For many of you who have been here to Peru in the past you will remember Marieta or at least he two very energetic children Jose Maria and Fatima. You may also know that at least once a year we like to chose a local family and help them in some way or another by fixing something at their house or making their house bigger if need be. This year we decided to help Marieta and her kids by building an addition onto their already existing house. The addition was actually the same size as what she already had so we would be doubling her living space.
The only problem with the whole plan was that Marieta was already living on the only flat piece of land that she owned. All the rest of her property was hill. Well that wasn't going to stop a determined group of guys from People Church in Wyoming. That's right Walt and his band of youngsters took on the challenge and excavated a piece of land 3 metres by 4 metres and almost 2 metres deep. Then with a team of young people from Bethel Church we built the house and were able to buy a bed and 2 new mattresses for Marieta and her kids. Something for you teams for 2010 to think about is the fact that Marieta does not have a bathroom and making one because of the type of terrain that she has would be a several day project for a willing group.
For many of you who have been here to Peru in the past you will remember Marieta or at least he two very energetic children Jose Maria and Fatima. You may also know that at least once a year we like to chose a local family and help them in some way or another by fixing something at their house or making their house bigger if need be. This year we decided to help Marieta and her kids by building an addition onto their already existing house. The addition was actually the same size as what she already had so we would be doubling her living space.
The only problem with the whole plan was that Marieta was already living on the only flat piece of land that she owned. All the rest of her property was hill. Well that wasn't going to stop a determined group of guys from People Church in Wyoming. That's right Walt and his band of youngsters took on the challenge and excavated a piece of land 3 metres by 4 metres and almost 2 metres deep. Then with a team of young people from Bethel Church we built the house and were able to buy a bed and 2 new mattresses for Marieta and her kids. Something for you teams for 2010 to think about is the fact that Marieta does not have a bathroom and making one because of the type of terrain that she has would be a several day project for a willing group.