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Join Liz Mach in "35 for 35"
Thirty five years ago, a nurse from Minnesota found her calling as a lay missioner in Africa.
Tradition
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Maryknoll…the tradition continues. Maryknoll’s first lay missioner, Dr. Blaber, pictured right at his ministry in China. |
One Precious Egg
MKLM missioner builds library in El Salvador.
Thanks to your generosity, Larry Parr, MKLM missioner in El Salvador, is able to help build a library for the new community he calls home. Read his story and the story of the people of Las Delicias in this month’s feature article.
“The other day I was cooking eggs for lunch with a student from the community. She told me about how when she was younger her family only had one egg for all of her brothers and sister to eat for dinner. By accident she broke the egg and her family was upset.
It is so different to be in a community where one egg can be so precious. How many times in the United States do we break an egg and then just use another one? “
Her First New Set of Wheels!
Her First New Set of Wheels!
Just as many American youth wait with joyful excitement to climb into their first shiny new set of wheels, so, too, did Sejarina.
Hers would not be a new Mustang, or a new Bug. Rather, Sejarina, an 18 year old East Timorese girl waited patiently for MKLM missioner Bill Velicky to put the finishing touches on her brand new wheelchair.
The bright and cheery girl was disabled by polio when she was a child. She has only been able to crawl to get around because of paralysis and ftractures. She walks using her hands protected by flip flops. Over the years she has actually worn off some of her toes down to stumps because they drag along the ground.
Pearls of Hope
MKLM missioner Margo (3rd from right) works with the Pearls of Hope (including Ismalia, Mati, Mercedes, and Yanet) to make and sell jewelry, generating a source of income for the women of El Cedro, El Salvador.
It is very unusal to find a pearl in a rural farm area. Beating all odds, MKLM missioner Margo Cambier has found dozens. Serving in mission at the The Saint Vincent de Paul Center in El Cedro, a rural area outside the city of San Salvador, El Salvador, Margo began to host arts and crafts workshops for the women of the area. And there she found the Pearls of Hope.
No one could have predicted the lasting impact the workshops would have upon the women and their families.
From the first workshop, The Pearls of Hope – as the women now refer to themselves – were born. As their skills increased, they began to make everything from jewelry to food-protecting doilies.
Orphaned Child Rescued
 Jennifer (pictured left) was an AIDs orphan being exploited by extended family.
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With odds stacked against her, finishing primary school seemed unattainable to Jennifer. |
