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Prepared for ThornCreek Church
Building Into Young Lives in Negritos, Peru Your compassion realized through facility improvements at Perlas de Gran Precio Student Center
Thank you, ThornCreek Church family, for
revealing the love of God to 298 Compassion-
registered boys and girls in Negritos, Peru. Your
gift toward a complete infrastructure at Perlas de
Gran Precio Student Center has renewed a hope
in these children that they will be released from
severe poverty in their lifetime.
It is our joy to share with you the impact of your
generous offering.
The Meeting of a Need Because you are committed to the children at this
center, you know the reality of their daily lives.
You understand the brutal cycle of poverty in this
coastal community — the way these children
sleep under roofs made of scrap material, how
they consider running water and electricity
luxuries, and how they often fend for themselves
while their parents look for work.
Through your powerful partnership with the local
Nazarene Church of Negritos, you also know that
God is at work among these children and in this
town, and that darkness will not prevail where the
light of Christ shines.
The church leaders who serve at the student
center are tenacious in their mission to meet the
children’s holistic needs. They faithfully provide
meals, health care, tutoring and spiritual training
in less-than-ideal circumstances. They constantly
work toward a safer, more efficient space for the
children to learn, grow and play.
As you know, plans were in place to build
bathrooms on the next-door property the church
manages, and those plans had to be surrendered
as land-ownership certification wasn’t obtained as
hoped. So, with your blessing, in order to steward
your gift wisely and remain above reproach by not
building on land they don’t yet legally own,
church leaders developed a new plan for the
children: significant improvements to the existing
classrooms, hallways and stairways on the second
and third floors of the student center, upgraded
security and electrical systems, and new
educational resources.
The implementation of an enhanced facility and
program at Perlas de Gran Precio Student Center
unfolded between November 2013 and March
2014.
First, a building professional helped determine
materials required for the intervention, and the
church leadership purchased supplies such as
aggregate, ceramic flooring and windows. The
team also utilized funds to acquire new classroom
tools — educational games, paintbrushes, books,
shelves and audio equipment.
Then the construction team laid flooring for
classrooms on the second and third floors,
replaced windows, updated the electrical system
and installed a security system. They also finished
hallways, walls, and stairways with handrails to
ensure the children’s safety.
The Accomplishments of Your Compassion Because of your generosity, 298 children and the
13 adult staff at the Perlas de Gran Precio
Student Center now meet in a safer, more
welcoming environment — and many thousands
Prepared for ThornCreek Church
Building Into Young Lives in Negritos, Peru Your compassion realized through facility improvements at Perlas de Gran Precio Student Center
of other impoverished children will attend the
center in the years to come.
When they walk into the center today, students
find clean, brightly colored classrooms. More of
them can comfortably participate in program
activities because of the expanded and improved
space. A third-floor classroom, unsuitable for
student use in the
past, is now in full
use.
These boys and girls,
whose parents often
cannot afford to feed
them or send them to
school, now receive
spiritual, educational,
social and health
training at the center
with a renewed desire to actively learn and grow.
They see God’s faithfulness to them through His
provision of the improved facility and additional
educational supplies.
The center is truly more full of life as students
confidently move from room to room. The new
surroundings clearly communicate that this is a
haven — a place of healing, empowerment and
transformation for these young ones in Negritos,
Peru.
The Enrichment of Children’s Lives Your gift is already helping change lives in this
neighborhood.
The teaching that happens inside this beautiful
center is revealing more truth to these boys and
girls about the identity God says they have in
Jesus. Project Director Flor Curay Benites
reports, “Children can grow in an environment
where they know someone cares about them and
their welfare. They feel more comforted and
valued.”
Giancarlo, a student who attends weekly
activities, says he used to be uncomfortable at the
center, but not anymore. He shares, “Now we can
better learn everything the church offers and
develop in every area of our lives.”
Through the infrastructure improvements in the
center, the students feel greater strength and
stability under their feet as they navigate the
hallways. When they use the high-quality
resources in the classrooms, they begin to taste
freedom from the grip of extreme poverty. You
have helped assure these children that nothing
can separate them from God’s redemptive love —
that they belong, that they matter.
Thank You! ThornCreek Church, because of your
determination to not let the children of Negritos
go unnoticed, you have contributed significantly
to God’s kingdom — both now and in the future.
Thank you!
The rich deposits you’ve made in these children’s
lives will endure in them, their families, and their
community. When they hear from you, see your
faces, and use the facilities and resources you’ve
provided, they feel Jesus’ embrace. May these
Peruvian boys and girls continue to grow in
knowledge of Jesus and His love. And may God
bless the family of ThornCreek Church.
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