Recent Updates & Prayer Requests

Ministry Vehicle Needed

La Boquita - Ministry Vehicle NeededWe are in need of a passenger van to transport deaf and hearing students to various locations throughout the week. Whether going to sign language classes, to the supermarket, to the medical clinic, to sewing, art and cooking classes, or to see and experience the beautiful world which God created, we cannot get there without sufficient transportation.

Our goal is $46,000.  Praise The lord $54545.33 has already been given!  Woohoo!!  We are 12% of the way there!

Would you please prayerfully consider giving towards this need?

 

Additional Needs List:

La Boquita: $3100

Air conditioner – $800 X 2 ($1600)
Landscape/garden tools and equipment -$1500
Washing machine – $450 NEED FILLED
Dryer – $450 NEED FILLED
Freezer – $250 NEED FILLED

Deaf Ministry: $2000 monthly

24 Sponsorship: Preschool/Kindergarten: $50, Elementary School: $80, High School: $100
Sponsor a Deaf Teacher – $200/monthly per teacher
     (currently there are three teachers needing sponsorship)
Projectors – $500/each (need 10, one for each classroom) 1 Projector Donated
Copy machine – $800
Eye glasses for teachers needing them
Curriculum and Instructional Resources, workbooks, math manipulatives, art supplies,
     posters/visual aids – $2000
Blue Tooth Speakers – 10 (1 per classroom) – $1000
Fans – 10 – $50/each=$500
Wall Clocks – 13 – $25/each=$325
Teacher’s desk and chair – 14 – $125/set = $1750
Student’s desk and chair – $75/set X 50 = $3750
Globes – 14 – $50/each = $700
4 cell phones for virtual teaching – $200/each = $800
Urgent Dental care for 7 teachers – $1500
Eye glasses for teachers needing them – $1500
Preschool books, toys, blocks, puzzles,manipulatives – $1500
Preschool tables, chairs, shelves – $1000
Library books/Spanish and English – $500
Folding Chairs for the Chapel – 75 chairs – $25/each = $1875

Decent salaries for the teachers (currently they earn about $170 a month; public schools pay teachers about $330 a month) – 15 teachers at the school for the deaf (15 X $160 = $2400/monthly) plus 5 deaf teachers at the Saturday Sign Language Classes for the community (5 X 200 = $1000/monthly) Total monthly -$3400

Sewing Ministry: $800 monthly

Sewing Machines: $225/each
Supplies: Fabric, scissors, thread, needles, seam rippers, pin cushions, measuring
tape, fabric markers, interfacing, ribbon, rick rack, buttons, zippers, miscellaneous,
quilting fabric, batting – ALREADY GIVEN MANY SUPPLIES/MORE ARE WELCOME
Equipment: extension cords, power bars, ironing boards, iron, fans
Furniture: measuring/cutting table, storage containers, shelving

Elijah’s Pantry: $1000 monthly

Grocery staples: 30 families/monthly
Medical assistance
Basic needs (food, clothing, shelter)

General Ministry: $1100

Tires/2 vehicles – $1100

Personal Needs: $2000/monthly – ALREADY GIVEN $300/MONTHLY

Dental work – $1500 – NEED IS FILLED COMPLETELY
Monthly support needed: $2000

Surf Ministry: $5500

New surfboards – 10 (shaped and made by a Nicaraguan): $550/each