Its hard to plan for the future when you are hungry today. Each month our Pastors meet parents who are struggling to meet the needs of their kids. It costs approximately $100 to feed a typical family for a month. Help provide a family in need with food for a month!

A family’s food for one month

Food Bank

Since the day we are born, being snugly wrapped in a warm blanket offers us a sense of security and peace. When winter sets in, many families living in Mexico struggle to keep their children and themselves warm and healthy. Our Pastors appreciate having blankets available to give out to families as it provides a quick solution to a prevalent need.

Blankets

Provides a blanket for a family.

In Mexico, public education is not free. Many parents not only pay a school fee and purchase uniforms, but are also required to provide all the necessary school supplies for each of their children. This is often a burden on a family who only earns roughly $80 a week.

A back pack full of school supplies

A Back Pack + School Supplies

Our pastors have a heart to share the gospel with everyone they minister to. By equipping pastors with Bibles, they can always be ready to share. Our pastors frequently request additional Bibles so their ministry can continue in the areas they serve.

Bibles

Provides ten Bibles to a Pastor or local church.

THE FOUNDATIONEach house Amor builds has a concrete foundation. This is important as most of the families Amor builds alongside of live in make shift shelters with dirt floors. Besideseasy access for harmful insects, moisture seeps in through the dirt floor making cold nights even colder. The moisture alsoleads to the spread of toxic mold. A strong, sealed foundation keeps a family warm and healthy while anchoring their house on a rock.

Provides a strong

foundation for a family.

Provides One Strong Wall for a Family

THE FRAMEThe many 2x4’s that form the frame of the house act as the “bones”. They are the infrastructure of the home. The bones form walls and these strong walls replace ones made from old pallets, scrap lumber, and discarded garage doors. For the families Amor builds alongside, this will be the first home they have that doesn’t sway in the wind or shutter in the rain.

THE ROOFA good, strong, leak-free roof is something that most of the families Amor builds alongside of do not have. The landscape is covered with blue tarps used by families covering their roofs to try and stay dry. Besides a leaky roof, the structure of the roof is very unstable as well. The roofs that are constructed on an Amor house are made from strong, straight 2x4’s and then sheeted with plywood. After the plywood is nailed on, the roof is then covered with felt paper, rolled asphalt shingle, and then cold tar. The finished roof is strong, safe, and sealed.

Provides a new roof for a family

One of the greatest feelings of owning a home is turning the key and opening the door for the first time. For many of the families Amor builds alongside of, the door that comes with their new home is a powerful symbol. This new door might be the first one the family has had that is strong. (All of the doors Amor purchases are steel exterior doors. ) Or maybe this is the first door they have had that actually comes with a set of keys and a working lock (most doors available are used, interior doors with out a lock or keys.) allowing them to lock their home at night or when they leave during the day.

A NEW DOOR

Buys a door for a family

Provides a window for a family

One of the greatest feelings of owning a home is turning the key and opening the door for the first time. For many of the families Amor builds alongside of, the door that comes with their new home is a powerful symbol. This new door might be the first one the family has had that is strong. Or maybe this is the first door they have had that actually comes with a set of keys and a working lock allowing them to lock their home at night or when they leave during the day.

A NEW DOOR

Buys a door for a family

THE EXTERIORMost of the families Amor builds alongside of have shelters that have little or no exterior coverings. The shelters are porus and exposed. A safe, stable house crucial for a families health and well being. That is why an Amor house has four strong layers that form the exterior. These four layers rovide strength, water proofing, and insulation while creating a finished product built to last with minimul maintenance.

Provides the exterior of a families home

Provides an entire home for a family & creates 14 jobs.

THE HOUSEImagine living in a 4’ x 4’ shelter with your family. This small space acts as your living room, your kitchen, your bedroom, and in some cases, your bathroom. When it rains you all get wet; when the wind blows, pieces of your shelter fly off. Your shelter is built on a dirt floor and the roof consists of anything you can find. Sometimes things that are not even water resistant.

This is a reality for many of the families Amor builds alongside of. When they receive an Amor house, for the first time they have a strong house. A house that provides stability, safety, and health for their children. This new house also turns into something they have never had before; a home.

: Every sponsored home creates 14 jobs in Mexico!

Ikageng, started by Carol Dyantyi, is a community based organization which provides help with school work, food, and life skills to the orphaned and vulnerable children of Soweto. The majority of the children receiving assistance from Ikageng have lost their parents or guardians to HIV/AIDS. Carol is now known as Mam Carol. She and her team are providing care to hundreds of children living without parents.

Amor would like to make it possible for 10 young women from Ikageng to participate in the 2016 Women of Strength trip to South Africa. These women would be able to connect with other women from all over the world, worship together, eat together, and most importantly, have an opportunity to serve their own community. These women know first hand what it is like to not have a home. Imagine how powerful it would be for them to be able to provide a house for someone in their own community!

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Ministry Planning BoardsThe pastors who form our Ministry Planning Boards (MPB’s) choose who receives a home and follows up with the families long after the house is built. On average, our pastors visit a family seven times. The pastors on our MPB’s are unpaid. They use their own limited resources to visit these families. Amor pays each pastor $30 for each family they qualify for a house to help cover some of the costs incurred by the pastor. Between qualifying families, monthly MPB meetings, and a retreat for the pastors, Amor spends about $24,000 a year. Please consider helping to empower these faithful men and women of the church.

Supports the work of a pastor for one month.

Supports the work of a pastor for one year.

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