Peruvian Missionary Activities in 2007

The generosity of St. Monica parishioners and friends never ceases to amaze me. We started by adopting one Peruvian family in December 2005 for $25 per month. At the end of 2007 we are now supporting 85 families.

This year you contributed over $57,700 to families, who on the average, live on about $2 per day. Beyond supporting families with $25 per month-food-packages, much more was accomplished: we became one body of Christ through exchange of letters and actual trips to the villages near Piura, Peru. Through photos we watched as the following took place in 2007.

• Parishioners helped build a chapel named St. Monica in the village of Los Polvorines
• Parishioners helped build five houses to replace deteriorating ones
• Two families were supported in starting a business in their homes
• We assisted in purchasing a 15-passenger van to deliver food to sponsored families
• Two rooms for the dying are being finished in a hospice center
• Bedrooms were build in many houses and supplied with beds and mattresses
• Seven children are being sent to private schools
• One hundred children from a village are being fed breakfast five days per week
• Families were given farm animals, clothes, etc.
• Twelve parishioners went on mission trips to Piura
• Ocean-going containers were shipped to Piura with gifts, clothes, etc.
• One lady dying from cancer was provided with medicines
• Babies were baptized, houses blessed, and the good news was preached through word and deed

One hundred percent of our money goes to the families. By our help these families and their neighbors are being moved from despair to hope. The Lord hears the cry of the poor, thanks to you!