El Mirador 2019

Hello my friends,

This past spring I had the opportunity to visit our sister community in El Mirador, as our second trip as part of Harbor of Hope's partnership with Food for the Hungry. This was a blessing for me as we walked alongisde the community. Our two trips, so far have developed many strong relationships, as well as assisting in the building of a water filtration facility and a pharmacy. I will be part of a team from the Harbor of Hope community in March 2019 as the third trip as a part of Harbor's partnership with Food for the Hungry in El Mirador. 

My hope is that you can pray for me, the other members of our team and our brothers and sisters in El Mirador. In addition, as you consider your charitable year end giving, I ask that you consider donating to our trip. All donations are tax deductible and will bring me closer to achieving my fundraising goal.

About El Mirador

In October of 2016, Harbor of Hope launched a 10 year commitment through Food for the Hungry to partner with the community of El Mirador, in the Dominican Republic. The community is located in a rural area about an hour north of Santo Domingo, DR. The partnership has the ultimate goal of mutual transformation, both for El Mirador and Harbor of Hope. We believe all of us are impoverished in different ways in four key areas; spiritual, social, physical, and community. We hope as a church to learn from where El Mirador is strong, and that they will learn from us where we are strong.

The community of El Mirador is a rural community, that is lush with greenery. They are a community that loves baseball, and their schedule seems to revolve around it. They are filled with great leadership who is guiding the community to develop through this partnership. God has been working through that community long before we were there, and we are excited to continue to see him work in this partnership.

About Our Partnership

The partnership is guided by the idea that El Mirador already has most of what it needs to succeed. It does not need us to do things for them. Instead, we will be there to walk alongside them and learn from them. We follow the guidance of Food for the Hungry on when the community needs anything additional to that. Food for the Hungry has many people on the ground who are there every day, and are far more effective than we are in helping the community.

Learn more about our partnership below:

Read about our partnership on our website -http://www.harborofhope.org/global/

Read a blog post from Food for the Hungry about our vision trip - https://www.fh.org/2016/10/03/massachusetts-church-finds-fit-missions/