We are deeply grateful for the Lenexa Baptist Church family and your heart for the world's most vulnerable children. Because of your concern for those Jesus referred to as "the least of these," it is our honor to present you with the following proposal to invest in building new infrastructure at the newly planted Baptist Church of Marcavelica - Palmeras in Piura, Peru.

Meeting a Critical Need

Inadequate learning facilities create a noisy, uncomfortable and dangerous environment – preventing children from reaching their full God-given potential. The Las Palmeras community, where the Baptist Church of Marcavelica - Palmeras ministers, is currently struggling with this challenge. This community of 8,500 people has an average household income of $278 per month. The neighborhood is an area with many challenges, including malnutrition, illiteracy and water-borne illnesses.

Currently, the church ministers to 220 children and their families in Las Palmeras. The community is affected by a lack of electricity since the electric company has few distribution networks. The church is temporarily supported by a neighbor who provides them with electricity. However, the church needs its own electrical installation to continue their activities.

The church desires to install electricity, build at least one classroom and playground, and purchase chairs and a sound system to improve its outreach. The cost of infrastructure improvements is $13,078.09 and the cost to purchase and install a playground is $13,054.56.

It is expected that the children and their families will be motivated to attend activities here because of the quality and comfort of the new space. As a result, they will have increased opportunity to succeed in school, as well as hear and learn about God.

Amount Needed: $26,132.65

Partnership Summary

The overall objective of this work is to increase the center’s ability to implement Compassion’s holistic child developmental activities through constructing quality facilities.

Specific objectives of this intervention include:

• Construct at least one classroom and a playground
• Install electricity
• Purchase chairs and a sound system
• Increase children’s motivation to attend program activities in the new space
• Improve children's school performance through increased use of the facilities
• To provide children a safe and fun area to play and encourage their attendance at the center

Your investment of $26,132.65 will be used for materials and labor for construction. The church will organize a construction committee to provide leadership and oversight of the activity, create a building schedule and hire a professional to provide blueprints. They will also host a celebration for the community when the new environment is ready for use. Once fully funded, construction is expected to take approximately three months, with a completion report submitted from the field within two months after that.

Please Join Us

Lenexa Baptist Church is a valued partner in Compassion’s mission to share God’s love with the children around the developing world who need it the most. Your partnership with the Baptist Church of Marcavelica - Palmeras in building new infrastructure in Las Palermas will be a tangible expression of God’s love for them and encouragement to become all that He created them to be — not only to the 220 children attending this center today, but also to many more in the years to come. Your generosity will also be a powerful testimony of God’s love and provision for the parents and surrounding community.

Thank you again for your prayerful consideration of this request, and may God continue to bless your members and ministry!