Samaritan Project

 Our Samaritan Project has been a wonderful testimony of how to teach our local churches about the importance of reaching out to those in need in their communities. The culture here is a “hand to mouth” and everyone is looking for the way to just survive. This culture does not, by nature, volunteer their time or talents to reach out to others. We have a donor who provides the materials to provide a tin roof for those who are in need of better housing. His only requirement was that the church people provide free labor and asked me if I thought this would work in Guatemala. I am happy to say that it does. Our churches have learned the joy in giving to others and in working side by side with others in their church to form deeper relationship and great fellowship. So many testimonies have come out of the candidates that have been selected to reach out to. The churches reach out to Christians and non-Christians alike with no bias on their choice of church or other criteria. We have seen people’s reaction to being shown the Christ like love and how it affects them and hope to be able to keep doing this outreach.

Samaritan Project Update for August 2022

We were able to do our normal 3 Samaritan Projects this month. Especially because we are in the rainy season right now, the families see an immediate huge improvement to their housing to have a good tin roof over their homes.

Samaritan Project Update for Agua Zarca

Miguel Suchite Ramirez is 72 years old and married. He cuts firewood and sells it as a way to support them and earns about $30 a month. Their house was in very poor condition and the church in Agua Zarca chose them as a candidate for a Samaritan Project. His comments “I give thanks to God for taking me into account for the outreach. May God bless everyone that helped and multiply His blessing back to you for what you do for the poor.”

Samaritan Project Update for Dos Quebradas

Pablo Mendoza is 75 years old and has been a widower for 6 years. He still has one daughter that lives at home. Pablo is unable to work due to his health and age. He has a son that works doing agricultural work and he provides food and clothing for his father. Pablo’s house was in very poor condition and the church in Dos Quebradas wanted to help him. His comments “I want to express my gratitude to those who made this possible. Thank you for the love that you express in this way to the poor. May God bless you and multiply back to you for what you do for “others”.

Samaritan Project Update for Matazano

Leonardo Garcia is 66 years old and married. They do not have any children left at home. Leonardo does field work for others and earns about $40 a month. He was unable to improve the poor condition of his house and the church in Matazano reached out to assist. His comments “May God bless Servant Ministries and Sister Nancy for reaching out to help the poor in this way. May God bless you back for what you have provided for so many families; something that we are not able to do for ourselves. God bless everyone who helped in this!”

Below is a table that shows how many people have been helped through this Samaritan Project through our Servant Ministries churches partnering and working together to impact people in their communities; showing the love of God in a tangible and practical way!

Note:  The projects that are showing an asterisk (*) depict those projects that were done with funding outside of our normal funding for this outreach.