Fundacion Red de Misericordia, the orphanage ministry of Iglesia Bautista de la Gracia, has been granted preferred orphanage status by the Dominican Republic government – the first private organization to receive such status. The Fundacion recently built and moved to a new facility which houses all the orphans under one roof and one location. We currently care for infants, toddlers, and teenage girls. Care for teenage boys will be established as soon as the resources are available. The children are receiving the love, nourishment, education and spiritual nurturing that their own parents were unable or unwilling to provide.