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"María Elisabetta"

  
   


BRIEF DESCRIPTION

We have recently bought a piece of land with 42 acres. Thanks to the volunteer work of the members of the Home of the Mother in Ecuador, young people and adults, and the economic support primarily from Italy, Spain and the US, the property now has a bamboo hut for 120 chickens, and pig pen with 11 pigs and a plantation of corn, bananas, yucca, mandarines, emons, mangos, and badea. All of this will be used to enrich the nourishment of the 300 children in the five soup-kitchens of Chone, which are already maintained by the Missionary Groups of the Home of the Mother.

There is a project already underway to create small franchises in order to offer jobs to families. We would also like to build a retreat house in order to attend to the spiritual needs of the people in the area, creating a center of spirituality.
     
   
“I am willing to work and help in everything I can so that the fruits can later go to the poorest of the poor.” RENAN
         
"The Church and her missionaries also promote development through schools, hospitals, printing presses, universities and experimental farms. But a people's development does not derive primarily from money, material assistance or technological means, but from the formation of consciences and the gradual maturing of ways of thinking and patterns of behavior."
(Redemptoris missio, 58)
                                     
       
                                             
       
                                             
                       

Building the house

      
                                             
                                                                                 
                     
                                                         
                                         
                                                                 
                 
Using the machetes
                  
                                                                 
                                           
     
   

“At first I thought they were crazy because here it is very strange to see nuns working out in the open for everyone
to see.” CANDY
       
 
                           
    "I never thought I would work like this, get my hands dirty, or use a machete. For me it's a grace from God." ELIANA    
                               
         
                                       
       

“I like working outside, especially as we do, all together as a family.” JENNIFER

“It is going to bear great fruit, because Our Lady wants it.” ANA

"It helps me to forget myself and keep my mind occupied in good things." ELIANA

    
 
                                     
                    The first 11 pigs  
   
                                       
                               
The first chickens.
  
"I well know that what I'm doing will help a lot of people." ERNESTO
   
"I can offer this work to the Lord for the salvation of souls."
LEONOR
       
     
These are called "colines" in Spanish. When you plant them, banana trees grow.
 
Rafael Samino, member of the Home of the Mother from Spain, working on the property.
    
Construction of a well    
   
     
"I have learned that we often have to forget ourselves and look around us because there are a lot of people who need our help." MIRIAM    
 
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