Arequipa is currently facing a dire humanitarian crisis as torrential rains have triggered massive mudslides and flooding. This rainy season (Jan,Feb,March) is historic damage and despair. AQP has suffered torrential downpours that are expected to continue. Authorities are warning the death toll could rise as access roads to the town are blocked, hindering rescue efforts. The Peruvian army has deployed troops transporting humanitarian aid, drinking water and sandbags. AQP has Man-made channels or trenches used to manage overflow water, mud and debris flows (known as “huaicos”) are called “quebradas” have been breached & collapsed causing massive damage and shutting down basic travel to work and markets. Our orphanage family is safe but many of our special needs community, single Mom’s and those living in squatter areas on mountain sides are now without water/food/roads/power and not able to work. Roads have been washed out completely. Over 5,000 homes have been damaged or destroyed, forcing mass evacuations as rivers of mud bury entire neighborhoods. #livesimplyfeedingspecialneeds
SING it with me....LA BAMBA...Para bailar la bamba..BA BA BAMBA!
This Special Needs Disability Center is about an hour north of us in a cartel-guerrilla controlled and dangerous area. Our short-term goal is to seek local government resources, local churches and business to better support this project. We want to expand hours, currently we are open twice a week for afternoon sessions. All parents are required to volunteer and we provide training/guidance for meeting their loved ones needs. We know with the Lord‘s help, we can establish a local sustainable network for these precious souls! Sharing our time, the Gospel, and the love of family is our biggest ministry investment in this project.
It’s all love!
Dave and Cristy
SAY MISTY NOT WHISKEY!
We say MISTY (famous Volcano here in Arequipa) to smile for pictures in Perú! Our friends said WHISKEY! Opppss missionary fail! Ha ha ! This single Mom and sons are all blind, living in this dirt floor, tin roof house with no power, no water source or bathroom. She escaped an abusive marriage. We provide monthly food rations, for medical needs & Jesus Christ!
Not All Churches Have Walls
Live Simply Street Church Bucaramanga , Colombia
WE GOT YOUR OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD BOXES!
Our Samaritan’s Purse Bucaramanga, Santander , Colombia team unloaded & sorted our first container last night! STAY TUNED for hundreds of churches distributing the Good News Shoeboxes with screaming kids!
Meet Our KINGS and QUEENS of our Live Simply Feeding Program!
Meet our Kings & Queens in our Live Simply Feeding Program! We crowned each child as proud parents paraded their kids one by one. Our disabled community draws so much inspiration sharing with others facing the same challenges at these events! We strive to meet the needs of people living with physical & mental disabilities through Christ-centered support offering physical, economic, spiritual, and social support, all in the name of Jesus! We plug our families into a local church or we take church to their home!
We Animated the story of the Birth of CHRIST & the kids shared the Greatest Story Ever Told!
Lord you are still the greatest thing that ever happened to me. Street church in vulnerable area as kids tell the story of the birth of Christ at our Christmas service, hearing message of hope and salvation thru the Gospel of Jesus Christ. It’s All LOVE!
Feliz Navidad & Próspero Año Nuevo!
We celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior! Thank you Father, for giving us your precious son, that in HIM we can live.
We want to sincerely thank you for your love, prayers and support. The Lord surely has done great things for the orphans, the mentally challenged, the disabled and our single Mom’s in Peru & Colombia.
GOD so LOVES HILDA!
Our beloved Hilda was abandoned at birth and has lived in this hospital bed her whole life. God laid it heavy on our hearts to feed Gilda three to four nights a week. This was the beginning of our Live Simply Hospital Ministry in 2016!
“Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind and the lame.… Go out to the roads and country lanes and compel them to come in, so that my house will be full.”
#GIVING TUESDAY
We rescue abandoned and forgotten street children. We help provide a loving home to mentally challenged & physically disabled street kids providing self-worth and family. It’s all love!
