moises

is a little boy that the team met here a couple of years ago. he had never been to school because the father was gone and the mother worked and he had to stay home to look after 3 younger siblings. moises is 12, his brothers are 3 and 6 and his sister is 1 1/2. i had been looking for him because there was a family in church that wanted to sponsor him. i finally found him and when i asked if he wanted to go to school he said yes but he didn't have the necessary school uniform, supplies and shoes that he needed. i don't know when they last had a shower or clean clothes or if they have ever had a toothbrush.

FOR MOISES - 20,200 colones ($56 canadian) prices might vary slightly depending on the current exchange rate.
shoes - 6500 col
2 underpants - 900 - when you can't buy food you don't worry about underpants.
2 pair sox - 900 - if you've never owned a pair of shoes you've never needed sox before.
white t-shirt - 1000
uniform shirt and pants - 5300
6 notebooks - 2700
backpack, pencils, sharpener, scissors, glue - 2900

FOR THE FAMILY - 7,376 colones ($20)
toothbrushes
toothpaste
soap
apples
cereal
milk
nail clippers

CLOTHES FOR THE FAMILY - 4,800 colones ($13)
i got 3 outfits for the little girl and 2 t-shirts each for each of the boys and 1 tee for the mom. 4,800 colones - that's about $13.00. the store didn't have any pants but they could sure use them. they were all pretty dirty today.

so for everything it was 32,376 colones, about $90.

if you feel you want to contribute please feel free to pay as much as or little as you like. i would like your picture though as i want the children to see who it is that is filled with God's love and generosity. it's like world vision asks people to send their pictures so the sponsored children can see who they are. it's a good thing i think to show the children the faces of the people that care about them.

thank you so much, and
God bless you
teri