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Eirene Ministry Monthly Report March/April 2010 - Foster Home

Things are really starting to heat up here! Literally. We are now coming into the hottest month of the year. The kids don’t seem to mind much though, they love playing on the new swing set no matter how hot it is outside.

A small but very productive team came down in March for one week. It was a team of only three people but they got the same amount of work done as a normal size team. Due to their hard work, the first story roof is now finished and the floor is poured in the new extended room. Since then Chuy has been working on laying the pipes for the new bathroom, but progress is slow because he is very busy.

Also in March, another volunteer named Arely arrived! She is from our church in Guadalajara and is teaching the older little kids in Spanish from Sunday to Thursday. Her grandparents thought she was coming to live in a convent in the middle of the desert. We actually live in a beautiful valley. And we are not a convent. But that is still what they think. Too funny!

This month we got our first sponsor for the Sponsor a Child program! This program recently started and is set up so that people can send a monthly donation to help one specific child from the Shelter. This donation helps provide their books, food, clothing, shoes, medicine, and whatever else they need. The sponsors receive information on their child and will be updated specifically on their growth and progress. It is very fun for the children as well as their sponsors. If you are interested in being a part of this new program, please contact us. Quite a few sponsors are still needed!