Playground Equipment in K30

Last year, a local Nor Cal family bought their children a play set for their yard. In order to set a good example for their children, they decided to donate money to JCEP to provide a playset for the children of the colonia outside Jaurez. Often things happen at a very deliberate pace in Mexico. The playground set was no different, but once it was complete, the results were spectacular.

This week the set was dedicated at the kindergarten we built in 2007. The set is three structures. A jungle gym-slide shaped like a bat, a teeter-totter and a swing set. A local craftsmen made them out of pipe. He welded them together and set them in concrete at the site. Jeff Piner, the local Missions Ministries head of operations, said the set will probably be working long after we are gone.

In January we will have a duplicate set for the library we built in Kilometer 30 in January 2008. God bless the donors and their family.

SRK

Book Drive - Fiesta Gardens School gives 5 Boxes

Warren Adams and his son Brennan went to Juarez with our team in February to build houses. When they got back, they decided to continue their mission work by raising books for our Library. Below is a letter which Warren composed to Missions Ministries regarding the books. Warren and I met in our men's small group at church. We have become great friends and he is an inspiration to me with his passion for helping others.

SRK


Date: October 20, 2008
To: Mission Ministries
Re: Books for Juarez
In February 2008, my son and I went to Juarez with Scott Kline and others from Menlo Park Presbyterian Church. During our visit, we had an opportunity to see the library that had been built, and over the period of our trip, we painted the interior of the library.
My 7 year old son goes to Fiesta Gardens Fiesta Gardens International School (FGIS), which is a Spanish immersion program in San Mateo, California. During our trip back from Juarez, we came up with an idea to conduct a “Books for Juarez” drive with the hope that the children attending FGIS would donate unused Spanish and English speaking books to the library in Juarez.
Working with Shelia Spieller, the principal at FGIS, we organized a “Books for Juarez” flyer that was distributed to all FGIS students, and Scott and I gave a presentation to the students on the effort in Juarez, Mexico, and in particular, the construction of the library. We were able to reach about 200 to 300 hundred kids and broaden their knowledge of the world, which is one of the reasons FGIS agreed to participate in this effort.
On behalf of FGIS, and Juarez Children's Education Program, we are pleased to donate approximately 5 boxes of Spanish and English books to Mission Ministries for the library in Juarez.
Sincerely,
Warren J. Adams and Brennan Adams
Sheila Spieller, FGIS Principal