Children's Home Progress in Tarija

The following is directly from Heather, serving in Tarija, Bolivia:



"This past weekend was just incredible. We've been praying for a long time for a Home for the street kids and on Fri. afternoon we went to check out a place owned by a man from Belgium. All I can say is - God you are awesome! I won't give you all the details, but it is very much what we were looking for.

"In talking with the owner, who actually left for Belgium with his family yesterday to live there again, we realized that he is very in favour of what we are doing. He's not a Christian but has a huge heart. So, he is renting the house and the land that we can use to grow vegetables for $60 US a month. That's a total gift from God. We have to pay the expenses of building more bathrooms and a few other things, but it is way more than we ever expected God to do. That's just like God, eh? We signed the contract on Sat., and on Sun., went back to talk over a few details.

"We will keep up with the home we have already in the city (it's open during the day) because we need to keep up with all of our kids, but this home will be for the ones who are extremely abused or neglected in their homes and so often sleep in the street. We need wisdom in so many areas. Right now we are looking for a truck as the house is 7 kms from the city and we need a sturdy vehicle as the road isn't very good - especially when it starts to rain. (We're in contact with people who know about trucks, cuz what do I know?) We are also praying hard for the right people to live out there - our goal is to have a married couple, but that might not happen too soon. We've talked with a single guy who is helping us some and he's praying about it. We will start small. Maybe 3 boys and the worker - yet, it would be even better to have another man working with them.

"This morning, before the kids came, we worked on a brochure talking about the ministry with a part they can detach to commit themselves to praying for us, or giving food, [furnishings] or money. I'll present our DVD that talks about our ministry and this brochure in one of the churches I know on Sun. night. We plan to get into as many churches as possible here to share our vision and seek their support too. It's all very exciting."