Tingo de Ponasa Community Center Project

Our Community Center Project is underway!

Starting construction on the bunk rooms next to the Community Center.

Our town of Tingo de Ponasa has its own church but there isn’t another space for the community to gather for other things, such as the youth group meetings or faith-building events. We had been looking into the possibility of building an additional building in the vacant lot behind the church, but the landowner wouldn’t agree to it. But the Lord provided! We have been given the use of a property down the street from the church. It is the old Mother’s Club building and as such, is the perfect place to have gatherings! We will be able to host ongoing formation, bible studies, youth group, meetings for the local catechists, and any other event the church community would like to gather for.  In the work of making missionary disciples of Jesus, it is important that we have this place to come together as a People of God to build community among one another.  As the community is fed through shared worship and formation, they will be ready to go out to serve and disciple others.

We have also been wanting to have the ability to host small to mid-sized mission trips here in Tingo de Ponasa. The advantages of hosting trips here is that we can continue to stay in our house with our children during mission trips instead of relocating to the bigger town where the pastoral center is. But the biggest advantage is that groups are able to enter into the existing ministries that we have and get to know our community and our friends and fellow missionaries.

For this reason, we are adding bunkrooms and a large kitchen and dining room on to the Community Center so that we will be able to house mission trips. There will be five rooms that will sleep six people each, and every room will have its own bathroom.

We are still fundraising to be able to complete this project. Please consider donating so that we can complete this construction project this year.