We are on our third day at one of the The Scripture Union boy's home , in Kawai, which is a 2 hour drive south of Lima on the coast. A beautiful setting for this home for 40 abandoned boys, age 6-17 years old.
Scripture Union, one of our covenant partners in Peru, "rescues boys abandoned by their families or abuse at the hands of their parents, the police, or others-the throwaway kids of our modern consumer society and the little ones who cry at night in their hiding places, hearing only the echo if their own voices".
Many years ago someone generously donated to Scripture Union, one of our covenant partners in Peru, the land to be used for a boys home. Wisely they determined to use only part of the land for the home and establish the land closest to the ocean with guest haciendas as income producing. It is typically used by middle income families in Lima during the summer( December - March). In spite of the setting, the needs of these boys are very great. Their is no clean water except by boiling for 20 minutes(very costly) or buying very expensive bottled water, so sometimes they just have to drink the unclean water.
We are well on the way to building the Living Waters water filtration system in a building that they prepared for us. They will be able to use it for the boys home and also hope to sell it to the guests at the haciendas. Carson, Dennis, Bruce, Terry along with Rusty Edmondson ( Sara's husband) are working like trojans and progressing so far with just a few surprises. Suzanne and Beth along with other translators Kate and Charo, and Sara Armstrong ( our PCUSA delegate in Peru that many of you met while visiting in Nashville) are providing the education for how and why to use the clean water and the basics of simple germ theory. Amazing on what we take for granted!
Please continue to pray for the safety of us all and that the bodies, ears and hearts of the recipients are open to the gift of clean water!
Boys acting out Moses story of water from the rock. Note bruce on roof top in background putting up water tank.
Bruce, Dennis and Terry working on setting up "wash station"
alcove holding water system
I have borrowed this computer but will probably not have access until Thursday...Beth
