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| Kids on there way to free lunch provided by the church, Cristo Es La Roca. |
We made a recent visit to Chamelecon, a place overrun with
gangs,
murder, and poverty. A church, Cristo Es La Roca, is bringing light to this dark place.
This church is committed to changing lives.
- They have started an outreach center where they have video games, exercise equipment, computer classes, English classes, and beautician classes (cutting, styling, curling, and drying hair, pedicures,and manicures.)
- They provide 50 meals a day to impoverished children.
- They have a soccer tournament each year, in which 16 teams participated this year - two of them rival gangs that set aside their differences to participate.
- They have a school, providing scholarships to some of the promising students that can't afford to continue their education. (Read our April newsletter to learn about one of them.)
- They have just purchased a lot across form the church to begin a technical school to teach refrigeration/air conditioning repair and electrician training.
- Church volunteers have been making canned vegetables for sale in order to cover the cost of utilities at the center. They have supermarket clients but need to get a food license that costs nearly $1000.
- The pastor convinced government officials to open a second school in the community since there was only one school and the gangs wouldn't allow students from the rival gang to cross into their territory. Now both regions have successful schools and both gangs have a great respect for the pastor.
“‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’” Amazing things can happen as a result!
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| The new lot for a technical school. |
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| The soccer field that has brought the community closer. |
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| 'Encurtidos' for sale to amke money for the outreach center utilities. |
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The church 'compound' - church, school, offices.
'International Ministry Christ is the Rock - Restoring the Family' |
