Summer of 2015

Many young lives have been changed for ever.

It has been a wonderful summer in Sumpango, Breaking Cycles and the rest of the team are very proud to share with you the privilege that we had of being used by the Lord here. This is our first year partnering with Next Step, and through them, we received 11 wonderful ministry groups.  

We chose a retreat center called Paz en la Tormenta to have our teams there and at the end we realized that it was a good place, teams liked it, personnel were polite and helpful it was clean and safe and it was near the church and all the ministry sites.

Through Next Step Ministry in Colonia Vistas del Sol, we were able to give physical help to the community: painting the borders of the streets, painting the outside of some houses and donating a pair of goals for the soccer field.  Immediately, we were able to locate and meet some community leaders who showed their appreciation for the provided help.  Pastor Manuel from Colonia Vistas del Sol said: “Before the visit of Next Step’s groups we had Family Groups but very few people came. Now, many guests have come. We are gaining recognition and esteem among the community.”

 

We programmed various projects that thanks to the Lord we were able to complete:

ü  Seven one-room-houses have been built with the help of the teams.

ü  At the orphanage for HIV+ children Anna Vietello teams cleared an area that had a big amount of debris and couple of red ants’ colonies.  Then they put a level of good blank dirt and finally they planted grass.  It became a nice new garden for kids to play. They also spent needed quality time with the children. They helped built a new office for the principal and, of course, they ministered and had a lot of fun with the kids.

ü  At Church Busca a Dios Sumpango: They finished the construction of two brick walls, finished a successful VBS nine-week program, 57 families were visited and many families were added to the church membership.

This is just a brief summary of all the awesome activities that we experienced in this past three months. We'd like to thank everyone involved in these great activities and also invite you to join us next year 2016, which we are already organizing.