International Ministries

Self Respect in Helping Others

July 12, 2005 Journal
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May God be with all of you. Let me tell you that the houses we are building are almost finished this week. The doors and windows will be installed and we'll finish the work inside. I will send you a photo of the houses this week. I shared the blankets, towels and some cloth to the workers and the families of the two houses, and the women cookers. They gave thanks to all of you.

The gift of cloth, shoes and toys was divided in three and given to the churches. They will decide to sell it in a symbolic price of.25 and .50 cents to help the needs of the churches. In El Puente the money collected will connect the water to the temple because they don't have water in the area. In Jucuapa they decided to use the money for installing the tiles on the floor of the temple to change the old floor and celebrate the churches' anniversary in August. The church of Lolotique finished the work in the classroom for the kids. They put the doors and finished the iron work in the building. The money that the churches gave was a blessing.

But one thing that is important to share. The gifts that were for sale in the churches gave a feeling of respect to the people because what they received is not expensive and they feel that they received what they want and in the same sense they helped the church. Many times we have problems when they just receive items and the people don't decide what they need. Thanks for your help to us.

In Puente Cuscatlan the engineer of the dam will prepare a report of how far the river goes in different levels when the doors of the dam are open. That will be included in the project. The architect, Raquel Paez, will draw the retaining wall and the different constructions that we need there. So all of us have and idea where the construction will be built. The board of the missions in El Puente decided to visit the mayor of Estanzuelas to ask for help to refill with dirt the area and the channel where the waters come from the upper level of the community that pass trough the land. The visit will be on Thursday, July 14th.

I would like to tell you that I had a dream one night that a group of volunteers with uniforms of blue pants and light blue shirts were coming like soldiers to work on the retaining wall. That is amazing how God is talking to us.

We will be in touch,

Rvda. Dra. Magda Aguirre
Misionera El Salvador