Friday, February 26, 2010

Last look at Montecarlo

Before March 1st, the kids will move from their current home to Pachacamac in the outskirts of Lima. Here is a last look at their current home before they leave.

You may click on any of the pictures to see a photo album with a more complete tour. You will be taken to a 3rd party site that hosts all of the pictures used for this blog.

Here is an overhead shot of the home followed by a pan of the entire neighborhood.

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The library/great room where the kids have devotions.

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The playground.

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The soccer/volleyball court with the pool in the background.

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An outside hallway that leads to many of the bedrooms as well as the kitchen and dining hall.

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An office.

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A look into some of the kids' bedrooms.

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Friday, February 19, 2010

Friends of Peru Children's Home in Andahuaylas

Just over a year ago the Friends of Peru Children's Home became a part of Kids Alive. The home is nestled in the Andes mountains in the city of Andahuaylas almost 9,700ft above sea level.

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Andahuaylas is an extremely impoverished area where many children need to hitchhike for several hours each day in order to receive an education. The home was started for children that lived too far away to attend school.

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Construction of a new home is currently underway. The first building (1 story) is complete and the second building (2 stories) has the shell and roof complete.

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Aside from a loving home and the ability to receive an education, the home has a workshop so that the older kids can learn valuable skills. They've even built much of the furniture for the new home.

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Friday, February 12, 2010

A Day at the Oasis

Welcome to the Oasis. The Oasis is a day facility that provides Biblical education, homework help, a meal, and many other things to impoverished children from 6 months through 6th grade. Come spend a day with us.

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It's summer break right now. The Oasis is still open, but many of the kids take the summer off. During the school year, school-aged kids attend school in the mornings and then arrive to the Oasis at lunch-time.

Preschoolers arrive at 8:00am each day.

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It's best to feed the babies their lunch before the flood of big kids arrives.

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The place may look a little empty in the summer . . .

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but during the school year over a hundred people are fed lunch every day.

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After lunch, the older kids work on their homework from school, have a Bible study, and, of course, have some free time in the soccer court.

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While the big kids are learning, it's time for the little ones to have a nap.

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The day ends at 4:00pm

Friday, February 5, 2010

Devotions at the Children's Home

Every Wednesday night the Children's Home is alive with devotions.

Devotion time

The evening always begins with Juan Carlos (director of the Oasis) leading the worship.

Juan Carlos leading the worship

After songs there is a time for prayer. Without fail on of the kids asks to pray for their sponsors. The kids love to have a special guest speaker whenever a team comes.

Service team member giving the devotional

Following along

After devotions is a perfect time to celebrate birthdays.

Celebrating Jessica's Brithday

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Special Post - LAM Service Team

Our first service team of the year came from Latin American Missions (LAM). We also tend to call this team Calvary since many of their team members are from Calvary Baptist Church in Oshawa, Ontario. LAM sent two teams last year and impressed us again in how much work they were able to complete in two short weeks.

LAM team in front of current home

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For a complete description of all that they completed check out Tyler's Construction Blog.