This letter is from Anthony's project! And the photos are from Compassion's Peru Flickr Album.
Dear Sponsor,
We greet you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ; wishing many blessings over your life. My name is Miguel L. C., Director at the A Hope To Live Student Center at the Church of the Nazarene located in the community of Parachique, province of Sechura, departament of Piura, Peru.
We express you our sincere thankfulness for showing your love through sponsoring your child. Sponsors allow us to reach the lives of many children by helping them release them from physical and spiritual poverty. The partnership we have is a blessing because it has allowed us to bring hope to each one of our children through Jesus.
Our village of Parachique, has about 13 thousand people. Our center serves 298 children, who have been divided into two groups so that we could give them a better care. Our children not only attend our Student Center, but also on Sundays, they attend Sunday school at our church.
For us, it is a joy to work with our children. We've been doing this for eight years and we have had a team of proactive volunteers, who work hard each day to help our children to develop in a holistic way. Our goal is to be able to see our children grow and develop in the four areas of development: Spiritual, through the knowledge of the Word of God so that they could accept our Lord Jesus as their Lord and Savior and have communion with Him and are heirs of God’s promises. Cognitive, teaching them through readers plans to enrich their minds, helping them to do their homework and others. Socio-emotional, we help the children through activities and interactive games to develop healthy behaviors within their social environment lessons. Physical, to offer them healthy food, medical checkups and encourage them to participate in sport activities.
One boy came to our program with great spiritual and physical need, but during his four years in the program, he has grown up, leaving his limitations and now he is a self-confident child. He enjoys reading the Bible, prayer and the most beautiful thing is to see how he, at his young age, could influence his family with good habits acquired in the program. They are now Christians.
We also want to mention that ninety older teenagers have developed skills such as silk-screening. They are already printing on their own t-shirts, calendars and other items. They also attend youth services every Saturday at our church. One of our older girls entered and won a scholarship contest. The Peruvian state is going to cover all the expenses of her studies in Architecture. It is wonderful to see how our children are being mightily blessed by our Lord Jesus.
Our program has been blessed with the visit of four sponsor tours during the year. Our children were thrilled with these visits. For them, it is a dream come true to be in contact with their sponsors through groups visiting us; and even through the letters they receive. This allows them to have a lively and fluid communication that makes our children to value and estimate their beloved sponsors.
We are very thankful to our Heavenly Father for your life. Please, pray that the time we spend in this ministry won't be in vain and that together with you and God's help, we can release our children from poverty so that they could become mature and responsible Christian adults.
We will be praying for you that the Lord will give you peace and shower with His blessings your life, your family, and everything you do. May God in His endless grace continue using us in the same spirit to spread His kingdom in this area! Thank you for sponsoring your child.
Sincerely,
Miguel L. C.
If you would like to sponsor a child from Peru, please consider handsome 17-year-old Sergio. His birthday is February 12 and he attends PE-321, the same project as our Juan!!
Sergio lives with his father and his mother. At home, duties include making beds, running errands and cleaning. His father is sometimes employed as a laborer and his mother maintains the home. There are 4 children in the family.
As part of Compassion's ministry, Sergio participates in Bible class. He is also in high school where his performance is average. Basketball, art and bicycling are his favorite activities. To sponsor Sergio, click here.
