Our mission statement is to develop and disciple local people. How do we measure if development is being done? Local people should be giving and serving.
Maricela is a wife and a mother. She has five kids. They live in the barrios and no one in her family has had consistent work in over a year. When she heard that a nearby family needed help with a down payment for some land, she gave $40.
Keep in mind an average salary is $60/week and they haven't had that in over a year.
She doesn't have a savings account. She sacrificed so that someone else could have. It brings this passage to a whole new light. It doesn't take systems, governments, or even organizations.
It takes individuals who have a heart for other individuals.
"We are all we have" - Jacqueline Novogratz
