Christmas 2017
Dear
The Prince of Peace is soon to be
celebrated among us! May He change hearts so that Peace can really come to
these two million people! All of you have made sacrifices in one form or other
to help us to continue our programs in Gaza. We are happy to have this happy
occasion to thank you sincerely for your support as you partner with us to meet
the needs of families we visit.
This is also an occasion to let you
know what we’ve done which is a direct result of your generosity. The four
schools have been serving meals six days a week to 400 children and starting in
January 460 children as one of our four schools has opened more classes. School
supplies and materials have also been provided. The Catholic parish have given
us for tables and playground equipment. We are in the process of enlarging and
renovating the kitchen of another school in the north and separating the
children’s bathroom area from the kitchen with a wall and a separate entrance.
The families who have little money
for food have no money to provide health care or medicines for their sick
members. Monthly we have been able to continue to provide medicines for about
30 to 40 monthly and orthopedic shoes for several children monthly.
Housing is still precarious. Many
people live in buildings which have been damaged in the 2014 war where window,
doors and part of the buildings are open to the air. Since last Christmas we
have been able to redo roofs, flooring, window, doors, kitchens and bathrooms
for five families. All the families do not need all of these items just
mentioned, but they need several of them. El Omri of Germany sponsored four of
these homes and Italian friends of Lorenzo have funded the last one. These five
families surely are much healthier due to proper housing these cold and
sometimes rainy winter days.
I remind you to follow our web site
to know what is happening monthly. Fr. Stan our new member of our team is
keeping our website up to date. Pictures tell the story of our visits and the
events there.
Know that each of you are very much
part of our services offered to the very poor who are in the rural areas and in
the very poor section of Gaza City. Your support means so much to us. May the
Lord bless each of you in turn for this help.
We
are wishing you each abundant joys and blessings these Christmas holidays. May
2018 be a year of health and again many blessings.
Sincerely,
Bro,
Lorenzo, Fr. Juan, Fr. Stan
and Sr. Susan
