| For the second
consecutive year, a team of volunteers from the
Simple Church in Bossier City Louisiana distributed over
4,000 gifts through Samaritan's Purse to
children in one of the most dangerous cities in the
world,
Juarez, Mexico. The ongoing danger in Juarez is due to turf
battles among drug cartels; however, Samaritan's Purse
continues to deliver gifts to needy children across the world,
including Juarez.
The team traveled to Juarez in
January 2010 and worked with the local ministry in Juarez,
"Amigo
Fiel" (Faithful Friend). Over 3,500 children came to a
local recreation center where the team unloaded and
distributed gifts to every child. Each child receives one
gift.
On the afternoon of the last
day, the team traveled to one of the slum areas (colonias)
where people build homes from cardboard and pallets until they
can afford cinderblocks. Here the team distributed over 400
gifts to children. Mark
learned to make balloon creations. This was a big hit
with the kids. |
