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Santa Elena Mission

A project of the Santa Elena Steering Committee at CUMC, Ruidoso incollaboration with Grace UMC, Alamgordo, St Paul’s UMC, Socorro, and

Kingswood UMC, ClovisVol. 2 Issue 5 April 2021

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Due to the pandemic we cannot scheduleour normal Spring trip to Santa Elena.

There is, however, a possibility that wewill be able to offer a mission trip

experience in August that will includework at Basigoribo and a short VBS. Ifyou are interested please contact Dan

Knorr [email protected].

In this issue>>>Calendar andContent

Altrusa donates toestablish LiteracyLibrary at SantaElena

The PorchReinvented

Another ScholarshipAwarded

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We also hope to be able to send a groupof missionaries in December ( December

5-8 tentative)

Welcome to our April issue of the Santa Elena Newsletter. We hope youare getting use to this new format that allows us to put the elements of the

newsletter directly into the email. The new format is also allowing us tosend the newsletter on a more frequent basis as well as making it a bit

shorter each time..

As you browse your way through the newsletter you will see that eventhough we can't have boarding students yet, we are finding ways to

support and love the Tarahumara commnity thanks to the dedication andcommittment of our missionaries Manolo and Rayito. They have been

working overtime to make sure that the students who can come for dailyschoolwork have what they need including spiritual and economic

support.

Rayito and Manolo are giving 150% of their time and love to the kids andthe Tarahumara community and they need us to do the same. If you have

been a past donor and have stopped sending funds for Santa Elena,please consider resuming or increasing your donations. We need you to

love and support the work at the mission. If you've never made amonetary committment to Santa Elena we hope you will consider doing sonow. Perhaps using a portion of your stimulus check to spread the relief alittle farther. You can mail a check to Santa Elena Mission, CUMC, 220 Junction Rd, Ruidoso, NM 88345. Or go to the CUMC online Giving siteto make your contribution: https://ruidosocumc.org/giving/. Please make

sure in either case to mark your donation for Santa Elena Mission. Thanks so much for your love and your help.

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Roswell Altrusa Club donates $1000toward literacy library for Santa Elena

The Santa Elena Steering Committee has accepted a gift of funds to start aliteracy library at the Santa Elena Mission. The gift was offered by the RoswellAltrusa Club in the amount of $1000 toward the purchase of books and shelvingfor the library which will be housed at the mission.

Altrusa is an international non-profit organization making our local communitiesbetter through leadership, partnership, and service. The club offers anopportunity to make a real difference in their own communities and undertakesa variety of service, literacy, fundraising and international projects each year.Altrusa members are from varying occupations and lifestyles, all sharing aninterest in community service and enjoying the friendship, fun and satisfactionthat comes from working together for the benefit of others.

The Santa Elena Steering Committee is very greatful for Roswell Altrusa's giftwhich they hope will be the foundation for a growing collection of readingmaterials for the Tarahumara community that go far beyond textbooks andrequired reading materials.

Manolo (co-director at Santa Elena and a talented carpenter) has purchasedlumber to begin building shelves for the library, and is also working onpurchasing books for the collection. We will share pictures of his progress andthe actual opening of the library in a future newsletter.

And yes, you can add your donation to this new project. For the time beingyour donations should be monetary since we cannot go to Santa Elena on amission trip which is the only way for us to get book donations to the Mission. You can send a check for the Santa Elena Mission Library to CUMC, 220Junction Road, Ruidosos, NM 88345. Or visit the CUMC website and use theOnline Giving site there. Please make sure your mark your donation "SantaElena Mission Library".

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Thanks in advance for contributing to this vital program.

The Porch ReinventedIt all began with some damaged wood on the porch which Manolo has repairedand replaced with lovely sliding doors. Thanks Manolo for the ingenuity andhard work.

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Another Scholarship

The Santa Elena SteeringCommittee is pleased to announce

that they have awarded ascholarship to Santa Elena's cook,Amelia, so that she can complete

her high school education. Ameliahad to drop out of school but with

the help of the Santa ElenaScholarship she can complete herstudies and take her final exam tograduate high school. God speed

Amelia.

Santa Elena Steering Committee

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Ed BarlowEdna Comstock, St Paul’s UMC,Socorro, Newsletter EditorPeter Comstock, St Paul’s UMC,Socorro, SecretaryBob DurettCarolyn Durett, TreasurerBill HortonDan Knorr, ChairJim Lysaght, Kingswood UMC,ClovisMike MazurSarah MazurRev. Dustin McEwen, PastorCUMC, Ruidoso

Ed McLeodMurray MurphyPeter PercifullAlex Valdez, Grace UMC,AlamogordoTammy Valdez, Grace UMC,Alamogordo (Unless otherwise noted the steeringcommittee members are fromCUMC, Ruidoso) Mission DirectorsManolo Guerrero, Creel, Chih.,MexicoRayito Guerrero, Creel, Chih.,Mexico

Coming in the next newsletter>> Plans for resuming mission trips

Schedule for the rest of 2021 2021School at Santa Elena

This newsletter is published on a semi-regular basis by the Santa Elena Steering Committee of CUMC, Ruidoso, NM. To see other issues of the newsletter and/or more information about Santa Elena and our mission there, go to: SantaElena Mission Web page or to our facebook page: SantaElenaMission . Send newsletter inquiries to Editor:[email protected]

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