Sowers of Love
tour of poor barrio served by Semilleros de Amor
Semilleros de Amor, “Sowers of Love”, is a project of a group of elderly widows in Bogota. Years ago they formed a social group for mutual support. Then they decided to do something good for others, and began a daily feeding program of street kids. The area originally served became too dangerous for these ladies, so they’ve moved to the current location near a poor barrio. An apartment complex near the barrio donates a room. Most of the clothes the children wear are donated by the ladies’ friends. A part time teacher is paid to handle educational exercises with the children. And a nutritious lunch is served. Meal-a-Day provides half the funds for this simple program, and the ladies provide supervision and pay for the other half of the expenses.
This rose is blooming because of love.
view of the Foundation of Santa Cruz
We visited the Foundation of Santa Cruz today. It's a wonderful home for children who have suffered great abuse. Lord willing, I'll have some video to show you and more information to share tomorrow (Monday) from our visit.
girl who is being helped at the Foundation
Our time in Colombia is now finished (for this trip) and we're off on a 6 am flight to Lima, Peru. Christadelphian Meal-a-Day Fund of the Americas is involved in a number of exciting projects in Peru and I can't wait to tell you about them in the next few days. Meanwhile, if you've never checked out our website, this might be a great time: cmadfa.com
Remember those bug bites? The prevailing opinion is "coloraditos." Vicks Vaporub is a remedy. Imagine what our section of the plane will smell like today!
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