Breakfast 2000
Manchay, a zone outside the city of Lima, Peru, is being built
as a sprawling urban area which eventually will house one million
people. The working poor construct homes and eke out a living. Three
years ago ABWE missionaries Rich and Joanne Davis, Chuck and Jean
Frerichs, and believers from churches among the professional class
seized the opportunity to purchase land, build a church facility,
and evangelize the adults.
But what about the children? They were often locked in the house
all day while their parents worked. When the missionaries realized
this, they found a way to make at least one day each week special
for these children. BREAKFAST 2000 is the program that brings bread
and Bible stories to the children. They play games, sing, hear a
story-and get a breakfast of bread and milk.
The benefits extend beyond Manchay to the believers in local churches.
Peruvian culture says that upper class people do not mix with the
lower class. Today, however, realizing that in Christ we are one,
believers from churches in Lima join in the mission outreach of
BREAKFAST 2000.
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