Summer Update from Guayaquil
Summer Update from Guayaquil
Dear Help the Helpless Benefactors,
We hope this letter finds you all in good health of body and soul. We pray that the Lord will bless you abundantly, and that His Sacred Heart, whose feast we are about to celebrate, will grant you all that you need and long for. As usual, we share with you some of the things that have happened here over the past few months.
At the beginning of May, we had the beginning of the new school year at Annunciation School. Thanks be to God, this year we have 7 teachers, 9 volunteers and 50 students. We have lost some students, as the violent situation has forced some families to move away from their homes. In spite of everything, this little school has been able to continue.
The soup kitchens of Flor de Bastión, Socio Vivienda and Nueva Prosperina have also been able to re-open this year, with a total of 375 children across the 3 kitchens. The inauguration of the new San Ignacio Chapel at the Nueva Prosperina soup kitchen took place recently. The faithful of this sector finally have a worthy chapel large enough to celebrate the Eucharist! We also built new houses for five families in this community that were especially struggling. Thanks to your donations, they now have a new and safe place to live.
Another activity we were able to carry out this quarter was a medical brigade for the children of the Montserrat sector, where they were tested for diabetes and anemia. Work is already underway for a medical dispensary which will provide regular medical attention to these people who have been sorely neglected. We are also setting up a more stable collaboration of volunteer doctors to administer to this community.
And finally, we share with you some news of the Corpus Christi celebration. We carried the Blessed Sacrament in procession through very poor and dirty streets, hoping that His blessing will reach these suffering hearts and ease the situation they live in. We never cease to thank the Lord who allows us to continue working for His Glory in these places. We are very grateful and relieved to have such abundant collaboration on your part. You are in our prayers.
May the Blessed Virgin Mary keep you in her maternal Heart.
Servant Sisters of the Home of the Mother in Guayaquil, Ecuador
We hope this letter finds you all in good health of body and soul. We pray that the Lord will bless you abundantly, and that His Sacred Heart, whose feast we are about to celebrate, will grant you all that you need and long for. As usual, we share with you some of the things that have happened here over the past few months.
At the beginning of May, we had the beginning of the new school year at Annunciation School. Thanks be to God, this year we have 7 teachers, 9 volunteers and 50 students. We have lost some students, as the violent situation has forced some families to move away from their homes. In spite of everything, this little school has been able to continue.
The soup kitchens of Flor de Bastión, Socio Vivienda and Nueva Prosperina have also been able to re-open this year, with a total of 375 children across the 3 kitchens. The inauguration of the new San Ignacio Chapel at the Nueva Prosperina soup kitchen took place recently. The faithful of this sector finally have a worthy chapel large enough to celebrate the Eucharist! We also built new houses for five families in this community that were especially struggling. Thanks to your donations, they now have a new and safe place to live.
Another activity we were able to carry out this quarter was a medical brigade for the children of the Montserrat sector, where they were tested for diabetes and anemia. Work is already underway for a medical dispensary which will provide regular medical attention to these people who have been sorely neglected. We are also setting up a more stable collaboration of volunteer doctors to administer to this community.
And finally, we share with you some news of the Corpus Christi celebration. We carried the Blessed Sacrament in procession through very poor and dirty streets, hoping that His blessing will reach these suffering hearts and ease the situation they live in. We never cease to thank the Lord who allows us to continue working for His Glory in these places. We are very grateful and relieved to have such abundant collaboration on your part. You are in our prayers.
May the Blessed Virgin Mary keep you in her maternal Heart.
Servant Sisters of the Home of the Mother in Guayaquil, Ecuador