2008 Mission Trip
On February 9th, 2008, twelve individuals loaded onto planes and headed to Lima, Peru to work for a week on the Cuna Daycare Center in Manchay, Peru. This year will mark the third consecutive year that MSF has sent a crew of skilled tradesmen. Work for the week consisted of completing the caretaker’s house, a family who watches over and protects the daycare center from unwelcomed guests. On their house the team installed trim, soffits and eaves on the exterior, hung and taped drywall, installed doors, dropped ceilings and ceramic tile in the interior. Other projects included 1600 sq ft of ceramic tile in two classrooms, hanging additional exterior doors and building window frames with screens from aluminum stock.
The crew worked Monday through Friday nine hours a day for a total of 540 man hours. On Friday afternoon the kids at the daycare put on a little program for our group. They sang songs and made a special gift for each worker to show their thanks and appreciation. The Cuna Daycare Center gives these kids a safe place to be while their parents work during the day. If this center didn’t exist, many of these kids would be left home alone.
Manchay is an extremely poor city with the average worker making less than $5.00 per day. Kids Alive International and their team of missionaries are doing an outstanding job caring for and making a difference in these kids’ lives. On Saturday we had a chance to visit the kids at the orphanage in Lima, Peru. MSF will soon start on the new orphanage in Pachacamac, Peru that will house some 80 kids with staff.
We thank God for each individual that came on this trip to serve and for the opportunity He has given us to go and look after the orphans in their distress, James 1:27.
Special thanks to Bob Baumann, President and Kurt Roenberg, Account Manager of Mutual sales which provided numerous power and hand tools that we were able to leave behind for future work teams. Special thanks also to Just Rite Acoustics, Inc. who underwrote the entire trip for each of the team members.
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