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Donations Pledged To Date
$61,827
Donations Still Needed
$28,672
BUDGET 2010 NEEDED $90,830 |
| Quarterly Stats | |
2225 people heard the word of God being preached and received a hot meal through our weekly feeding programs
42 individuals were helped with medical vouchers for a total of $1657.52
24 Bibles were distributed
36 Food bags were provided to families in need
262 people attended the Kids and Adult Saturday Education program | |
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| Prayer Requests | |
Pray for the Lord's word to penetrate the hearts of our beneficiaries, to change their lives from the inside out.
Pray for LisaMarie, our first long term missionary at Pan de Vida, who is currently fundraising.
Pray for the board of Pan de Vida and our volunteers that we may honor the Lord with our obedience to His will and work at Pan de Vida.
Pray for Oscar and Lori Aguirre as they begin fundraising to work as part-time missionaries at Pan de Vida.
Pray for missions teams coming to serve at Pan de Vida this summer. | |
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| A Family We Serve... |  The Ontaneda Family has been with Pan de Vida for 5 years now. Mrs. Ontaneda is a single mom of 7 children who works as a maid to support her family. They live in a two room poorly constructed home. Since they only have one bed, they have to lay out cardboard on the floor so they all have a place to sleep at night. In the picture you can see her family standing next to their stove in the kitchen. They have been tremendously blessed through our weekly meetings, our kid's program, health program, and school supply program. Pan de Vida strives to reach the poorest of the poor by changing their lives first and foremost through the word of God, and then through food, clothing, training, and medicine. As a non-profit organization, we depend soley on private donations to sustain our programs and continue to reach out to this population for the Kingdom of God. Donate Now! |
| Health Care Updates |
 New teeth and glasses
We were able to help 18 people with new teeth! Not having good teeth often leads to malnutrition among other things. For these individuals, having dentures means a whole new life to them! Pictured here is Rosa Yupa, who makes a living washing cars close by Pan de Vida.
We learned from our health fair last summer that many of our beneficiaries were either legally blind or pretty close to it - including many children! We thank the Lord for his provision in funding to provide these individuals with glasses enabling them to work and go to school. |
| Kids Club and Adult Program |  This year we changed the format of our booster classes to be more flexible and to focus on addressing different themes that will help shape the children and their parents as well has contribute to their success in life. We now hold a once a month Kid's Club where the parents are required to come with their children and participate in an adult educational activity while the kids attend the kid's program.
Each month there is a theme in which we incorporate a devotional, worship time, an educational seminar, and some kind of activity or project.
| Avg Attendance | Themes | | Kids | 100 | Health & Nutrition
Different Professions | | Adults | 45 | Health & Nutrition
Child Abuse Prevention |
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| Micro-Business Project |
 Our 2009 Micro-Business project turned out to be such a success!
We had 9 students during the first part of the pilot last quarter 2009, they made aprons and oven mitts. A few of them went on to get jobs as seamstresses in factories while others continue on for the intermediate levels. Despite which direction they went, all of their lives were radically changed: they learned about self-esteem, God's love for them and the gifts He gives each of them, and their attitudes and beliefs about what they could accomplish in life was totally changed!
This semester, we have started the second level of our pilot where they are focusing on sewing of children's clothes. We had our first sale at a bazaar and sold almost $200 in product. We also identified 10 new candidates to start in the beginners sewing class, allowing new people to join the program.
These positive results of our pilot have motivated us to continue with the project, so we took advantage of all the remodeling we were doing to set up a more adequate work area in the basement for this purpose. We pray that this part of the ministry will soon have a deeper impact on the process of helping our beneficiaries to be free from poverty |
| Remodeling and Construction! | 
Thanks to some very hard working volunteers and missions teams from around the world, we were able to put in the 3rd of 4 sections of wall to complete the security upgrades to the Pan de Vida house! We are still looking for a team to come and finish the very last section of the wall among other potential missions team projects we have. Contact Us if you are interested in bringing a team down!
We had also received a very generous donation for an industrialized sink in our kitchen - this was a very much needed item. In anticipation of the sinks arrival, we had planned to expand the kitchen wall out a few feet. A project that seemed simple enough - until we found out that all the sewage pipes under the kitchen and in the basement were broken! We ended up tearing up the kitchen floor, the basketball court outside, and the basement floor to fix the pipes. We now have a beautiful kitchen with a wonderful sink, new tile, two new bathrooms in the basement, and most importantly, new piping that doesn't leak! The Lord graciously provided us with two unexpected donations that helped to cover the costs of this tremendous project!
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Thank you for partnering with us in Ministry.
Your prayers, support, and volunteering is making a big difference in Pan de Vida's children!
In Christ Jesus,
Oscar Aguirre
Pan de Vida
PAN DE VIDA IS A 501C3 NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION |
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