About Casa de Mi Padre
Our History
Shane Sanderson founded Child Rescue International in 2010. He felt the call to international missions, specifically to orphan care, and eventually discovered the great need for a children's home in Santa Cruz del Quiche, Guatemala. At that time, there was no orphanage in the city whatsoever. He teamed up with a local Guatemalan church, and Casa de Mi Padre was born.
Within the first two months he had sixteen wild children living at Casa de Mi Padre! Within a few years, more people were catching on to the vision and heart of Casa! American missionaries have shared in Shane's mission and left the U.S. to help raise the children as well.
In 2026, Cole and Sarah McCauley became the directors of Casa de Mi Padre. Shane continues actively serving as director emeritus, leading mission teams, and helping with many aspects of the ministry.
Our Mission
The ministry of Casa de Mi Padre is to provide refuge and shelter for needy children coming from poverty, shattered homes, abandonment, or who are orphaned through death.
Casa de Mi Padre meets the physical needs of children in order to have the opportunity to meet their spiritual and emotional needs.
Child Rescue has established Casa De Mi Padre (My Father’s House) children’s home where children will receive hope, stability, food, clothing, shelter, family, schooling, solid Biblical instruction, and living examples of God’s love.
Where is Casa De Mi Padre?
Santa Cruz del Quiché, Guatemala
Child Rescue and the orphanage house Casa de Mi Padre, is nestled in a rural area on the southern edge of Santa Cruz, a small city in the mountains of Quiche in northwestern Guatemala. We are approximately a 4 hour drive from the airport in the capital city of Guatemala City.
Although Guatemala is ecologically beautiful, poverty is wide spread throughout the countryside and large cities. Some of the highest rates of illiteracy, infant mortality, and malnutrition are in our region, while life expectancy is the lowest. The Quiche people are an indigenous group who have limited education and resources. The population of the city of Santa Cruz is between 45,000-55,000 people with only one other operating orphanage within the city. The opportunity for ministry is vast and the need for orphan care in Santa Cruz del Quiche, and the surrounding region is real. Casa De Mi Padre has been established to meet this need.
