Peru

On June 24th, I will be traveling to Peru with a group of people from my hometown of North Manchester to to be the hands and feet of Jesus in Peru. While we are there, the team will help build an orphanage, share the love of Jesus with the kids on the street, and work along side abolitionists at the Not for Sale Campaign projects.
Because of the extreme poverty in Peru, many children are forced out of their homes around the age of 12. They are expected to live on the streets, working or begging to make enough money to eat. Because these children are so vulnerable, sex traffickers often force them into a life of prostitution.
But there is hope. And our team will be meeting and working with one of the heroes who is bringing hope to the street children. Her name is Lucy Borja. Lucy was directing an HIV/AIDS prevention program in Lima when she began meeting some of the teens on the streets who are faced with daily violence. When Lucy met two young boys who were too frightened to spend another night on the streets, she invited them to sleep in her office in the city. She told them to extend the offer to any other child who shared their fears. Lucy informed the custodian to give entry to any child who arrived at the office that evening.
She was afraid the custodian would turn them away when he saw their raggedy appearance so she decided to go to her office to check in on them that night. When she arrived at the office, her key unlocked the door, but she couldn't seem to push it open. Once she managed to get inside she found out why. Several kids were sleeping on the floor in front of the door. Actually, she counted 600 children sleeping in the office that night, crammed into cabinets and cupboards, piled up on one another. Word had spread on the streets of Lima. Found: A safe shelter from the storm.
Lucy went on to start several safe homes and programs for the street children in Lima. Our team will be helping at some of these. Psalm 10:18 says "You will bring justice to the orphans and the oppressed, so people can terrify them no more." God has a plan to bring justice to the world-and His plan is us.
As I'm preparing to return to Peru, please keep me and the rest of the team in your prayers.

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