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| Region | Latin America |
|---|---|
| Location | Peru |
| Ministry category | Education |
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Tim and Julie serve in Belize. They support the local outreach of the Garifuna churches in southern Belize — helping to envision and develop new ministries, mentoring leaders, and walking with an emerging youth movement. They are building relationships with the leaders of the broader Christian community in Dangriga to determine what supportive ministries are needed.
Daryl and Jen serve in Costa Rica, supporting the local discipleship network VidaNet. They serve on the leadership team of VidaNet and give leadership to the daily operations at Casa VidaNet. Daryl assists with organizing finances and administrative responsibilities for VidaNet. The programs of VidaNet provide long- and short-term discipleship and leadership training for young people from Central and North America. Jen serves as hospitality coordinator for VidaNet, planning and preparing for individuals and groups who stay at Casa VidaNet. Jen also serves as a counselor for El Nido, VidaNet’s crisis pregnancy center which provides support and resources for mothers and children in crisis.
Michael and Nancy walk with people as they discover God’s purpose for their lives and grow in relationship with Jesus. They partner with a Christian non-profit focusing on the prevention of childhood sexual abuse and the development of a local Christian retreat center.
Donations may be sent to Old Road Mennonite Church, 5795 Old Philadelphia Pike, Gap, PA 17527, along with a note designating it for the ministry of Nancy and Michael Hostetter.
Valerie serves as a mission intern with EMM. She is serving as an administrative assistant through VidaNet.
Wendell and Melanie and their family serve in Costa Rica, mentoring and making disciples as directors of VidaNet. They are regional representatives for Central America, overseeing all of EMM’s programs and personnel in the region.
Carissa serves as a mission intern in Guatemala. She also serves with Hope for Home, which is a Christian organization that focuses on caring for children with special needs and their families, as well as addressing the systemic issues that cause special needs in children in Guatemala. Carissa helps to provide direct care to the children in one of the children’s homes, and also uses her nursing skills to assist with Hope for Home’s multiple outreach ministries, which include a child sponsorship program, rural village ministry, nutrition programs, and women’s health clinics.
Austin and Griselda serve at the Honduras VidaNet base. Austin provides leadership to the team there. He also mobilizes the church through mission and leadership courses. Griselda coordinates the Honduran El Nido prenatal center, which disciples and educates young mothers. She is also in charge of hospitality at the base.
Quechua children in Peru face discrimination in local schools due to their ethnicity and their evangelical faith. The Peruvian Mennonite Church decided to establish an alternative to the local school system by founding PROMESA, which offers an academically advanced, Christian education that also frees children from experiencing discrimination at school.
Two reasons to give to PROMESA:
New building
The school started in 2005 with 11 students; today, nearly 300 children, both Quechua and non-Quechua, are enrolled. Many children were being turned away due to lack of space and insufficient facilities, so the church purchased land in the mountains outside Cusco to construct a new school building. Volunteers from Engineering Ministries International (EMI) have created a three-phase construction plan. Walk through the planned campus here.
$500,000 is needed for site preparation and phase one of building classrooms. With our support, many more Peruvian students can have access to a safe, high-quality, Christian education.
Scholarships
You can help a bright child with insufficient resources get a high-quality Christian education! It takes $1000 to sponsor one student for an entire school year, but any amount helps.
In this short video, learn about PROMESA through the story of 15-year-old Jhon Erik — and find out ways to help this Christian school achieve its future goals.
$50 helps PROMESA expand and reach more children
$200 moves PROMESA closer to a larger facility
$2,000 is a generous gift promoting education!
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