Our Demographic

Residencia de Vida is currently licensed by the country of Costa Rica to operate two homes with permanent housing for twenty legally abandoned boys and girls between the ages of 2 and 18. Casa Casey houses ten children between the ages of 2 and 12, while Casa Timoteo is home to ten teenage girls between the ages of 13 and 17. The majority of the children within our homes have been permanently separated from their families due to severe neglect, abandonment and abuse, while only a few of the children are true orphans. What may surprise many is the fact that while the majority of the kids are Costa Rican, several are actually from the nearby countries of Nicaragua and El Salvador!

In 2021, Residencia de Vida received additional training to launch a foster program that will work hand in hand with the local church to care for the children within our walls. This program was put on pause around Covid, but in February of 2024 a social worker was hired to officially launch Programa Esperanza, or the Program of Hope. Our desire is that as the boys and girls within our programs heal and communicate a desire to live with a family, they will be matched with a known and trusted family, opening up a space within the homes for another child in need.

Our Mission

While our hope and prayer is that each of our children find a forever family, we know that they might not. For that reason, we strive together to provide a chance for them to grow up in a loving, Christ-centered family environment where they will be nurtured to a sense of belonging. We believe that true healing can only be found in Jesus and that is modeled by our team on a day to day basis, with counseling provided to help the children break the chains of poverty and addiction in their own lives. Our operating mission is based off of Psalm 127 which dictates how we raise our kids: as an inheritance from the Lord, arrows of faith aimed towards changing future generations.

No matter if the kids are with us for a few months, years or remain with us until they are 18 and beyond, our prayer is that they know they will always belong to the Residence of Life/Residencia de Vida family!

Our Programs

  • Casa Casey

    A home for ten abandoned boys and girls between the ages of 2 and 12.

  • Casa Timoteo

    Home to ten teenage girls between the ages of 13 and up to 18 years.

  • Casa Cherie

    A program for graduates who choose to stay with us as they pursue university or tech school.

  • Programa Esperanza

    A foster option that allows the kids living within our homes to be connected with a healthy family.

House Church

In October of 2023, God answered years of prayers and a church plant was launched on our property! Our local church sent their associate and youth pastor to shepherd the ministry, not only for our staff and kids but for the community. With mid-week and Sunday services, prayer nights, youth group, children’s and women’s ministry, counseling, discipleship and more, we are finally beginning to see the move of God we have yearned for.

For the safety of the children, we can not publish the name of the church.