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i" & Sandy S#vener

%u Re&gio - Paraguay
May 6, 2014
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AL Lhe momenL, we are llvlng ln an aparLmenL aL Su
8efuglo, buL we are preparlng Lo reLurn Lo CosLa
8lca on 1hursday May 8 and Lhen back Lo araguay
on !une 1.
Cur lnlual plan was Lo be ln CosLa 8lca Lhrough Lhe
end of May buL Lhlngs changed when 8lll sLayed ln
araguay aer auendlng Lhe openlng of Lhe CenLer
of Pope. We are golng back Lo CosLa 8lca for some
nal LuLorlng before reLurnlng Lo araguay ln !une.
We are sull walung for Lhe documenLs Lo be
correcLed on Lhe land we wanL Lo buy. Should be
soon and Lhen we can sLarL consLrucuon on our
house.
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We boughL 16 addluonal seLs of sheeLs for Lhe glrls
(some had been uslng Lhe same sheeLs dally for 3+
years).
We boughL 10 8lbles for Lhe youLh pasLor Lo oer
Lo Lhe youLh aL a reduced raLe.
We boughL sheeLs for Lhe beds vlslLors use when
Lhey serve aL Su 8efuglo
We hosLed an asado" (llke a 88C dlnner) for 18
people Lo celebraLe Sandy's arrlval
We boughL MAn? blns Lo help sorL maLerlal, yarn
and sewlng supplles ln Lhe CenLer of Pope
We wlll buy more LuLorlng for Sandy, helplng her
learn deLalled vocabulary ln varlous Loplcs (sewlng,
knlmng, cooklng, halr cumng, eLc)
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Lngllsh classes sLarLed on March 8 and conunue! We
have abouL 18-20 regular sLudenLs plus we are LuLorlng
some people LhaL cannoL come on SaLurdays. Cur Lhree
1LlL-cerued Leachers meeL each lrlday Lo revlew
lesson plans so LhaL all are ln sync wlLh whaL Lhey are
Leachlng, and Lhen debrlef each SaLurday aer class.
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ln Lhese phoLos, kendra ls evaluaung a sLudenL's level
of Lngllsh and showlng a
movle Lo Leach colors Lo
Lhe class.
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ln our conunulng eorL Lo
provlde skllls for local women Lo
help supporL Lhelr famllles, our
rsL knlmng class ls scheduled Lo
sLarL on SaLurday, May 17. A
woman who knlLs for a llvlng has
agreed Lo Leach whaL she knows
ln a serles of ve classes. We wlll
use donaLed yarn and needles.
What have YOU done?
We want to show examples of what your donations for us and Su Refugio have accomplished...
1) go to www.uwm.org
2) click on GIVE
you can mail a check to the address shown,
or use a credit card
3) click on GIVE ONLINE (for credit cards)
4) under Designation, select Missionary
5) below Missionary, scroll down and select
Stevener, Bill & Sandy 27668
6) to the right, in the amount area, enter how
much you want to spend on the bins
7) click Add to finish this part of the form
8) continue to fill out the rest form (name,
address, credit card info, etc)
Remember our call for donations to buy bins so we could sort and organize the material and
supplies that had been donated? Here are some before and after pictures of the material in
suitcases, empty boxes, and empty shelves. WITH YOUR DONATIONS we were able to buy all the
bins we needed and Sandy and another tia sorted and filtered the donations so now we know
what we have and can easily find what we need! THANK YOU!
How to give Pastor Luis
and the 10
bibles YOU
bought for
his youth
ministry!
What were doing
BILL: Providing logistics for the Center of Hope and coordinating maintenance around the facilities.
SANDY: Helping to prepare food in the comedor and adapting to life in Paraguay!