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 May 2022

We were able to do another 5 projects for the month of April. Three of these were from our on-going support that we receive for this outreach and two more from the Family Foundation funds that we received. The two marked with an “*” are those covered by the Family Foundation. It is such a blessing to these families to receive better housing!

Samaritan Project Update for the Village of La Puente

Herminio Ceropin Ramirez is 64 years old and married. He works doing agricultural work for others and earns about $50 a month to support their family. The house where they live was in very poor condition and they were unable to do anything to improve that. The church in La Puente reached out to them. Their comments “Thanks be to God for this assistance. My wife and I are very happy to have been taken into account to improve our living conditions. May God bless and pay back all that made this possible.”

Samaritan Project Update for the Village of  Agua Zarca

Maria Garcia Perez is 88 years old and has been a widow for many years. She washes clothes for others as a way to support herself and earns about $25 a month. Her children are grown and unable to help her. Her house was in very bad shape and the church from Agua Zarca reached out to her. Her comments “I am thankful to God and to Servant Ministries for reaching out to the truly needy. May God bless them for all that they do.”

Samaritan Project Update for Village of Marimba

Avilia Diaz Gonzales is 60 years old and married. They both do field work to support themselves and together earn about $70 a month. They were unable to improve the condition of their house and the church in Marimba chose to assist them. Their comments “For us this is a great blessing to have received the assistance of this blessed outreach. May God bless everyone that helps to reach out to those in need.”

Samaritan Project Update for the Village of Matazano *

Fabian Garcia Suchite is 73 years old and has been a widow for 3 years. She has a 14-year-old grandson that lives with her that is still going to school. She works in the area of agriculture and earns about $25 a month. When her grandson is not in school, he also works and earns about $20 a month. Due to the condition of their house, the church reached out to them. Her comments “I want to thank Sister Nancy for taking me into account through the Samaritan Project. May God bless you. I am praying for you that God will continue to do great things through your ministry.”

Samaritan Project Update for Dos Quebradas *

Patrocinio Amador is 60 years old and has been a widower for 6 years. He has a 16-year-old son that is still under his care, who is going to school. He does field work and earns about $40 a month. The church took note of the condition of his house and chose him as a participant in this outreach. His comments “May God bless you for the assistance that you give to the poor in this region. It is a huge blessing to those of us who have been assisted. We can sleep happily during the rainy season now and not worry about getting wet. May God bless those that send the support to make this possible.”

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.