Bienvenidos/Welcome to Bucaramanga Colombia, Cristy’s hometown! We returned for an extended visit at her parents apartment during our summer break in Peru ( school at orphanage is out Jan Feb March) Our Colombian family has a long history of serving here, a love of the Colombian culture, heritage and family pride! Taking care of Cristy’s Mom and Dad (now in their eighties) has become our honor and privilege. Cristy and I went to some of the toughest areas of the city to serve.
We were invited to help with Samaritans Purse Operation Christmas Child distribution in Santander, Colombia! This initial project supports our desire to also develop sustainable projects with Live Simply for Orphans in Colombia in conjunction with our ministry in Arequipa, Peru and beloved special needs orphanage. Packing and giving a simple shoebox is an easy way to share hope, purpose and the gospel. The local church pastors give these gift filled shoes boxes to each child, inviting their families/neighbors to come while building the local church. We helped distribute to over 240 churches with 21,700 cartons..Your support has allowed us to run four different La Gran Aventura Classes/The Greatest Journey Discipleship Classes helping several street churches with no buildings, a soccer team for troubled youth and another local church in raw area! Our Operation Christmas Child distribution network team in Peru continues to thrive distributing about 7,000 gift boxes in areas of extreme poverty! We have been blessed to support this project since 2018! We thank everyone for the boxes, prayers and resources through Samaritans Purse every season!
