On April 7th, 2007 the team members of Peru 2007 will be holding their first team fundraising event. This event will be held at McDonald's Restaurant on Hespeler Rd & Bishop St. It will be held during the hours of 10:00 am to 7:00 pm.
So what we will be doing here is holding a toll basically ask for a donation as people drive thru to pick up their order. The objective here will be to quickly and briefly introduce ourselves, explain who we are and why we are here without disrupting the flow of traffic and hopefully raise a lot of money to help the children in Peru.
Come on out and buy your lunch or dinner at McDonalds on the Saturday during Easter weekend and drop something into our buckets to help support our Mission trip to Peru.
See you all there on April 7th.
On behalf of the team members of Peru 2007 we wish you all a Happy Easter.
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Monday, March 19, 2007
World Factbook: PERU
If you want more information about Peru click on the title of this blog and it will take you to a factbook about Peru
Background: 
Ancient Peru was the seat of several prominent Andean civilizations, most notably that of the Incas whose empire was captured by the Spanish conquistadors in 1533. Peruvian independence was declared in 1821, and remaining Spanish forces defeated in 1824. After a dozen years of military rule, Peru returned to democratic leadership in 1980, but experienced economic problems and the growth of a violent insurgency. President Alberto FUJIMORI's election in 1990 ushered in a decade that saw a dramatic turnaround in the economy and significant progress in curtailing guerrilla activity. Nevertheless, the president's increasing reliance on authoritarian measures and an economic slump in the late 1990s generated mounting dissatisfaction with his regime, which led to his ouster in 2000. A caretaker government oversaw new elections in the spring of 2001, which ushered in Alejandro TOLEDO as the new head of government - Peru's first democratically elected president of Native American ethnicity. The presidential election of 2006 saw the return of Alan GARCIA who, after a disappointing presidential term from 1985 to 1990, returned to the presidency with promises to improve social conditions and maintain fiscal responsibility.
Background: 
Ancient Peru was the seat of several prominent Andean civilizations, most notably that of the Incas whose empire was captured by the Spanish conquistadors in 1533. Peruvian independence was declared in 1821, and remaining Spanish forces defeated in 1824. After a dozen years of military rule, Peru returned to democratic leadership in 1980, but experienced economic problems and the growth of a violent insurgency. President Alberto FUJIMORI's election in 1990 ushered in a decade that saw a dramatic turnaround in the economy and significant progress in curtailing guerrilla activity. Nevertheless, the president's increasing reliance on authoritarian measures and an economic slump in the late 1990s generated mounting dissatisfaction with his regime, which led to his ouster in 2000. A caretaker government oversaw new elections in the spring of 2001, which ushered in Alejandro TOLEDO as the new head of government - Peru's first democratically elected president of Native American ethnicity. The presidential election of 2006 saw the return of Alan GARCIA who, after a disappointing presidential term from 1985 to 1990, returned to the presidency with promises to improve social conditions and maintain fiscal responsibility.
Friday, March 16, 2007
PERU 2007 PROJECT
ICF Ministries
PERU 2007 PROJECT
Leave Canada: August 10, 2007 Return to Canada: August 25, 2007
There may be multiple avenues of involvement if1 Peru for a Short Term Team this summer...
1. In association with Kids Alive, completing the construction of a Day Care Centre in Manchay, a squatter village just outside of Lima. Kids Alive rely on short term teams to help Peruvian trades people continue the expansion of their physical facilities that serve the Manchay Care Center. The Manchay Care Center now has five classrooms, a homework club, kitchen, playground and living quarters for local staff. There is a plan this year to complete small shops that will allow some micro-enterprise to begin. Other work would be associated with the children's program at the existing Day Care Centre and Children's Home in Lima. There is also potential to be involved in a new project in Pachacamac pending approval of a building permit.
2. Steps are been taken, in association with Kids Alive, to dialogue with. indigenous churches and mission organizations over the next months about other areas that a Short Term Team could assist in supporting evangelism, discipleship and community development in Peru - particularly in Manchay. This initiative will be followed by investigative work by some members of our team after arriving in Peru. We want to spend time listening, praying and gaining a broader understanding of what God is doing in Manchay.
We are looking for a team of up to 15 dedicated people that would respond to God's calling to assist the ministry of Kids Alive and be willing to connect with Peruvians in relationship-building. This is a wonderful opportunity to get practical experience and exposure to the global mission field.
Last summer, for a few days we had a chance to begin a relationship with a needy family as we assisted them in building a home. As we helped with a physical need in this family, we established a relationship that showed them Christ-like love in action. We hear they have grown to love the Lord more. It really excites us to hear that our work has gone beyond construction to touching lives in a personal way!
