In December we held a workshop for parents and a workshop for kids in Tarma. It was good to be able to put what we had learned into practice right away. And the kids had a great time!
From the end of December until the end of January we were in Canada and had a chance to meet with many of you personally. We loved being able to sit down and share our ministry with you! We were also surprised by, and so grateful for the generosity of our church partners while we were home.Thank you so much!
In November a team from Newfoundland came to help us with our building project. They worked really hard in the rain, levelling off the ground and putting in the cement floors in the classrooms and bathroom. Thank you Newfies!
The building of the centre has progressed a lot since September when we got started. The classrooms have windows and doors and the walls are totally plastered inside. They need to be painted and filled with tables and chairs and materials for the kids. Our house is built and progress is being made so that we can move in sometime in the next few weeks (I hope!). We are still waiting for documents giving us ownership of the land! At the end of this post you'll see a few pictures of what things look like now. We still have a lot of work ahead of us!
(We’d love some help! Come and join us, or help us out financially. Money makes things move faster here!)
As it’s March, the kids are back in school so Sunday school is getting started up again. (School vacations are January and February). We would really love to be able to start offering homework help and English classes as soon as possible, but the building process needs to be more advanced. It’s too difficult to offer the programs we want to without tables and chairs to work at, and lights to turn on!
We are so thrilled to announce that Centro Ruhamah is officially an Association, recognized by the Peruvian government. We are finally finished that process and we have an accountant here, so legally we are all ready to go! Praise God!
