The Betanco Family

This weekend we were able to help a family of six get out of terrible living conditions and go to a place where they are much safer. A sinlge mother of 23 years old and her 5 children were living in a house that barely had walls, was out in the middle of no where and they were barely surviving. Juancito, the preacher at the church in San Marcos, and I went to her house on Thursday to check out the living conditions and to give them some food. I was completely shocked when we drove up. I have seen pictures of these kinds of living conditions here, but I have never actually been there to see it with my own 2 eyes. It was unbelievable. On Friday night Ally called Chad and I and told us that they were planning to move the family to a house of one of the older brothers from the church in San Marcos. He is having a hard time getting food to eat for himself, so we figured out a way to help him and this family. The mother of the children is going to cook all the meals for this man, Juaquin, and he will give the family a room in his house to live. What a dea, huhl! Saturday night while it was pouring down rain in San Marcos, Chad and Juancito moved some mattresses over to the house for the children to all sleep on. Sunday morning we all went over there and cleaned up the place, moved things around to help them get situated in the house and fed them breakfast. After breakfast Chad and I went to the market to buy some of the basic things that they would need, pots and pans, laundry soap, dish soap, toilet paper, a broom, a mop, and some other things. They were all at worship last night with smiles on. I think they are a lot happier in their new place.