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In past months it has been a real pleasure to share with you the reasons why we are so passionate about what is going on in Trujillo. This month is no exception.
I would like to introduce you to a young man named Chuck Norris, he is 23 years old and has been part of our project from the beginning about 4 years ago. He has four sisters and 3 brothers. Six of his siblings live with him and his parents, so as you can imagine they have a full house! He started helping out the directors in his barrio, which is Alto Trujillo 3B. He went though the Peace Treaty (which is our evangelistic tool) and wanted to be a disciple of Christ. He became the youth leader and when the opportunity arrived he qualified for our Hope 4 Kids scholarship program. We were encouraged by Chuck and his leadership skills. Even though he was working and going to school he still found time to build up the youth program in his barrio. He started volunteering more of his time helping out one of our directors that was training different youth leaders in 15 other barrios. We’ve seen such a huge change in this young man that he now works part time with Project New Hope, he is in charge of training youth leaders. He has been going to an institute to finish his education in computers; he has a year and a half left. He’s come a long way from where he was but he is still reminded at times. His younger sister got pregnant by her boyfriend (who is a gang member) he wanted her to abort the baby and when she didn’t agree to it he punched her in the stomach. Chuck went to talk to him but it ended up where Chuck was beaten up by him and his friends. His sister did not lose the baby. Chuck was the first one to become a believer in his family, his mom and two of his sisters are going to a house church in their barrio. I look at Chuck’s life and see hope, hope for all the people that we are working with and when we feel discouraged we need to think of success stories like this one. Please keep Chuck and his family in your prayers!
God Bless!
Mike and Dani
I would like to introduce you to a young man named Chuck Norris, he is 23 years old and has been part of our project from the beginning about 4 years ago. He has four sisters and 3 brothers. Six of his siblings live with him and his parents, so as you can imagine they have a full house! He started helping out the directors in his barrio, which is Alto Trujillo 3B. He went though the Peace Treaty (which is our evangelistic tool) and wanted to be a disciple of Christ. He became the youth leader and when the opportunity arrived he qualified for our Hope 4 Kids scholarship program. We were encouraged by Chuck and his leadership skills. Even though he was working and going to school he still found time to build up the youth program in his barrio. He started volunteering more of his time helping out one of our directors that was training different youth leaders in 15 other barrios. We’ve seen such a huge change in this young man that he now works part time with Project New Hope, he is in charge of training youth leaders. He has been going to an institute to finish his education in computers; he has a year and a half left. He’s come a long way from where he was but he is still reminded at times. His younger sister got pregnant by her boyfriend (who is a gang member) he wanted her to abort the baby and when she didn’t agree to it he punched her in the stomach. Chuck went to talk to him but it ended up where Chuck was beaten up by him and his friends. His sister did not lose the baby. Chuck was the first one to become a believer in his family, his mom and two of his sisters are going to a house church in their barrio. I look at Chuck’s life and see hope, hope for all the people that we are working with and when we feel discouraged we need to think of success stories like this one. Please keep Chuck and his family in your prayers!
God Bless!
Mike and Dani