Besides construction, practical help is always needed at the Children's home. Former teams have had the following examples of activities...
organized sports activities
prepared breakfasts & lunches
unpacked and put away the donations brought by teams
worked in the clothing deposits where they organize the clothes
cleaned the kitchen top to bottom
sewing quilts for all the kids
done a story hour and pool duty in the PM,
(and many more...)
Kids Alive often have team members teach a class. For example, a nurse taught first aid, some give devotionals to the house moms, using a translator or they help with correspondence with the sponsors and any ideas they have they are open to consider. At the Manchay Care Center there are child centered opportunities as well.
Closer to the departure Kids Alive will send their latest "needs list'. This list could be handed out at church providing opportunities for greater participation. They ask that we bring one suitcase for your clothes and one for donations we may collect.
Form: Team member info Peru 20076
PERU 2007 PROJECT
Leave Canada: August 10, 2007 Return to Canada: August 25, 2007
There may be multiple avenues of involvement if1 Peru for a Short Term Team this summer...
1. In association with Kids Alive, completing the construction of a Day Care Centre in Manchay, a squatter village just outside of Lima. Kids Alive rely on short term teams to help Peruvian trades people continue the expansion of their physical facilities that serve the Manchay Care Center. The Manchay Care Center now has five classrooms, a homework club, kitchen, playground and living quarters for local staff. There is a plan this year to complete small shops that will allow some micro-enterprise to begin. Other work would be associated with the children's program at the existing Day Care Centre and Children's Home in Lima. There is also potential to be involved in a new project in Pachacamac pending approval of a building permit.
2. Steps are been taken, in association with Kids Alive, to dialogue with. indigenous churches and mission organizations over the next months about other areas that a Short Term Team could assist in supporting evangelism, discipleship and community development in Peru - particularly in Manchay. This initiative will be followed by investigative work by some members of our team after arriving in Peru. We want to spend time listening, praying and gaining a broader understanding of what God is doing in Manchay.
We are looking for a team of up to 15 dedicated people that would respond to God's calling to assist the ministry of Kids Alive and be willing to connect with Peruvians in relationship-building. This is a wonderful opportunity to get practical experience and exposure to the global mission field.
Last summer, for a few days we had a chance to begin a relationship with a needy family as we assisted them in building a home. As we helped with a physical need in this family, we established a relationship that showed them Christ-like love in action. We hear they have grown to love the Lord more. It really excites us to hear that our work has gone beyond construction to touching lives in a personal way!
Besides construction, practical help is always needed at the Children's home. Former teams have had the following examples of activities...
organized sports activities
prepared breakfasts & lunches
unpacked and put away the donations brought by teams
worked in the clothing deposits where they organize the clothes
cleaned the kitchen top to bottom
sewing quilts for all the kids
done a story hour and pool duty in the PM,
(and many more...)
Kids Alive often have team members teach a class. For example, a nurse taught first aid, some give devotionals to the house moms, using a translator or they help with correspondence with the sponsors and any ideas they have they are open to consider. At the Manchay Care Center there are child centered opportunities as well.
Closer to the departure Kids Alive will send their latest "needs list'. This list could be handed out at church providing opportunities for greater participation. They ask that we bring one suitcase for your clothes and one for donations we may collect.
Form: Team member info Peru 20076
USING OUR TALENTS & SKILLS
Each of us are born differently, go through life and experience many different things, have different personalities, talents & skills. This is explained very well for us in Psalms 139: 13-16 (NIV)
13 For you created my inmost being;
you knit me together in my mother's womb.
14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful,
I know that full well.
15 My frame was not hidden from you
when I was made in the secret place.
When I was woven together in the depths of the earth,
16 your eyes saw my unformed body.
All the days ordained for me
were written in your book
before one of them came to be.
I believe because of this he brought each of us to be a member of Peru 2007.
Because he knew us from the time we were conceived, that means to me he knows each of our skill sets for this team. I believe that my skill set right now for the team is to use my God given talents for fundraising, for being able to get things donated, and for bringing my organizational skills to the table to get us all working together before we go on this trip and to be able to help each team member here in Cambridge with our mission of raising the funds we need to have in order to go to Peru.
Because of our different skills and talents God is already using some of us to form a Fund raising committee to come up with some really good team fundraising adventure.
Please if anyone has any ideas or suggestions to new and exciting ideas to fundraise do not hesitate to contact any of the committee to let us know. Also if you want to be apart of this committee let one of the team leaders know or contact me directly so I can give you the details of the meeting.
Please continue to pray for this committee and for the right events to come together to help us all meet our goals.
13 For you created my inmost being;
you knit me together in my mother's womb.
14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful,
I know that full well.
15 My frame was not hidden from you
when I was made in the secret place.
When I was woven together in the depths of the earth,
16 your eyes saw my unformed body.
All the days ordained for me
were written in your book
before one of them came to be.
I believe because of this he brought each of us to be a member of Peru 2007.
