Santa Rosa Church - Moruca, Guyana

it seems this little project is haunting me so here we go again.  I have been corresponding with Fr. Wilian - I was brave enough to tell him to email in Spanish and so between some friends of friends and Google translate ....lol...I have managed to communicate not too bad!!

Bit and pieces are pouring in to help with the renovation but it's only a drop in the bucket - nevertheless we press on - it will get done.  Thanks to all the people who are helping financially.  so far we have:

CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS THE SANTA ROSA CHURCH RENOVATION

TO DATE: (August 5, 2011)

Basil & Dolly Rodrigues                             5 bags of cement
Bev Vasconcellos                                      1 bag of cement      
Kay Rodrigues                                          1 bag of cement
Ovid Williams                                            G$50,000 cash
Jean (Regina) Rodrigues)
Stephanie Walls               )                       Cad $450.00 (G$91,410) 
Samantha King                 )                       (equiv 50 bags of cement)                
Margaret Hazlewood Clark                        1 bag of cement.   
(Maggie also contributed to the 2nd Annual Toy Drive for the children of Moruca.  Thank you Maggie.  We appreciate your always willing generosity.)    
Kathleen Joseph                                        US$100.00  (equiv 10 bags of cement) 
Vaulda Maria Rodriguez will be in Moruca later this month and she has a whole agenda set up for fund-raising all by herself.   Well done Vaulda!! - but take some time off to relax and dance a banchikilli  ..ok?

     Father Wilian has asked for help with the renovations of the Santa Rosa Church from the community and the ex-Morucans in any way they can possibly help. Cash donations can easily be sent via Western Union directly to Father Wilian (full name Wilian Montalvo Tello) and he can then go to Charity to collect.  Please note his e-mail address (wilianmontalvo@ive.org) as you will have to notify him if you are sending a contribution and you MUST  provide him with the code number from Western Union in order for him to uplift the money.  Also, it sure will be easier for him if you write in Spanish  Father speaks Spanish and is now learning to speak English. .  Fr. Wilian thanks everyone for their contributions. One bag of cement costs approximately Guy $1,800.00 (or $10.00 Canadian) and the only other cost would be the Western Union fee (which varies depending on the amount – could be C$8.00 and up).

     Father has said that the people from Moruca are helping with the sand (and rocks) and various wood that will be used during the reconstruction. Approximately 200 different sizes of wood will be used.   This Tuesday August 9th they will have  the second lot of wood that was purchased at Parika.  Father said he needs 375 bags of cement in total – to date he has 7 bags.   He believes in 2 weeks they will purchase the roofing and the nails.  Father is also asking  for many prayers as the original estimate will not be enough for the entire work as the contractor and his workers will require $20,000 US for the remodelling and reconstruction for the 3 months of work.

     As you can see, we have an uphill battle - hopefully next time I post, I will have some more news.

     Stay tuned..........