SPECTRUM MINISTRIES: Spectrum Ministries was incorporated in 1981. We have a tax exempt, federal non-profit status. We are located in San Diego, California, approximately thirty minutes from the U.S Mexico border. Our address is:

Spectrum Ministries, Inc.
2610 Galveston St.
San Diego, CA. 92110

(619) 276-1385
(619) 276-4975 (FAX)

Our e-mail address is: spectrummx@aol.com

NEWSLETTER: Spectrum puts out a general newsletter about five times a year. If you would like to receive it, we would be more than happy to send it to you. Please contact us with your name and address.

NOTE: we write an interesting monthly letter and enclose it with each receipt. You can also pick up our monthly letter on this website in our 'NEWSLETTERS' section.

OUR U.S. PROGRAM IN TIJUANA: Every Thursday and two Saturdays each month, we travel across the border to Tijuana, Mexico, bringing our program to one of the seven neighborhoods in which we serve. On these occasions we invite groups to join us. Because we have to limit our groups in size and because we are booked up weeks in advance, we require all groups to reserve space. We work with more than 300 Mexican adults and children each week. Every September, Spectrum closes down for the whole month. (See our 'GETTING ON OUR CALENDAR' section")

LEADERSHIP: Spectrum's director is Aaron Passmore. E. G. von Trutzschler or "Pastor von" is director emeritus. The chairman of our Board is Timothy Halbert.

EMMANUEL ORPHANAGE: Eduardo and Ana have three orphanages. Emmanuel Orphanage in Rubi has about forty teen age boys, Emmanuel orphanage in LaGloria, has about fifty younger boys ages six through eleven, and Emmanuel's girls orphanage is located in Emperadores Tijuana and has about twenty girls as young as ten and as old as fifteen. The directors are Eduardo and Ana Mendez. Their mailing address is:

Emmanuel Orphanage
P.O. Box 7374
Chula Vista, CA. 92012
Telephone: 011-526-684-5408

Groups or individuals wishing to visit Emmanuel are advised to contact the director (who speaks only Spanish) and reserve ahead.

To get an idea of where Emmanuel orphanages are located in Tijuana you can click on our GOOGLE MAP.

CASA DE EMMANUEL or NEW GENERATION MINISTRIES is located in Emperadores Tijuana and consists of about twenty-five boys between the ages of five and seventeen. The directors are Luis and Aide Salinas

Luis and Aide Salinas
P.O. Box 8252
Chula Vista, CA 91912-8252
011-52-664-972-0896

Groups or individuals wishing to visit Casa de Emmanuel are advised to contact the director (who speaks English) and reserve ahead.

To get an idea of where Casa de Emmanuel is located in Tijuana you can click on our GOOGLE MAP.

GIFTS: Small as we are, our vision and need always seem to run ahead of our support. Financial donations from faithful friends and co-partners keep us running. We've added a 'PAYPAL DONATIONS' section to make giving to Spectrum as easy as possible. While we don't place an emphasis on soliciting funds, they are always needed. Indeed gifts are appreciated!

If you would like to donate to our ministry through the mail, please make a check out to Spectrum Ministries, address it and mail it to:

Spectrum Ministries
2610 Galveston St
San Diego, CA 92110

Many thanks!

ORPHANAGE DONATIONS: Direct donations to any charity in Mexico are not tax deductible for a U.S. citizen. You may donate support to Emmanuel Orphanage through Spectrum Ministries. Be sure you make out the check to Spectrum Ministries Inc. and clearly designate the money to Emmanuel Orphanage.

MAP/DIRECTIONS: "How do we get to Spectrum Ministries in San Diego?" (Always call us in advance if you plan to visit us). Travel south on Interstate 5 At mission bay take the Clairemont Drive exit which will have you heading east. After the second traffic signal (the first is on the overpass itself), turn in to the first driveway at the large church partially up the hill on Clairemont Drive. If you miss the driveway, turn right on Galveston Street and then turn right again into the first driveway to our parking lot. Travel down two more parking lots to the base of the round church sanctuary. Park. Our offices are in the entrance of the round building at this parking lot level. Our warehouse (and where we assemble to leave for Mexico) is located at this same level on the opposite side of this building. Leave all donations in the back area. If you are traveling south on highway 15, take the 52 turn off to the west and it will intersect with Interstate #5, continue south.)

We also have this GOOGLE MAP you can use to find our office here in San Diego, our dormitory and other places we work at in and around Tijuana.

DOING FAVORS FOR PEOPLE: Understandably we are reluctant to take on additional responsibilities outside our own ministry. Because we work in Mexico people write us and call asking us to do them a favor. We love to do favors, but we simply don't have the time and gas to extend beyond our ministry obligations.

VIDEO: We have a set of short videos on our work in the 'VIDEOS' section. Call our office.

BOOK: There was a secular book written that gives a rather gritty perspective on Spectrum's early involvement in a dirty, hurting world. If interested, you can pick this paperback up at your local bookstore. The name of the book is:

"Across the Wire," by Louis Urrea, Anchor Books.