Because he knew us from the time we were conceived, that means to me he knows each of our skill sets for this team. I believe that my skill set right now for the team is to use my God given talents for fundraising, for being able to get things donated, and for bringing my organizational skills to the table to get us all working together before we go on this trip and to be able to help each team member here in Cambridge with our mission of raising the funds we need to have in order to go to Peru.
Because of our different skills and talents God is already using some of us to form a Fund raising committee to come up with some really good team fundraising adventure.
Please if anyone has any ideas or suggestions to new and exciting ideas to fundraise do not hesitate to contact any of the committee to let us know. Also if you want to be apart of this committee let one of the team leaders know or contact me directly so I can give you the details of the meeting.
Please continue to pray for this committee and for the right events to come together to help us all meet our goals.
Meeting of the Team
Last night finally after trying on two other separate occasions to get together but because of bad weather could not we were able to meet as a group of people and come together as a team.
This was so very exciting for me. God sure has been testing my trust, faith, patience and much more over the past few months. This whole process started back in the fall for me when another couple whom have been on this particular mission planted the seed in my mind about the possibility of this happening for me.
Well I immediately put in my request of interest to the powers to be, filled out my application forms, met with the organizers and then was told to wait and they would be back in touch with me.
For me I am very much a the personality of I want it now type. So being told to wait was difficult for me and then to be told that I would sort of be put on the bottom of the list of people to go, cause the sponsoring church members get first opportunity, even made that wait longer and harder for an impatient person like me.
God tested me to get out of the way and to let the pieces come together in the way he felt fit. So when the call came to say I was part of the team if I wanted to go was so exciting and worth the wait. Then God wanted to test all of our Faith once again because due to extreme bad weather our first two meetings as a team had to be cancelled. Yes some disappointment but I was once again forced to put my trust in God and finally the meeting came together.
It is my opinion that things happen the way they do for a reason. I am not 100% sure yet as to why things are off to a start like this but so far I have seen many God Blessing this mission come together that in the days to come I will be able to explain latter in more detail. All I can say right now is that two really exciting opportunities for fundraising were handed to me today one after another and I believe again God just happened to put me in the right place at the right time, for the right opportunities to present themselves to our team.
Right now as it sits there are 12 committed people to our team and we expect this to maybe even grow to a few more people in the days to come. We are waiting for applications from a few more people and we need to pray for them and that God will lead them were they need to be.
Come back in a few weeks and meet the team as we post all of our pictures and our bios of what we bring to the team.
Please remember to keep praying for Kids Alive, for the Peru 2007 team, and that as we meet over the weeks to come that our goals and objectives towards this mission all come together the way the Lord see fits.
This was so very exciting for me. God sure has been testing my trust, faith, patience and much more over the past few months. This whole process started back in the fall for me when another couple whom have been on this particular mission planted the seed in my mind about the possibility of this happening for me.
Well I immediately put in my request of interest to the powers to be, filled out my application forms, met with the organizers and then was told to wait and they would be back in touch with me.
For me I am very much a the personality of I want it now type. So being told to wait was difficult for me and then to be told that I would sort of be put on the bottom of the list of people to go, cause the sponsoring church members get first opportunity, even made that wait longer and harder for an impatient person like me.
God tested me to get out of the way and to let the pieces come together in the way he felt fit. So when the call came to say I was part of the team if I wanted to go was so exciting and worth the wait. Then God wanted to test all of our Faith once again because due to extreme bad weather our first two meetings as a team had to be cancelled. Yes some disappointment but I was once again forced to put my trust in God and finally the meeting came together.
It is my opinion that things happen the way they do for a reason. I am not 100% sure yet as to why things are off to a start like this but so far I have seen many God Blessing this mission come together that in the days to come I will be able to explain latter in more detail. All I can say right now is that two really exciting opportunities for fundraising were handed to me today one after another and I believe again God just happened to put me in the right place at the right time, for the right opportunities to present themselves to our team.
Right now as it sits there are 12 committed people to our team and we expect this to maybe even grow to a few more people in the days to come. We are waiting for applications from a few more people and we need to pray for them and that God will lead them were they need to be.
Come back in a few weeks and meet the team as we post all of our pictures and our bios of what we bring to the team.
Please remember to keep praying for Kids Alive, for the Peru 2007 team, and that as we meet over the weeks to come that our goals and objectives towards this mission all come together the way the Lord see fits.
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
GOD ANSWER PRAYERS
So most of you know that God answer prayers but I know and have seen and experienced it first hand. So won't you pray along with our team, after all it does say in Mathew 18:20 "When two of you get together on anything at all on earth and make a prayer of it, my Father in heaven goes into action. And when two or three of you are together because of me, you can be sure that I'll be there." (the message)
It says in Psalm 102:1 "Hear my prayer, O LORD; let my cry for help come to you."
