the missionary life. She immediately knew that she wanted to be a missionary in Mexico. Deanna has served in New York City and in the Philippines in 2007-08. She left to serve the Lord alongside the Barillaro family in Mexicali, Mexico. She is involved with the Children’s Ministry at Calvary Chapel Mexicali and teaches English to the primary school age children.She asks that we pray for Mexico as a country, for their Homeschool ministry, and for the children’s home (Casa de Tesoros).