Project New Hope's Photo Gallery

Women’s Village

2010-02-24T07:24:00.000-08:00

A bunch of volunteers for the Women’s Village went to El Centro, Plaza de Armas, to give away free hugs and pass out flyers about the village. This is the second time we have done this and they were such a success. We had a huge banner, the press was there and many people volunteered their time for this cause. At first, several people didn’t want to be hugged; they backed away and looked at us like we were crazy. But we didn’t take no for an answer and after they got their hug, their faces lit up and they even thanked us. Many people said that it made their day and several said that they thought the free hugs were such a great idea. People signed up to volunteer for the Village and also we had women that set up appointments for therapy. People even lined up to get their hug!

Chocolatada's

2009-12-21T09:09:00.000-08:00

Chocolatada's are a big tradition and they take place just about everywhere. These photos are from a Chocolatada that we had for the kids in one of our newest barrios. There was a great turn out. We had some kids that led some singing and dancing from the city church, a puppet show, and a mime skit. Afterwards we played some games and then the kids enjoyed some awesome Hot Chocolate and received their own Panaton (Peruvian fruit cake). There were smiles all around!

Our 1st Ourdoor Service

2009-12-21T09:04:00.000-08:00

We just had our first ourdoor service where we invited people from the barrios as well as the city church to come. We had an awesome turnout, about 250 people! We sang some songs with the help of the band from our church in the city, had communion, listened to a great sermon from Jamie and everyone got a Panaton, a traditional Christmas cake. The kids played some games with the help of Andres and Julianna and they each got their own Panaton. It was a great afternoon enjoyed by all!

A New Location

2009-08-22T07:41:00.000-07:00

Sunday night we had our first service for our newest church plant in Trujillo. It was held at the offices of Project New Hope International. There were about 37 people in attendance including several new people. Rosa led some worship songs with Andres accompanying her with the bongo drums. Roger told the story out of the Bible of the 3rd Man and we finished up with some refreshments and great fellowship. Everybody enjoyed the service.

The City Church

2009-08-22T07:33:00.000-07:00

These are some pictures from the Church in the City. Mike preached on this Sunday and he had people write out their testimonies and taught them how to share them. He challenged them to share them with a few people during the week. The worship team did a great job leading us in songs. The whole team gathers up to pray prior to the services each week.

Rendezvous in Peru July 2009

2009-07-31T12:59:00.000-07:00

Rendezvous in Peru 2009 has just ended and what a week it was! All that participated had a wonderful week. We divided everyone up into four different groups. The goal we had in mind for the week, to conquer the City of Trujillo for Christ! One of our teams went to work on some construction projects in 5 different barrios around the city. It was wonderful to see those that came, work along side the Peruana’s as they built 13 cooking stoves, 5 table tops for the cooking stoves and 16 technos or roofs. Our construction groups also put up a couple of jungle gyms and built some tables for the children.

One of our other groups consisted of just women. They visited the women inmates at a prison. There they taught them how to embroider cards. This is not meant as a hobby, but it is our hope that they will be able to sell the cards they make.

Another of our groups visited a very large facility for the elderly. What a blessing it was to serve this segment of the Peruvian population. We had a great time giving hand massages, singing songs and even doing the Hokey Pokey! We were all so blessed to be able to serve them lunch and celebrate their lives!

For the ladies, afternoons were spent in the barrios working with the women. We taught them how to embroider bookmarks. One afternoon, for a unique experience, we brought a Chef into the barrios to teach the women how to cook some really yummy food. All were blessed – it was wonderful!

Another afternoon we visited one of the poorer barrios in Trujillo. We delivered “Angel Dolls” to 4 people who are terminally ill. There are so many sad stories among these people. I will share one about each person; One little girl had meningitis when she was 4 (she is now 8) and has been in a vegetable status since. We gave another “Angel Doll” to a woman whose husband left her with 4 kids and is now dying of stomach cancer. Another one went to an older lady who has something wrong with her brain. And one went to a young man who has Down syndrome and was found abandoned in the jungle. Please continue to pray for God’s love and mercy to be poured out to the people of Trujillo, especially the neediest.

The children on the trip had some special places to serve. They went to a hospital, 2 different special needs schools, a school in the city, and two different kindergarten schools in the barrios. They had a great time playing games, did crafts, told bible stories and dressed up like clowns. Our children’s group got into action too as they gave 13 angel dolls to special needs kids. What a special time!

For those who may not know about the Angel Doll program, I would like to explain a little about it. The Angel doll program is headed up by John Hendee’s wife Carla. Carla and her group of women make Angel Dolls to give to someone who is terminally ill or to a special needs child. The idea is that the person who gives the doll commits to pray for this person or child and their family for one year. I love this program! We are excited to watch the Lord work as we use this program for years to come.

The youth of our group had a special mission! They went to visit a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center for men in a barrio. Wow, do these men know how to worship God. It was truly amazing to hang out with them. They also went to 4 different barrios and got to participate in some really neat activities with the barrio youth that are participating in our youth groups. On Friday the US youth group took 170 kids from the surrounding barrios to an all day retreat. They played some crazy games and got into groups and prayed. The barrio children each took turns to autograph a Peruvian flag for the gringos to take home. Then they were treated to a big lunch of pollo y papa fritas (chicken and french fries). Afterwards, all enjoyed some free time swimming and playing games.

The final night, we had a wonderful party for everyone to celebrate the work that had been accomplished during the 2009 Rendezvous in

Peru

. Many lives were positively impacted for His Kingdom this week. We look forward to more of you visiting during the upcoming “Vision Trip” this coming October. God Bless and thank you for your partnership. You are truly helping to bless the people of Trujillo and glorify God through this wonderful ministry.

Hope 4 Kid's Visit

2009-06-24T07:26:00.000-07:00

The Hope 4 Kids team was here for 10 days. They worked very hard and were in a different Barrio every day. They spent most of their days building cook stoves for some of the families who cook their food inside their makeshift houses by piling up charcoal on the floor and put a makeshift grate over the top. The smoke fills the house and a lot of them have serious breathing problems. These new stoves have a chimney that will vent the smoke out the top of the roof. They also spent some time playing with the kids and building relationships with the adults. They helped feed breakfast to over 100 kids in one of the barrios, and lunch to about another 100 kids in another barrio.

Mountain View Visit

2009-05-11T12:24:00.000-07:00

We just had 7 people here from the Mountain View Church in Colorado. They spent most of their time in the barrio working with the people. They went on a retreat with about 40 of the leaders from the barrio and had an awesome time. They did some teaching on managing people. The worked with the kids on some bible stories and of course there were lots of games and fun! We had an awesome lunch of Chicken, french fries and soda. I couldn't believe how much some of those kids ate! Afterwards they all went swimming and Roberto, one of the people from Colorado was baptized by Andreas the barrios facilitator. It was an awesome day and everyone had fun.

On Sunday we all went to the church service in the barrio. Although it was a quite warm the attendance was great. There was some worship music played on a keyboard, electric drum set and a couple of vocalists led us all in some great songs. It was all played over loud speakers and since there was no roof on the building the music traveled all over the barrio. Some of the Colorado people had a Sunday school for the kids and showed off some magic tricks and then the kids made a craft to take home with them. In the afternoon they put on a carnival for all the kids in the barrio. There were probably a couple hundred in attendance. We made balloon animals, and swords, did face painting and played some futbol. The president of the barrio came out and thanked everyone for what they were doing and for their continued financial support. It was an awesome day! Thank you Mountain View, you are awesome!

Barrio Youth Dancers

2009-05-11T11:08:00.000-07:00