JUICE MINISTRY

Jesus performed a miracle by feeding 5000 people with only the lunch of a small boy (5 small loaves and 2 fish). This week, four mission teams took part in feeding the most vulnerable ones....the children.... in the juice ministry outreach. Although there weren’t 5000 kids, nevertheless, it was still a challenge to prepare and distribute of the food. Thank you to our four Italian neighbourhood ladies for helping with the food preparation.

Four mission teams, four villages, four juice ministries in four days, and 450 children were fed.

Green Valley Enterprises in villa Esperanza

the Sawatzky family in Cangrejo

Marshall Memorial Church in Chichigua

and Journey 2009 in Poncho Mateo.

The groups had a lot of fun with the children singing songs, playing musical chairs and even dancing in the aisles. A two sided drum, a guiro (a brass cylinder with a metal fork) and a handmade tambourine combined with the excited voices of the children at full volume and the clanging of their metal cups made quite an impact on all the participants. While singing “O Canada”, the Journey 2009 group displayed the Canadian flag to the delight of the children.

After the program, each child was given a nutritious snack consisting of a boiled egg, a bun with salami, a cup of vitamin enriched juice and also a gift bag made up of goodies by the team members.

In Chichigua, 50 pairs of donated shoes were also distributed to the children. Many children walk barefoot during the week saving their one pair of shoes for Sunday worship so these shoes were a blessing to receive. Walking and running barefoot all day through the fields, clay and rocks make for very tough feet.

Jesus said,” When you do these things to the least of my people, you do it unto me”. What a blessing it is for us to share this exciting ministry opportunity with all the mission teams that come to share in the work and giving of their time and talents to help the poor.

INAUGURATION OF VILLA NAZARETH

A grand celebration for the inauguration of Villa Nazareth took place Sunday, January 25, 2009 to mark the completion of the 7th project for the Samaritan Foundation. Maranatha, Bethany, Emmanuel, Trinity, Redemption and Ascension villages have also been completed.

One hundred families in desperate need have each received a newly constructed block home in Nazareth during the past two years, with the final two families receiving theirs during the celebration.

Many people, including the mayor, the local politicians, the media, members of the Sosua Rotary club and all the missionaries attended the ceremony to thank God for the many blessings these people have received.

Each of these nine young ladies represent

one of the nine villages being built by the Samaritan Foundation, and gave a brief history of it.

The families of Nazareth would like to thank their sponsors for providing the funds to build the homes, the school, the medical clinic and a 20,000 gallon cistern to ensure that potable water is available for the entire village.

The Samaritan Foundation continues to build homes in two

current projects: the villages of Esperanza and Paraiso . Pray that the sponsorship of these homes will continue and bless the people.