For pictures and a detailed presentation of the relief effort please visit www.abweperu.org/earthquake

Dear Praying Family,

So far God has provided the funds to build 40 wooden shelters for church families in southern Peru who lost their homes in the earthquake. We now have sufficient funds to begin rebuilding two of the churches which were damaged or destroyed.

Praise the Lord!

Here are our revised goals as we continue to assess the needs (see below for a more thorough explanation):

1) Build 24 more wooden shelters primarily for neighbors of church families and 6 temporary wooden auditoriums/classroom buildings for churches. Need: $13,000 by November 15.
(We will probably continue to organize groups and trips south to build these wooden shelters as the need is significant and ongoing.)

2) Rebuild or repair camp and church facilities in southern Peru.
(Approximately $40,000 raised and $138,000 still needed.)

We want to say a sincere thank you to each individual and church who has given so far to the Peru Earthquake Relief project. We do not handle the relief fund itself so we won’t be aware of every gift. However, please do let us know if you plan to send an offering as it will help us plan relief efforts. And of course we do want to express our thanks directly to you if we know you gave something. J

Next weekend we will be taking a team from our church south to Ica for a mobile clinic. We will also be delivering food and clothes in an ongoing effort to help those affected by the august earthquake. This is one more opportunity to share Christ’s love and rescue people for eternity in the midst of a difficult situation. A natural disaster of this magnitude has long term effects on living conditions and the local economy.

Thank you for your continued participation in our ministry.

Jonathan, Angela, and Alison Stone

P.S. Alison learned to say “amen” this week! :-)

As mentioned above, here is an explanation of the modified goals:

As the relief project moves forward we have had to modify some of our original goals. We originally planned to build modular homes of brick and steel reinforced concrete. However these cost considerably more than the wooden houses ($3,500 vs. $625). They also require a complicated and lengthy process to get the necessary paperwork in order (building permits, etc). We have realized that many of the people in greatest need do not have clear title to their land, further complicating permanent construction. All things considered we believe we can have the greatest impact by building wooden houses which in most cases provide living conditions comparable to what people had before the quake.