Massa Humana, the group working with Living Stones at the trash dump, is beginning to build a house for Maria Jose. She is 24, and a couple of weeks ago, she almost died. Massa Humana took her to the hospital, and the doctor said an hour later and she would not have made it. They were able to treat her, but said she could not go back to living in her cardboard/trash house. She said she had no other place to go. Massa Humana is providing some money for her to rent a place with another family, while they work to build her a simple house (smaller than my living room at home).
They will be able to build it for about $3,000USD, with donations and help coming in from the church. I talked to Maria Jose today, her eyes glowing. This is an incredible opportunity. We are still in the beginning stages of helping at the trash dump. Twice a week with soup and Bible story and singing and games in dirt with a half-roof over part of it. We are getting to know the families. The names and birthdays of the children. We are having conversations about life and God and happy and sad. We are beginning to grow.
Where her house used to be.
The trash her house was made out of.
Where her new house will be: the man in orange is standing in the living room, the man in green is in the kitchen, and the man in red is in the first bedroom (behind him is the bathroom and second bedroom.
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