GROWING OLD IN POVERTY, 

                                                           BUT WITH LOVE    


             MARIA, IS ONE OF MANY OF OUR BELOVED ELDERLY.  NOT AN EXACT 
             
 AGE, BUT MARIA IS NEAR 90 YEARS.  SHE LIVES ALONE, BUT SURROUNDED BY NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS WHO LOVE HER.  SHE IS INCLUDED IN PASTORAL SOCIAL OF OUR PARISH.  THIS ENTITLEDS HER TO FREE BASIC FOOD DONATIONS AND FREQENT VISITS AND PRAYERS BY PASTORAL SOCIAL OF THE PARISH.  SHE
RECENTLY FELL IN HER HUMBLE HOME.  FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS BROUGHT HER TO THE CLINICA MAXEÑA. SHE HAD INJURED A KNEE, WHICH WAS SWOLLEN, BUT NOT FRACTURED.  SHE WAS EXAMINED BY OUR DOCTOR AND GIVEN PAIN MEDICATIONS AND A HEALTHY SNACK FROM OUR ORGANIC "HEALTHY SNACK BOOTH".  I HAD NOT BEEN TO HER HOME FOR AWHILE, BUT PRESENTLY SURPRISED TO SEE WALLS OF NEW METAL SIDING, A BED, AND A SMALL KITCHEN TO THE SIDE.  SOME WEALTHY PARISHIONERS REPLACED THE WALLS OF HER HUMBLE HOME FROM BAMBOO TO METAL SIDING

 HER NEIGHBORS HAVE BEEN BRINGING HER MEALS.  IT IS IMPORTANT WE ENCOURAGE VOLUNTEER HELP TO THE ELDERLY.  THANK YOU FOR YOUR DONATIONS, WHICH MAKE POSSIBLE THE CARE OF THE ELDERLY AND MOST POOR.  THE ECONOMIC SITUATION FOR THE FUTURE OF THE POOR IS 
CONCERNING.  THE PRICE OF COFFEE IN THE WORLD MARKET IS LOW.  THIS
IS THE CROP THAT THE POOR DEPEND ON FOR WORK AND FUNDS.  THIS YEARS
HARVEST DOES NOT LOOK PROMISING!! IN OUR SURROUNDING AREA.  GRACIAS
POR YOUR GENEROSITY WITH OUR GUUATEMALAN MISSION!!!

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