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 February 2023

We were able to do 3 of our normal projects this month plus 2 more from the Family Foundation funding that we once again received at the end of the year.

SAMARITAN PROJECT UPDATE FOR THE VILLAGE OF TUNUCO

Mercedes Roque is 72 years old and has been a widow for several years. She does field work when she is able to find someone to work for and her son helps her with food when she does not have work. She attends the Servant Ministries church in the village of Tunuco. Her house was in very poor condition and the church reached out to assist her. Her comments “I give unlimited praise to God for taking me into account through this outreach. Thanks to everyone involved, I now have a place to live. God bless you for all that you have done.”

SAMARITAN PROJECT UPDATE FOR THE VILLAGE OF DOS QUEBRADAS

Maria Garcia Gutierrez is 62 years old and has been a widow for 5 years. She still has a 12-year-old son under her care that is attending school. She earns an average of $40 a month doing agricultural field work. Her house was in very poor shape and the church from Dos Quebradas chose her as a recipient of this assistance. Her comments “My beds always got wet when it rained. I am very grateful to Servant Ministries for taking me into account and for giving me a worthy place to live. God bless you for all that you did for me. I hope you are able to continue to reach out and help others that are in need.”

SAMARITAN PROJECT UPDATE FOR THE VILLAGE OF LA PUENTE

Clementina Vasquez Lopez is 64 years old and married. Her husband does agricultural work and earns an average of $50 per month. Their home was in poor condition and the church in La Puente wanted to help them. Her comments “We are profoundly grateful to those that made this assistance possible for people such as ourselves. May God bless you and multiply back to you all that you are giving to others.”

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.