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Phone:
US Office
(810) 385-4338
Field Address
Nancy Sheldon
Barrio Shalom
Camotán, Chiquimula
Guatemala, C.A.
Stateside Address
Servant Ministries
P.O. Box 596073
Fort Gratiot, MI 48059-6073
Canadian Address
Koinonia Christian Fellowship
850 Sawmill Road
Bloomingdale, ONT N0B 1K0
Email
tamie@servantministries.net
nancy@servantministries.net
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Samaritan Project Update
We finished houses #33, 34 and 35 in January. Here are some brief bios on the 3 families that received:
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Family #33:
Bernadina is 64 years old and has been a widow for 20 years. She has two daughters that she has raised alone. Kendy is 20 years old and is still going to school. Heidy is 24 years old and had a decent job in the municipal office doing cleaning, but since we just had newly elected officials that took office in January, they usually take out the old people and put in new ones, which will probably leave her unemployed. Bernadina washes clothes and irons for a living and make about $60 per month. She would have never been able to see the reality of having her own home of block. They had been living in a hut made of palm branches, so this a dream come true for her. |
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Family #34:
Maria is 41 years old. She is a single mom of 3 sons who are 15, 9 and 7 years old. Maria makes her living by washing clothes and ironing and makes about $20 per month. Her 7 year old, Darwin, is in our Embrace program and so they receive the benefits that come with that. Jeanne and Bill are their sponsors, and paid her quota, or this family would never be receiving a house. The family was living with Grandma in a mud house and they are so excited to know that they will now have their own house to live in. |
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Family #35:
Hermenejildo (sorry, I can’t pronounce it either) is 58 years old and lives just on the edge of Camotan. He is married and they have 10 children that are all still at home, ranging from a 30 year old mute son down to much younger ones. Hermenejildo works when there is work on nearby farms and is able to make about $40 per month, when he works. One daughter does cleaning for someone and earns $65 per month and one son works in a metal shop and makes about $100. $160-200 doesn’t go that far when you have 12 people in the family! Their house had been made of mud and so they are thrilled to have a block house for their family.
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We have selected the next 3 families and will begin construction as soon as we receive the funding, probably in early February. What a blessing to be the channel that brings such blessing to so many families! |
Apartments for Rent
We have been getting the two apartments ready under where Kim lives. This is where Dawn and Cam had lived. There is a young North American missionary family that moved in, to occupy both apartments in January. David and Regina have a two year old little boy and another baby on the way. They work under the Southern Baptist organization and will begin working in the area. We added lower kitchen cupboards, added a bath tub and other cabinetry to the one bath and did a little painting to get it ready for them. It will be a blessing to the ministry to have all of the apartments rented out long term, to bring in some monthly income.
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