Most of all, I need your prayer support. If you can pray for me, please pray that:
1. I will be able to raise the monies to go on this mission trip
2. I will be a blessing to the members of my team and to others I contact.
3. I will learn what God has to teach me through this mission’s project.
4. God will grant me good health and safety as I travel
5. God will provide for all my needs.
God Bless you! And thank you for your support.
It says in Psalm 102:1 "Hear my prayer, O LORD; let my cry for help come to you."
Most of all, I need your prayer support. If you can pray for me, please pray that:
1. I will be able to raise the monies to go on this mission trip
2. I will be a blessing to the members of my team and to others I contact.
3. I will learn what God has to teach me through this mission’s project.
4. God will grant me good health and safety as I travel
5. God will provide for all my needs.
God Bless you! And thank you for your support.
Friday, March 9, 2007
March 5, 2007
Dear _________________________________,
Hi! As many of you know that on August 29, 2005 Hurricane Katrina happened and God then open the doors through the Salvation Army for me to go to Biloxi Mississippi to help out with the after math of this disaster. Ever since then God has laid it heavy upon my heart to explore the opportunities to go on a mission trips to a 3rd world country. It is my belief that every thing happens in Gods world in his time if we get out of his way and allow him to do his work. He will open doors for us when he feels the time is right.
Well I am excited to tell you that God answer pray and has presented a way for me to participate on a short-term mission’s team to Lima, Peru. Cedar Creek Community Church in Cambridge, International Care Facilitators (ICF, a non-denominational care giving agency), and Kids Alive have teamed together to provide this missions opportunity. We will be involved at the Lima Children’s Home, a group home for 40 children and the Manchay Care Center that is expanding their facilities to accommodate many more than their current 70 children into their day care program.
Please feel free to check out my personal blog site for information about the project at the following website
As the project for this year progresses I will blog to keep everyone up to date as to what is happening.
Our scheduled departure is on August 10, 2007. During the 2 weeks in Lima we will have time to minister in a variety of ways with the children and the staff at both centers. Much of our time will be spent in assisting with the construction work at the Manchay Care Center. We are praying there will also be opportunities for me to use many of my other skills as well. Manchay is a very poor community on the outskirts of Lima. This will be a wonderful opportunity to get practical hands-on experience and exposure to the global mission field.
As a short-term missionary with ICF Ministries for this project, I have committed to help raise prayer and financial support for this work. $1,250 is needed for airfare by April 15th, and the remainder, $1750, by July 1st. If you are able to help out financially, please complete the form at the bottom of this letter and send to the address shown. The $3000.00 we raise helps to pay for our airfare, accommodations, food and for the ministry while we are there.
Specifically I am asking for your support of a $50.00 to $100.00 donation but any amount is truly appreciated. For the past few years I have asked your support towards the Relay for Life for the Canadian Cancer Society and this year instead I am asking for your support in helping to support this mission trip for me.
Most of all, I need your prayer support. If you can pray for me, please pray that:
1. I will be able to raise the $3000.00 to go on this mission trip
2. I will be a blessing to the members of my team and to others I contact.
3. I will learn what God has to teach me through this mission’s project.
4. God will grant me good health and safety as I travel
5. God will provide for all my needs.
God Bless you! And thank you for your support.
Alexis C. Bennett
You will receive a receipt for income tax purposes for your donation.
(Please detach this form and submit with your donation for tax receipt)
Alexis Bennett
28 Blenheim Rd
Cambridge, Ontario
N1S 1E6
Your Name:
Address:
Postal Code:
Telephone #:
Donation Amt $:
(If donating by cheque or money order, please make payable to: “ICF Ministries Inc.”)
Fundraiser Name: Alexis Bennett
News from the Lima Children’s Home & Manchay care center
These next few articles are from the Lima Reporter News Letter. This will help to inform more of some things happening in these childrens lives.
PROMISE RING CEREMONY
The young people at the Home have completed an eight week course on sexual education. The course was taught by a Christian psychologist. The content of the course focused on how the male and female body works, sexually transmitted diseases, the emotional and physical results of having sex before marriage and of course what God’s Word says about sex.
After the youth completed the eight week course they had a Promise Ring Ceremony. The Ceremony consisted of a semi-formal dinner, signing a Purity Pledge and receiving a promise ring. The youth dressed up in their Sunday best clothes and had dinner at Mike and Diane Fietje’s house.
The room and tables were all decorated elegantly. The youth were all excited about dressing up and going out for dinner. Some were even nervous about what the evening would entail. The dinner consisted of roast chicken, rice and a vegetable salad with cake for dessert. After the dinner the Ceremony started. Mike spoke and high- lighted some key points that the youth learned in the course. Mike read the purity pledge and then the youth came up front when their name was called. They signed the pledge and had someone witness it for them. The youth then read the pledge with their name inserted out loud to everyone. Mike then gave them their promise ring. Once all the youth signed the purity pledge and received their rings we prayed for them and that their decision to stay pure before God and their future spouse would remain strong. The youth who were part of the course were Janeth, Flora, Kenny, Adrian, Pepe, Josue, Yessica, Fiorella, Marlon, Shirley, Karina, Steffany, Gaby and Julio.
