SHINE a LIGHT in El Salvador
November 21-30, 2014
In November 2014, our first ever Mission 5IVE.14 team was blessed with the opportunity to "Shine a Light" in El Salvador. Our mission was to build a new home for one of Love & Hope's kids and his sister's family.
Over the past several years the El Salvadoran government has been pulling kids out of loving, caring homes like Love & Hope and making them move back in with any family members who they deem to have a 'safe' environment to live. Unfortunately that's not always the case. Kevin was fortunate to be able to live with his sister and her family. Her father-in-law had a lot in the mountainous near Usulutan and we wanted to give them a better home than the existing mud and bamboo house that was on the property.
Through the generosity of over 300 donors and some incredible planning and logistics by Love & Hope, our team was able to build a new home for Kevin and his sister's family, spend quality time building our relationships with the kids, take all the kids to the beach and bless Love & Hope with a financial gift that was immeasurably more that we could have ever imagined.
Over the past several years the El Salvadoran government has been pulling kids out of loving, caring homes like Love & Hope and making them move back in with any family members who they deem to have a 'safe' environment to live. Unfortunately that's not always the case. Kevin was fortunate to be able to live with his sister and her family. Her father-in-law had a lot in the mountainous near Usulutan and we wanted to give them a better home than the existing mud and bamboo house that was on the property.
Through the generosity of over 300 donors and some incredible planning and logistics by Love & Hope, our team was able to build a new home for Kevin and his sister's family, spend quality time building our relationships with the kids, take all the kids to the beach and bless Love & Hope with a financial gift that was immeasurably more that we could have ever imagined.
Enjoy this video slide show from our trip.
Equipo
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Brett Gorney
Beth Cheatham Brandon Beeken David Stoner Doc Holliday |
Melissa Ciancia
Rodney Zehner Ryan Weathington Scott Diehl Ward Johns |