Por Fin...Finally

The feeding center “The Manna Project” is finally running. Can you believe it? I can barely believe it myself…well, except for the non-stop work. Melissa and I are heavily involved with everything right now as we begin. However, things will slow down for us as the workers and children get down the routines of the kitchen.


Here we (Melissa, Evelyn, and I) are on our first shopping day at the market. Every Saturday there is a “farmer’s market” type place open. It’s huge! There are a lot of vendors, so we are able to find good prices and still have a good selection. The only catch is that we have to arrive at 7am. Whooo, it’s early.








Our last day before the big opening, we kept ourselves busy with the last of paperwork for the kids. Each child has an ID card to be able to enter at a specific time. The idea is that we won’t be bombarded with too many kids at one time. We have groups of kids who enter at certain times of the day. Our first group is at 10:30, and the last group is at 1:30. As of today, we have approx. 200 kids daily. We have capacity for 400 and expect the number to grow as word gets out.





Our first Monday! And what a day! We had planned to serve rice with chicken and vegetables. However, we had some trouble with the stove and couldn’t get the rice or the chicken cooked in time. So, at the last minute, we started spaghetti. As you can see, the kids enjoyed it.
















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Continue to keep us all in your prayers,
Jen