Showing off their promise rings
“You’re Leaving?” by Karen Bartels
I have lived in Lima, Peru for a total of about nine years. I was privileged to be there when my parents founded the Lima Children’s Home in 1992, and I have loved welcoming each child into the home. Recently I was taking a walk to a nearby pond with some of the children. As we walked along and I listened to the children tell stories, I realized they did not know some of the stories from the home’s past. They did not know why one of the four palm trees in front of the house looked different than the others. They did not know why our jungle gym was called jungle Joe. They did not know that our food storage shed once sported gorgeous purple flowers growing on the roof. I interrupted their happy chatter and told them some stories. “Did you know my brother Jim and his friend Joe started a tree on fire on Christmas Eve?” I had their attention. “My sister came in screaming and told us to call the fire department, which we did. All the children who were there at the time stared wide-eyed at a blazing tree due to a bottle rocket that had missed its target. It reminded us of Moses and the burning bush. That was the most exciting Christmas Eve we ever had.” “Did you know that our jungle gym is called jungle Joe since the children decided that since Jim didn’t build it and Joe did, it should have Joe’s name!” “Did you know there were beautiful purple flowers on our food shed? But, we learned that rats were making nests in the flowers. So, we tore down the flowers while the children stood around with bats and other objects to kill as many fleeing rats as they could. The children each received a bit of money for every rat they killed.” The children and I continued on our walk enjoying a fine afternoon together exchanging stories and laughter. In the back of my mind I wrestled with sadness as I knew this was one of my last walks with the children. God has led me to leave Peru. I return to the United States with my heart and mind full of love for the children and many special memories. I am so thankful that God has given me the opportunity to know the children. I will miss them and wish I were not another “good-bye” in their lives. However, I find much comfort in the knowledge that God loves the children more deeply than I do and that He has a wonderful plan for their lives.
PROMISE RING CEREMONY
The young people at the Home have completed an eight week course on sexual education. The course was taught by a Christian psychologist. The content of the course focused on how the male and female body works, sexually transmitted diseases, the emotional and physical results of having sex before marriage and of course what God’s Word says about sex.
After the youth completed the eight week course they had a Promise Ring Ceremony. The Ceremony consisted of a semi-formal dinner, signing a Purity Pledge and receiving a promise ring. The youth dressed up in their Sunday best clothes and had dinner at Mike and Diane Fietje’s house.
The room and tables were all decorated elegantly. The youth were all excited about dressing up and going out for dinner. Some were even nervous about what the evening would entail. The dinner consisted of roast chicken, rice and a vegetable salad with cake for dessert. After the dinner the Ceremony started. Mike spoke and high- lighted some key points that the youth learned in the course. Mike read the purity pledge and then the youth came up front when their name was called. They signed the pledge and had someone witness it for them. The youth then read the pledge with their name inserted out loud to everyone. Mike then gave them their promise ring. Once all the youth signed the purity pledge and received their rings we prayed for them and that their decision to stay pure before God and their future spouse would remain strong. The youth who were part of the course were Janeth, Flora, Kenny, Adrian, Pepe, Josue, Yessica, Fiorella, Marlon, Shirley, Karina, Steffany, Gaby and Julio.
Showing off their promise rings
“You’re Leaving?” by Karen Bartels
I have lived in Lima, Peru for a total of about nine years. I was privileged to be there when my parents founded the Lima Children’s Home in 1992, and I have loved welcoming each child into the home. Recently I was taking a walk to a nearby pond with some of the children. As we walked along and I listened to the children tell stories, I realized they did not know some of the stories from the home’s past. They did not know why one of the four palm trees in front of the house looked different than the others. They did not know why our jungle gym was called jungle Joe. They did not know that our food storage shed once sported gorgeous purple flowers growing on the roof. I interrupted their happy chatter and told them some stories. “Did you know my brother Jim and his friend Joe started a tree on fire on Christmas Eve?” I had their attention. “My sister came in screaming and told us to call the fire department, which we did. All the children who were there at the time stared wide-eyed at a blazing tree due to a bottle rocket that had missed its target. It reminded us of Moses and the burning bush. That was the most exciting Christmas Eve we ever had.” “Did you know that our jungle gym is called jungle Joe since the children decided that since Jim didn’t build it and Joe did, it should have Joe’s name!” “Did you know there were beautiful purple flowers on our food shed? But, we learned that rats were making nests in the flowers. So, we tore down the flowers while the children stood around with bats and other objects to kill as many fleeing rats as they could. The children each received a bit of money for every rat they killed.” The children and I continued on our walk enjoying a fine afternoon together exchanging stories and laughter. In the back of my mind I wrestled with sadness as I knew this was one of my last walks with the children. God has led me to leave Peru. I return to the United States with my heart and mind full of love for the children and many special memories. I am so thankful that God has given me the opportunity to know the children. I will miss them and wish I were not another “good-bye” in their lives. However, I find much comfort in the knowledge that God loves the children more deeply than I do and that He has a wonderful plan for their lives.
