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 July 2022

We were able to do 5 more projects this month. Especially with the heavy rains that we are getting this year; the people are so grateful to get a good roof that keeps them dry during this rainy season. Three projects were done with our normal on-going funding and the last two projects were done with the last of our Family Foundation Funding, which are marked with an “*”.

Samaritan Project Update for La Puente

Ismael Ramirez Vasquez is 67 years old and married. He does agricultural field work and earns about $50 a month. The church in La Puente reached out to him to help give him better housing. His comments “We are so thankful that this huge blessing that was given to us. We are grateful to the church and to Servant Ministries for helping us in this way. We used to have a lot of water that would come through our roof and we no longer have to worry about that. May God bless you for all that you do.”

Samaritan Project Update for Dos Quebradas

Bernadina Garcia Erazo is 62 years old and has been a widow for 6 years. She still has a 16 daughter as home who is going to school. Bernadina does field work to support them and earns about $40 a month. Her house was in very poor condition and she was unable to do anything to change that. The church chose her as a candidate for a Samaritan Project. Her comments “I am grateful to God for a project such as this that is helping so many poor people who are unable to provide better housing for themselves. May God bless everyone that has a part in making this become a reality for people such as myself.”

Samaritan Project Update for Marimba

Atanasia de la Cruz is 74 years old and has been a widow for 15 years. She attends the Servant Ministries church in Marimba. Atanasia does field work to support herself and earns about $30 a month. The church reached out to her to help her have better housing. Her comments “I am so thankful to Sister Nancy for allowing me to receive this assistance. May God bless you back for all that you have done for me.”

Samaritan Project Update for Agua Zarca *

Jacinta Ramos Suchite is 74 years old and has been a widow for 15 years. She washes clothes for others as a way to support herself; earning about $30 a month. She really struggled in her living conditions because a lot of water always came into her house. The church wanted to give her better housing. Her comments “I am grateful to God to have this opportunity to have a tin roof on my house. I no longer have to worry when the rains come and know that I will now have a safe place to live. May God bless you all for what you are doing to help the poor.”

Samaritan Project Update for Matazano *

Aura Diaz Ramos is 60 years old and has been a widow for several years. She still has 3 children who live at home with her; ages 28,26 and 22. Two of these are special need children who cannot talk or walk. She does field work to support them and earns about $30. Her one daughter that can work also does field work and earns another $25 per month for the family. Her comments “I want to express my thankfulness to Sister Nancy for supporting me in this way. I am also grateful to the pastor and all that helped in the construction of my house and in providing the materials to build it. May God bless you all for your generosity!”

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.