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April 28, 2010 - Opening Ceremony of First Girl's Cottage

A ribbon cutting ceremony was held for the first Girl's Cottage built on the new site There are still some finishing touches required and a housemother is still required but soon the Home of the Good Sheperd will be able to begin ministering to older girls as well. Click here for some pictures of this special occasion.

February 16, 2009 - Summer camp comes to an end

Every year the children at the Home of the Good Shepherd go out to the Transition Center for their summer camp. This year camp started on January 5th and ended on February 16th. Click here and read the "Brazil 161" through "Brazil 163" entries in Carla's newsletter for details of their adventures. Click here for the photo album of this year's camp.

June 25, 2008 - First girls received by the home

The first girls have been received by the Home of the Good Shepherd. They are part of a family of 4 that are now all living at the home. Click here and read the "Brazil 147, June 25, 2008 " and following entries in Carla's newsletter for more details. Click here to see the pictures.

June 20, 2008 - Work started on Cottage #5

Work has started on cottage #5. Click here to see the pictures.

Nov 27, 2007 - Pictures of November 13th storm

Click here and read the "Brazil 137, November 27, 2007" entry in Carla's newsletter for more on the storm and the recovery. Click here to see the pictures.

Nov 17, 2007 - Severe windstorm damages orphanage

A violent storm with winds of 150kph to 200kph and heavy rain struck the Home of the Good Shepherd at around midnight on November 13th. Reports are that the strong winds were due to 2 tornados meeting over the area around the home. Thankfully no one was injured but damage to the facilities was significant . Power and phone service are still unavailable so communication has been limited to a few short cell phone calls. Click here for more details on what is known at this time. Pictures will be posted when possible.

July 26, 2007 - Cottage #4 construction progressing well

Construction on cottage #4 has started and is progressing well. Click here to see some pictures taken July 26th. The walls are up and work on the roof is underway. Cottage #4 will be identical to cottage #3 except with a reverse floor plan. If all goes well, completion is expected by the end of September.

May  10, 2007 - Cottage #3 completed

It took a little longer than expected but construction of Cottage #3 has finally been completed. Eight of the boys currently staying in the main building will move in at the end of May once the new housemother is able to start. The cottage is able to house up to 10 boys. Two of the beds are being left empty to allow room for new boys as they arrive resulting in less disruption to the boys already in the cottage. Click here to see some pictures of the final product.

April 6, 2007 - Archive of Carla's letters added to website

The last years worth of Carla's letters have been added to the website in case you've missed some in the past. The oldest ones will be deleted as new ones are added but the goal is to always have the last years worth available. Click here or on the link under "Newletters" below to see the archive.

March 30, 2007 - Trip to the city with points winners

Carla and Randy were able to take the three top boys who won in the 'points' competition to the big city! Check our Carla's "Brazil 121" letter for all the details. Click here to see some pictures.

December 6, 2006 - Cottage #3 construction progressing

The walls are going up on cottage #3 as construction continues to progress. Click here to see some pictures.

October 23, 2006 - Cottage #3 construction underway

Construction on cottage #3 has started and is progressing well with the foundation work nearly complete. Click here to see some pictures.

August 17, 2006 - Land prep for cottage #3 complete

The tractors from the town here have finaly come and they got the area prepared for the next cottage to be built!  The work was donated by the municipality and we are really grateful for that.  They worked pretty much for one solid week and did a lot!  Everyone's quite excited! The new cottage will be located where the soccer field was so they also leveled the area in front of cottage #2 for a new soccer field. Click here to see some pictures.

March 21, 2006 - Second group home for children under 12 completed

The second of four planned cottages has been completed and six of the boys are excited to call it their new home. They were able to move in a few weeks ago. Click here to see some pictures of the construction and the completed project.

March 9, 2006 - Summer holidays come to an end

Summer holidays have come to an end and the boys at the Home of the Good Shepherd are now back in school. The boys spent most of their summer holidays out at the Transition Center and a great time was had by all. Click here to see some pictures of how the boys spent their summer.

February 23, 2006 - Automatic monthly contributions now available

Home of the Good Shepherd now allows donors to contribute monthly with automatic withdrawals directly from their bank account. You can go to the "We need your help" webpage to download the form if this is something you'd be interested in.

December 10, 2005 - Boy from home excels in shot put

Ezequiel, one of the 14 year old boys from the home, placed 3rd at the youth Pan-American games in Argentina in shot put. He also placed 2nd in Brazilian national competition in Brasilia. Read the full story as told by Carla.

October 21, 2005 - Work on second group home underway

Work on the second of four group homes for children under 12 has been started (see picture). When completed, it will be home to 6 of the boys plus their house mother. Completion is expected in December. The boys are very excited and are looking forward to when they can move in.

April 15, 2005 - Bathroom renovations completed

Renovations to the bathrooms at the Home of the Good Shepherd were completed early in 2005. The renovations were desparately needed as you can see from the before and after pictures.

April 9, 2005 - First group home for children under 12 completed

The first of four group homes for children under 12 was completed early in 2005 (see November 8, 2004 news below). It is now operational with 10 children calling it home (see picture). The remaining three group homes, with help from the Lord, will be built as soon as funding becomes available and work teams can be organized.

Please continue to check back to this page and the Missions trips page for updates.

November 8, 2004 - New living and sleeping quarters needed

Brazil has recently changed it's regulations aimed at protecting the welfare of children. Under the new regulations, children in the Home that are under 12 must have separate living and sleeping quarters from those over the age of 12.

To comply with these regulatory changes, the Home must urgently build four new young-children group homes, each with a house-mother for up to 10 children of a similar age. The current facility, built to house up to 80 children in a dormitory fashion will then accommodate only the 12 and older children.

The first small-children group home is already under construction and is expected to be completed early in 2005. The remaining three group homes, with help from the Lord, will be built as soon as funding and missions volunteers become available and teams can be organized.

Please continue to check back to this page and the Missions trips page for updates.

November 5, 2004

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