More information about the work being done in Peru
Manchay Care Centre
Manchay, Peru is a mountainous area in the coastal desert just outside the capital city of Lima. It is an area of extreme poverty with no running water, no sewage system, and little electricity.
The Manchay Care Centre opened in May 2003 in response to the needs of mothers requiring a safe place to leave their children while working, so as not to put them in a children's home.
Over 30,000 people live in the town of Manchay. Plywood and cardboard make up the materials used to construct these small (usually 12 feet square or less) houses. Most of the community literally exists hand to mouth.
The care centre is a work in progress. Presently there are two classrooms and a kitchen. These buildings have been funded through the generous donations of supporters. The construction has been carried out by several different work teams from both Canada and the United States. The care centre will continue to develop such buildings as a dining hall, as donor funding becomes available.
Currently the care centre serves children from 7:00 am - 5:00 pm Monday through Saturday. Care for the children includes basic hygiene needs, clothing, nutritious meals, health care, educational preparation and spiritual development. Twice a month the mothers join their children for a family-style meal. After the meal they receive training and parenting skills.
The present facility can accommodate 20-25 children. Additional children will be taken into our care as the centre is developed.
Our goal is to add an after-school program for four-year-olds when they reach Kindergarten age. This program would include a safe place for tutoring, a nutritious meal and Bible study.
Boy's Home
Christian and Dalila Albujar are the house parents for our older boys who are generally in high school or getting ready to go out on their own. Like any parents they give the boys love and discipline, teach them important skills like how to cook, clean and respect others.
They seek to give the boys a spiritual base and an emotional support to confront the tough issues which any teen faces but which often are compounded in children at risk. Currently the Albujars and their own 2 biological sons live with our 8 oldest boys in a rented facility 10 minutes from our main site.
Manchay, Peru is a mountainous area in the coastal desert just outside the capital city of Lima. It is an area of extreme poverty with no running water, no sewage system, and little electricity.
The Manchay Care Centre opened in May 2003 in response to the needs of mothers requiring a safe place to leave their children while working, so as not to put them in a children's home.
Over 30,000 people live in the town of Manchay. Plywood and cardboard make up the materials used to construct these small (usually 12 feet square or less) houses. Most of the community literally exists hand to mouth.
The care centre is a work in progress. Presently there are two classrooms and a kitchen. These buildings have been funded through the generous donations of supporters. The construction has been carried out by several different work teams from both Canada and the United States. The care centre will continue to develop such buildings as a dining hall, as donor funding becomes available.
Currently the care centre serves children from 7:00 am - 5:00 pm Monday through Saturday. Care for the children includes basic hygiene needs, clothing, nutritious meals, health care, educational preparation and spiritual development. Twice a month the mothers join their children for a family-style meal. After the meal they receive training and parenting skills.
The present facility can accommodate 20-25 children. Additional children will be taken into our care as the centre is developed.
Our goal is to add an after-school program for four-year-olds when they reach Kindergarten age. This program would include a safe place for tutoring, a nutritious meal and Bible study.
Boy's Home
Christian and Dalila Albujar are the house parents for our older boys who are generally in high school or getting ready to go out on their own. Like any parents they give the boys love and discipline, teach them important skills like how to cook, clean and respect others.
They seek to give the boys a spiritual base and an emotional support to confront the tough issues which any teen faces but which often are compounded in children at risk. Currently the Albujars and their own 2 biological sons live with our 8 oldest boys in a rented facility 10 minutes from our main site.
WHO ME DOING MISSION WORK!!!!!!
WHO WOULD EVER THINK THIS WAS POSSIBLE?
A while ago some of you may have remembered I traveled with the Salvation Army to Biloxi Mississippi to help darning the Hurricane Katrina disaster. Since then I have been praying for another opportunity to come my way to do another mission trip of any sort but especial a third world country mission. Well a few years back friends of mine went on Missions to Guatemala and then went I think for three or four years in a row. Then other friends of mine went to Peru with Kids alive. In talking to them further I think God lead me to them to hear about these missions and to see their pictures.
They willingly volunteered their contact name to me and thus the process for my application to go on a mission’s trip this year began. Cedar Creek Community church of Cambridge has been taking groups to Peru for a few years now under the organization Kidsalive International. I put in my application sometime before Christmas met with the two main people who put the team together and then was told to wait and see where it goes from there. Well this Sunday evening I decided since my back was still sore from my car accident to stay home and rest, the phone rang and it was on of those two leaders calling me. He told me that I would be welcome on the team and that there would be a meeting this Thursday evening to discuss it further and what the next process would be.
