News from Hogar Nacer

2004 — what a year!

Miguel shared with us some of the amazing things God accomplished at Casa Hogar Nacer in 2004. Please join us in praising God for His faithfulness!

Spiritual accomplishments

• 56 children were baptized in January by Timothy Sisk, a professor at Wheaton College in the U.S., and a former missionary to Japan and Bolivia
• 18 young people prepared for a missionary trip to Cochabamba with a pastor from Canada

Social accomplishments

• 25 children returned to live at home with their parents
• One student graduated as an industrial electrical technician
• One student graduated as a computer operator and began a course to learn programming
• Three students finished high school

Material accomplishments

• Received donations to set up a dentist's office
• Began construction of a library (should finish early 2005)
• Built a swimming pool
• Built corrals for raising pigs
• Built a pool for breeding tilapia fish
• Built two chicken coops
  • One for hens to lay eggs
  • One for raising chickens to be sold for meat
• Enlarged the gardens around the home
• Rented two hectares of land for planting corn

Our projects for 2005

Miguel and the staff have big plans for Casa Hogar Nacer this year. Here's a look at the tasks they hope to accomplish this year:

• Increase the number of chickens we raise and sell to 1000 every 40 days
• Increase the number of egg-laying hens to 100
• Begin selling orange and mandarin marmelade to add value to the oranges we grow
• Increase the number of mother pigs to 10 so we can produce 70-80 piglets to sell for Christmas
• Obtain 10 cows to produce milk we can sell
• Increase the number of tilapia ponds to 2 so we can have 70 fish in each
• Open the library with books, computers, and typing machines

If you think you can help with any of these projects, or if you would like to help with some of other needs at the home, please visit our How to help page.