Largest Project To Date: Vocational Center in Santa Cruz at Lake Atitlan

Hi Everyone,

This is Miracles in Action's largest project to date... we are helping to fund the construction of a vocational center in Santa Cruz at Lake Atitlan. Below is Amigos de Santa Cruz's Director-Pat Torpie's news, and a few photos from the ground breaking celebration. Donors for this project are John DeStefano, Janusz Subczynski, Noreen and Henry Rambacher, and Miracles in Action.

Local residents will learn trades to help their communities be more self sufficient, and earn a living from higher paid jobs. Again - helping poor people to help themselves.

If you are interested contributing towards this worthwhile project, we are seeking funds for equipment and furniture for the classrooms and workshops.

Thank you all,
Penny
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Message from Pat:

Hi Penny,

I wanted to let you know what a incredibly great success our Primera Piedra Ceremony was on Friday. I so wish you could have been there to see the faces of all the people young and old, gringo and indigenous, students, alcalde, judges, dignataries, old women, mothers with babies on their back all carrying blocks down to the building site where their new building will begin construction today. All had big smiles on their faces and in some cases tears in their eyes when the first block was laid. Lots of good feelings and tomales for all!

Miracle's commitment and support for this project was acknowledges and applauded.. when you come, I hope that Caroline can meet you here and show you around, though there really won't be much to see yet. Its all very exciting!

Pat