Here is a little more information of the kidsalive website for you to hear a little more of what I am going to be a part of this summer.
Peru
In Peru over 6 million children under the age of 18 live in poverty and 10,000 .
Street and under-privileged kids die in the capital city every year. In addition, A 50% poverty rate coupled with widespread underemployment has prevented any social service infrastructure from being effective in dealing with the growing number of children-at-risk Kids Alive has been providing quality care to children in Peru for many years through the establishment of an orphanage for abandoned, neglected and orphaned kids in Lima, Peru. 
More recently, Kids Alive has opened a Care Centre for the children of destitute single mothers in Manchay, Peru.
We recognize that there are many children that need our help and we will continue to
reach out a hand of love to them, one at a time.
Lima Home
Lima, the capital city of Peru, is located on the Pacific Coast. Peru, nearly twice the size of Texas, and is a country of contrasts. The rich and the poor, the beautiful and the ugly, the historic and the modern, the mountains and jungle all add to the mystique of this Latin nation.
Located in the coastal desert region, Lima receives less than one inch of rainfall per year. Moving 30 to 50 miles inland one encounters the majestic Andes Mountains
and highlands, which separate the coast from the vast Amazon jungle. These three distinct geographical regions each have their own culture and people groups, making Peru a fascinating place to visit and live.
The Lima Home was founded by Larry and Betty Bartels in 1993 in a rented facility in the suburbs of Lima with 10 boys who were released from a government home that was closing. The number grew to 16 children in July of 1994 when the site of just over half an acre was purchased. In 1999 an additional parcel of land was purchased about a mile from the first parcel. 
Mike & Diane Fietje became the Directors of this home in the beginning of 2000 when the Bartels returned to the United States.
The Lima home has experienced God's blessing time and time again in its relatively short history. We are thankful to Him for each physical blessing as well as each of the children to whom we have been able to minister. The present facilities on the
main property, besides the essentials (i.e. - bedrooms for kids, and staff), include a playroom an activity room containing a library, homework and craft area, and missionary apartments. Also on the property are a basketball/soccer court, a huge multi-level jungle gym, a sand box, and a swimming pool that can be used nearly year round. 
Extensive remodeling and construction, including the addition of a second floor on the main house, has improved the property. Much of the work has been done by service teams. There is one main building on the new property. The older boys live at this location along with their house parents. They enjoy the use of a weight room, trampoline and ping-pong table. There is also a halfway house for the older boys that have graduated from high school and are not yet ready to live on their own.
The home has approximately 40 children. They range in age from pre-school to 18.
Dave and Connie Rhodes, as well as a number of talented short term missionaries,
Assist Mike and Diane Fietje. The Peruvian house parents are mature Christians,
dedicated to attaining the goals of the home. These goals include not only providing for the physical, educational and emotional needs of the children, but also meeting their spiritual needs, preparing them for adulthood as Christians and as upstanding citizens in their community. As a result, a lot of emphasis is placed on devotions, discipleship, Bible memorization, and church attendance. The children attend 4 different schools in the area depending on their age and abilities. In the home there we also emphases on learning English, which will help them, get better jobs in the future. In the summers the children attend camp, go on trips, and learn different crafts and life skills. The older kids get jobs or work at Christian camps. Future plans include getting a new large piece of land in order to build apartments for each family group (house parents with their kids). This will enable us to house more children in a more family-type atmosphere while having space to make workshops so that the kids can leave with the knowledge of different trades, such as carpentry, welding and auto mechanics.
For tonight this is all I am going to share on this right now. I just wanted to plant the seed that I am going on this mission trip, that I need lots of prayer for this and so does the team, we need prayer that the funds will be provided through our fundraising methods and that if this is where God needs me and wants me he will make it happen.
I am totally turning this over to him. I believe he will provide the money and what ever else is needed in order for me to be able to go as well for all the other team members.
All I can say is Thank God For the Lighthouse, for he is my light and my strength, He gives me the courage the Hope, Faith and Trust that with Gods help all things are possible.
Keep coming back often cause as I get the information I will post often. Please Prayer for the teams to come together and for each of us as we work to raise the funds in order for our trip to happen. Pray for this mission and the many other missions around the World.
Thank you in advance for all your prayers. May God Bless you all.
A while ago some of you may have remembered I traveled with the Salvation Army to Biloxi Mississippi to help darning the Hurricane Katrina disaster. Since then I have been praying for another opportunity to come my way to do another mission trip of any sort but especial a third world country mission. Well a few years back friends of mine went on Missions to Guatemala and then went I think for three or four years in a row. Then other friends of mine went to Peru with Kids alive. In talking to them further I think God lead me to them to hear about these missions and to see their pictures.
