In our last post we announced our blanket drive in an area of Lima called Paraiso or “Paradise.” This is an area where we have a number of friends and an area with great need that we feel God has been calling us to serve. One of our friends, Gloria, recently had some problems with her house. So, we volunteered to help. This is the first of many service projects we’ll have in this area.
For some background, Gloria has lived here for about eight years, she just got electricity for the first time a couple of weeks ago. Like her neighbors, she has no running water and no sewer system.
We’ve been working on her “house” a little at a time a coule of days a week for last couple of weeks. Somehow or another, Gloria’s little house ended up about two feet onto her neighbor’s property and was causing a great deal of drama and stress. Think along the lines of piles of rocks being dumped on your doorstep. Anyways, we volunteered to chop off one end and add on to the other… improving and making it a little bigger in the process.
Our trusty wizard of videography, John Mark, made us a video of the beginning of this project…
Today we went out and started painting. We’re almost done.
Gloria and her little boy now live in the little house on the hill… just a little to the left of where it used to be… it’s easy to spot… it’s the bright yellow one.
More photos here.
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What a great project! I am so thankful that you all have been able to “zone in” on an area. It gives me chill bumps thinking about the relationships you all are building with those beautiful people. GREAT pictures! We are so excited to see all of you and share in a time of prayer and praise for this beautiful country. See you soon…