In 2011, the Thiesens moved to Honduras from Peru, stepping into the responsibility to carry forward the work of New Life Children’s Home. They did not simply take on leadership—they embraced a calling to continue loving and serving vulnerable children who needed a safe place to belong. Under their care, 16 more children were welcomed into the home, each one with a story of need, and each one now given the chance to heal, grow, and experience stability.

Under their guidance, the school was strengthened and grounded even more deeply in a Christ-centered curriculum, shaping not only education but character and faith. From there, the mission continued to grow, opening new doors of opportunity through college support and external scholarships for children from five low-income villages nearby—reaching families who once had little hope for a future, and now see possibility where there was once only struggle.