They willingly volunteered their contact name to me and thus the process for my application to go on a mission’s trip this year began. Cedar Creek Community church of Cambridge has been taking groups to Peru for a few years now under the organization Kidsalive International. I put in my application sometime before Christmas met with the two main people who put the team together and then was told to wait and see where it goes from there. Well this Sunday evening I decided since my back was still sore from my car accident to stay home and rest, the phone rang and it was on of those two leaders calling me. He told me that I would be welcome on the team and that there would be a meeting this Thursday evening to discuss it further and what the next process would be.
Here is a little more information of the kidsalive website for you to hear a little more of what I am going to be a part of this summer.
Peru
In Peru over 6 million children under the age of 18 live in poverty and 10,000 .
Street and under-privileged kids die in the capital city every year. In addition, A 50% poverty rate coupled with widespread underemployment has prevented any social service infrastructure from being effective in dealing with the growing number of children-at-risk Kids Alive has been providing quality care to children in Peru for many years through the establishment of an orphanage for abandoned, neglected and orphaned kids in Lima, Peru. 
More recently, Kids Alive has opened a Care Centre for the children of destitute single mothers in Manchay, Peru.
We recognize that there are many children that need our help and we will continue to reach out a hand of love to them, one at a time.
Lima Home
Lima, the capital city of Peru, is located on the Pacific Coast. Peru, nearly twice the size of Texas, and is a country of contrasts. The rich and the poor, the beautiful and the ugly, the historic and the modern, the mountains and jungle all add to the mystique of this Latin nation.
Located in the coastal desert region, Lima receives less than one inch of rainfall per year. Moving 30 to 50 miles inland one encounters the majestic Andes Mountains
and highlands, which separate the coast from the vast Amazon jungle. These three distinct geographical regions each have their own culture and people groups, making Peru a fascinating place to visit and live.
The Lima Home was founded by Larry and Betty Bartels in 1993 in a rented facility in the suburbs of Lima with 10 boys who were released from a government home that was closing. The number grew to 16 children in July of 1994 when the site of just over half an acre was purchased. In 1999 an additional parcel of land was purchased about a mile from the first parcel. 
Mike & Diane Fietje became the Directors of this home in the beginning of 2000 when the Bartels returned to the United States.The Lima home has experienced God's blessing time and time again in its relatively short history. We are thankful to Him for each physical blessing as well as each of the children to whom we have been able to minister. The present facilities on the
main property, besides the essentials (i.e. - bedrooms for kids, and staff), include a playroom an activity room containing a library, homework and craft area, and missionary apartments. Also on the property are a basketball/soccer court, a huge multi-level jungle gym, a sand box, and a swimming pool that can be used nearly year round. 
Extensive remodeling and construction, including the addition of a second floor on the main house, has improved the property. Much of the work has been done by service teams. There is one main building on the new property. The older boys live at this location along with their house parents. They enjoy the use of a weight room, trampoline and ping-pong table. There is also a halfway house for the older boys that have graduated from high school and are not yet ready to live on their own.
The home has approximately 40 children. They range in age from pre-school to 18.
Dave and Connie Rhodes, as well as a number of talented short term missionaries,
Assist Mike and Diane Fietje. The Peruvian house parents are mature Christians,
dedicated to attaining the goals of the home. These goals include not only providing for the physical, educational and emotional needs of the children, but also meeting their spiritual needs, preparing them for adulthood as Christians and as upstanding citizens in their community. As a result, a lot of emphasis is placed on devotions, discipleship, Bible memorization, and church attendance. The children attend 4 different schools in the area depending on their age and abilities. In the home there we also emphases on learning English, which will help them, get better jobs in the future. In the summers the children attend camp, go on trips, and learn different crafts and life skills. The older kids get jobs or work at Christian camps. Future plans include getting a new large piece of land in order to build apartments for each family group (house parents with their kids). This will enable us to house more children in a more family-type atmosphere while having space to make workshops so that the kids can leave with the knowledge of different trades, such as carpentry, welding and auto mechanics.
For tonight this is all I am going to share on this right now. I just wanted to plant the seed that I am going on this mission trip, that I need lots of prayer for this and so does the team, we need prayer that the funds will be provided through our fundraising methods and that if this is where God needs me and wants me he will make it happen.
I am totally turning this over to him. I believe he will provide the money and what ever else is needed in order for me to be able to go as well for all the other team members.
All I can say is Thank God For the Lighthouse, for he is my light and my strength, He gives me the courage the Hope, Faith and Trust that with Gods help all things are possible.
Keep coming back often cause as I get the information I will post often. Please Prayer for the teams to come together and for each of us as we work to raise the funds in order for our trip to happen. Pray for this mission and the many other missions around the World.
Thank you in advance for all your prayers. May God Bless you all.
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