Cajueiro Claro
Cajueiro Claro now has an official cook! While Pastor Flavio and I did a decent job cooking last year, EVERYONE involved is relieved and excited about Mailene’s cuisine skills. We started off the year with a pizza party at my house. We continued working on character qualities, hygiene, recycling, and manners with the children in day to day circumstances: “Paulo! Chew with your mouth closed, please!” We had our second pool party, and everyone came together for the Easter party—with the children from Mussurepe joining, and the 7th, 8th, and 9th graders from the International school donating chocolate Easter eggs and running the first ever Easter egg hunt. We were excited to have more than half of the mothers show up for our Mother’s day celebration this year! Over 35 children have been involved in the program, and over 600 meals are served every month!
Mussurepe
Mussurepe, even farther off the beaten path than Cajueiro Claro (if that is possible) is a small community (of about 5,000 including the outlying areas) that was built around a sugar cane factory that went out of business ten years ago. You can imagine the devastation that caused the families, as they now have to travel 6k to get to the main road to find outside jobs. Grandma (Vovo) Bel, as everyone calls her, owns a farm in Mussurepe, and had a heart to help the children in her community. When she met Pastor Flavio, she was ecstatic about beginning a Living Stones program on her farm twice a week. They also have the soup and bread program, passing out enough food to feed the whole family. Living stones is providing over 400 meals a month, and has reached out to over 44 children in Mussurepe.
Trash dump
Carpina is the largest city in our rural community, with around 80,000 people. Outside of Carpina is the city dump, with its own community of over 60 children, from families who work organizing the trash into what is burned and what is recycled—without proper equipment, and often without even simple gloves. For the past couple of years, the medical teams from the USA have gone to give basic services to this impoverished area. A Baptist church in Carpina has begun an outreach called “Massa Humana,” going on Saturdays to provide basic food and clothing to the families, and get to know the children by working with Living Stones. We are excited to work together and see what all God has planned for these special children.
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