About 6 months ago an employee Katheryn May, introduced me to a Christian Mission Children's Home in Pereira Colombia, South America, that they have been involved with for close to 10 years. At first I really just listened to their stories as I am not a person to get involved very quickly and can live in my own world quite happily.
My own world involves running a bakery 4 day a week, 9 hours a day and spending part of 2 other days prepping for opening day, so I really don't have free time. I have about 12 part-time employees. I enjoy the people I meet and the products we make. My website is breadwagon.com if you care to take a peek.
About a month before Christmas I started thinking how fun it would be to put together Christmas gift packs for the 60+ children at this children's home. Many other people got involved and we were able to send 200# of gifts and supplies down with Katheryn May's family when they flew down for a work week.
Since then we have raised enough money to put down a well (yet to be completed) and every month we send money to a grocery store for a food shipment. So many people have gotten involved and there is a strong interest among our youth to support these children that were born in very unfortunate circumstances.
Children from the streets of Pereira, Colombia
Most of them born to unwed mothers unable to care for them.
A loving, safe new family at Embraced by Jesus.
