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Summer/Fall Newsletter>
Updates
August 15, 2006
Auction
The 2006 10th Annual Auction, is tentatively scheduled for
November 11th. We are still in just the planning stages. If
you have any suggestions, ideas, or would like to
volunteer, please let us know! Please contact Tonii Miller
at 786-7331 or post a message on the website!
www.proyectofe.org.
Home for the Elderly
The foundation for the home for the elderly has been laid
and construction is under way! Thank you to all those who
contributed to this project at the 2005 auction. We will
keep you updated on the progress of the home.
Hurricane Relief
To date, over $34,000.00 has been sent to Guatemala to
build homes, churches, roads, and to provide 165 families
with assistance to rebuild their livelihoods. By the end
of the year, Proyecto Fe expects to expend the final
amounts on proposals to help rebuild communities in
Guatemala. See the website, www.proyectofe.org for more
information. Blessings to those who participated with the
hurricane relief efforts through financial donations,
through mission work, and though much appreciated prayers.
God’s work was made possible in Guatemala through servant’s
hearts!
Mission Trips
This year was a great year for mission trips.
• The February trip, lead by members of Cornerstone Church
of God, started the season out with a trip to San Pedro.
During this trip a new ministry, "Casa Hogar, Asociación
Hogares Int. para niños", a group home for abused young
girls in Guatemala City, was found and a new associated
ministry for Proyecto Fe was established. We will be
offering sponsorship for these girls on the website this
year.
• March was the annual youth trip lead by members of Faith
Community Church to San Pedro. This trip was a Spirit lead
trip where 30 of Anchorage’s youth were able to experience
God in a very tangible way, while being servant and helpers
to needy families in San Pedro.
• April was the first dental oriented trip to San Pedro
where members from ChangePoint Church provided dental
care,construction work & general helping hands to the
people of San Pedro. Three dentists, a nurse, and a few
dental assistants extracted, cleaned & documented dental
needs for the local community.
• June was a busy time for mission trips. Grace Christian
School had their annual trip and this year they went back
to Monjas to visit an associated ministry, “In The Shadow
of His Wings”, to work on the orphanage’s new home. That
same month, Christ Community Church & Heritage Christian
School lead a family mission trip to San Pedro where they
worked on the Home for the Elderly as did the February,
March & April trips.
• Please pray for the annual November Grace Christian
School trip. They will be in Guatemala from November 16th
– 26th.
The 2007 mission trips will be scheduled soon. Please
visit the website, www.proyectofe.org, for updated
information.
New Staff
Amy Estabrook
Proyecto Fe would like to announce that Amy Estabrook has
been hired as our new Child Sponsorship Coordinator. Amy
will maintain the child sponsorship database, to administer
the information desk, and to provide administrative support
for Proyecto Fe.
Amy spent three months in Escuintla, Guatemala and speaks
Spanish. Amy is a member of the mission’s council at
Chapel of the Cross, as well as a member of the Executive
Board of New Hope on the Last Frontier, a part of the
compassion ministries center of the Church of the Nazarene.
Tonii Miller
Proyecto Fe would like to welcome Tonii (Antoinette) Miller
to the team! Tonii’s position, Director of Operations &
New Development, was created last month to help alleviate
Joe LoMonaco’s expanding responsibilities and to pursue new
funding opportunities for the ministry.
As Proyecto Fe continues to grow, most of the daily
functions will now be channeled through Tonii. Please
contact her at 786-7331 or email at amiller@proyectofe.org
for questions & information in regards to Proyecto Fe’s
business operations.
Tonii is a Certified Public Accountant and has 15 years of
business
related experience. She has been to Guatemala on two
mission trips and sponsors four children in San Pedro and
one child outside the school program in San Pedro.
Website
The Website has been updated on a regular basis and now
includes the option for your sponsored child to write you
via the website. Check it out at: www.proyectofe.org
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