Pictures of Father Benturas trip to to Misquis to serve Christmas Paneton and Chocolate Milk. Misquis is 2.5 hours from Santo Domingo and even more remote. This early christmas is required because the roads soon become impassable due to the rainy season.

These pictures are at the local church,they are serving the local children.

Padre Bentura handing out Panetons and Chocloate at a local home. Many of the people shown have mental problems. There is really no medical/psychiatric support for them. Their life is hard. PLEASE pray for them, Brothers and Sisters

DONORS

Jim & Maria Strickland

Tom & Chusi Gehrlein

Padre Filliberto meeting with Missionaries from St. Ann Parish (Coppel-TX) at Santisimo Sacramento Parish in Piura (JUNE 2025).

He is bringing them bags of that great Santo Domingo Local Coffee .

CURRENT PROJECT 1: CASA PARROQUIAL

Windows and a bathroom for the parish meeting room (casa Parroquial)

The bathrooms are sorely needed

STATUS : IN PROCESS

DONORS

Joseph & Victoria Pickard

Tom & Chusi Gehrlein

Jim & Maria Strickland

COMPLETED PROJECT - Finish the "Habitacion Fraternal Ayuda" Room for the Women Students.

Women Students Quarters- PHASE 1

The Parish provides lodging for young Ladies who are attending nursing training school. These wonderful young women come from families with very limited resources. So the Parish provides very basic lodging. Currently all four youg women live in one cramped room with a small propane stove for cooking. One of the new rooms has walls but no window,doors,lights, or electrical wiring. As you can see from the pictures, the stairs really need guard rails. Since our first post on this 3 new ladies have arrived seeking help, so the number is now seven that need help. This means the scope of the project has grown as we try to make more of the unfinished area usable. We pay as we go. New Pictures by JAN 1.

Due to the urgency of housing the new girls, the Parish found a local merchant who gave them a line of credit for materials so they can proceed with construction. We pay the labor as we go. We have already collected and spent $3000. Budget : The Parish now has a debt of about $2000 USD. Our GOAL in 2026 is to clear this debt and start PHASE 2 . We still pay for labor as we go. Creating work in this community is very important.

Father Luis with four of the women students that need help

The new quarters before construction start

New dorm rooms with doors

The new common bathroom

The new common kitchen

Jim and Maria on 2024 inspection tour before construction start

STATUS : Collecting Donations & starting work

STATUS : PHASE 1 CONSTRUCTION COMPLETE

DONORS

Jim & Maria Strickland

Joseph & Victoria Pickard

Tom & Chusi Gehrlein

Andrew Strickland

COMPLETED PROJECT - The "Habitacion Vicario" Room

Repair the Rectory

Basic repairs of rundown facilities for the Padres. The parish was built in 1912 of Adobe and is decrepit. Primary goal is to get this room ready for second Priest (The Vicar).

Budget : $USD 3120 we have collected $USD 3120 - Fully Funded

The "Habitacion Vicario" Room - BEFORE

The "Habitacion Vicario" Room - AFTER

STATUS : FINISHED ON NOV 11 2024 !

DONORS : Jim & Maria Strickland

FUTURE PROJECT- LONG TERM - BUILD OUT LOCAL HEALTH CLINIC .We need get people with psychiatric issues evaluated and medicine paid for.

Evaluation and Medicines for impoverished people with psychiatric disorders

Currently, There is NO help for people (many are children) with psychiatric disorders. There is NO doctor and NO medicines available. We need funds to to transport them to Piura (over 2 hours away), pay for evaluations, and then keep them supplied with medications. We are getting a list of what Medications are required. Longer term, we are also need to finish construction of the "Clinic Facilities". Then patients can be served locally. This will lower per patient treatment cost by reducing transportation, food, and lodging costs in Piura. The more we can do locally, the more patients we can server per dollar. We are developing a more comprehensive plan after our visit with Padre Bentura/Padre Luis in Santo Domingo in June.

Estimated Budget Unknown

STATUS: ON HOLD