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All the News!

Greetings everyone.  I have so much exciting news and a few prayer requests for you all.  I am devoting a post to it rather than just updating the list to the right! So on Friday I had a Skype conversation with my friend Alex Marks who is living in La Libertad right now with his family from Ohio.  There are some really cool and exciting things going on in the La Libertad community and definitely ways you can contribute! Firstly, they have launched a clothing store out of the upstairs room in the church.  The US Navy has partnered with us and had been such a huge blessing donating a TON of clothes and supplies to sell.  Why sell it, why not just give it to people in need?  This is a great question.  Most of the items in the store are only 25 or 50 cents.  This may seem silly, but the sense of dignity that people get from being able to purchase a needed item for their family is actually very enabling compared to just taking a handout.  In ...