STANSBERRY CHILDREN'S HOME AND DAYCARE

NEWSLETTER #47
December 2002

CASILLA 578,
SANTA CRUZ BOLIVIA
PH-FAX 591-3-56-0756
EMAIL: stansberry@scbbs-bo.com
WEB: www.stansberrychildren.org

We have been entrusted with the task of House parents for the many children at the Home. God has blessed us and we are very grateful for this opportunity to serve Him. We are grateful for the Board of Directors and their commitment to look after the needs of the children through our work.

Update on the Children
Five new children have became a part of the home since January 2002.

Moises Jeremias is 2 years old. He likes sharing with others, is very intelligent and sociable, and is well liked by the other children. Moises has a very sad background. He was abandoned at the door of a hospital, probably due to the fact that his left foot and hand are malformed. He is encouraged to participate in all activities so he knows that this is not a limiting factor for him to be a happy child.

Daniel Ricardo and Tania, aged 4 and 3 respectively, are siblings who have adapted very well to the other children. They are very sweet and tranquil children, despite the fact that they have been abused by their biological mother. We all are trying to build their self-esteem.

PabloAndres and Samuel Felipe are two month old twins whose parents gave them up due to lack of means to support them. They arrived at the Home in a critical state of malnutrition, weighting 1.6 Kg each. In Sept., they each weighed 4 Kg. Samuel has had to have an emergency operation for a congenital inguinal hernia. There were not major complications and he is now recovering satisfactorily. Pablo also needs the same operation. The cost of the operation is $US 450.00 and will be taken care of as soon as possible.

The rest of the children are healthy and have done well in school. The Children are in summer vacation now and continue to participate in workshops and doing their assigned chores.

Debora, is doing internship at the daily newspaper EL DIA. She studies in the morning and does her internship in the afternoons.

Simon Olmos, has been practicing his professional electrician skills at the Home, working on electric installations and maintenance. This has been a big help financially, as this type of work is very expensive. ~ Juan and Janita Gaete.

Dear friends. We bring you greetings in the Name of Jesus Christ our Lord. We are doing fine and are finally in Bolivia. We had a safe flight to Santa Cruz. We spent the night in Miami after missing our first flight to Santa Cruz. This was due to a connecting flight delay in Atlanta because of a snow-storm. Anyway we got here safely last Friday morning and got pretty well rested up. Eunice is getting adjusted well to the food and warm weather. She started her Spanish classes today. The weather in Bolivia is hot, humid and rainy. It feels like being thrown into cold water after the cold weather and snow in Pa. It was a long wait but it was a very enriching experience especially for us as it gave us time to build our marriage, pray and prepare ourselves for the ministry here. . We ask for your prayers for Gods divine wisdom for work, study and settling down options. We take this time to thank you all that have been praying for us and have walked with us the last few months of waiting. "May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit." Romans 15:1

In the Masters service,
~ Solomon and Eunice.

Things are going very well at the Daycare. I am very content with this work. We work with a lot of parents and children that have many needs, with much suffering on a daily base. I’m thankful for faithful people that have a passion for helping families. Currently, we have 45 children. some days it is more some day less. I have a very great team of people to work with who bring the capacity to work together. There are 11 of us in total. We have 3 classes of children of 2 years up to 6 years. Three educators for 2-6 year olds, 4 educators for the babies, 1 cook, 1 part time cleaner, 1 helper with paper work and myself.

The construction for the daycare volunteer’s house is very beautiful. Thanks to God for this blessing, because now we have a home for the volunteers that come to help. Lucy Saucedo

Needs of the Home and Daycare:

*Pray for wisdom, for the directors of Stansberrys and the staff to be able to meet the needs of the children that they minister to on a daily basis.
*Additional Volunteers
(let us know if you have interest)
*Finances– Projects
-Daycare Sponsorship (see below)
-Water tower $US1,500
*That the Children may attend a different private school this year. Pray for wisdom as this would add an extra cost to the home of $US5,000 a year