Written By
Karen Rojas
Associate Peru
Educational Situation:
This has been a good month for the girls as they continue learning without any incidents. This month celebrated technical week; so in addition to academic development, the girls participated in activities in which they competed, but also had fun with recreational activities.
The girls continue with their practical classes. For Paxi, this is her last semester. This final semester we have requirements for materials and supplies for her practical. On the other hand, in the case of Lili, she has regular laboratory practicals. The nursing girls (Sindi and Isabel) have also practical, but do not require many materials except when they have an evaluated practical.
This month, Lili has had practice in biological sample extraction, blood sample collection, and intramuscular injection. We are pleased that she is developing these practices since the early semesters.
In Paxi’s case, we have noticed dissatisfaction on her part through the institution because, in the case of the Pharmacy program, they require constant materials and re-agents (some of which are quite costly). She tells us that some of the teachers send the list of materials with one day’s notice, or even on the same day as the class. Therefore, the students have to pool their money together to purchase these re-agents, which often goes beyond their budget.
From the management side in Iquitos, CMRC buys the materials for Paxi, but she can only ask us for the materials when the teachers ask for it in advance. However, in other courses, they do it on the same day of the class, which complicates Paxi’s situation, since at that moment she cannot go out to buy it or request it from CMRC for the purchase of supplies for re-agents. We have asked Paxi to request (if possible) to make the purchase the day before her class, but sometimes the re-agents are bought in groups of three or four people. She has also been informed that everything related to academic costs and expenses will be covered by the program; however, in the case of minor costs (for example, photocopies or group contributions that do not exceed a high amount), it can be covered by the scholarship recipient.
We also know that the last semesters are very exhausting and there may be more expenses, but they also demand the student’s best efforts. Keep praying for them.
Isabel’s studies are going well, she is learning introductory topics and looking at the points in a theoretical way. For this module, she is also learning about the following subjects:
– Communication
– First aid
– Immunization
– Epidemiology
– Logics and functions
Sindi is doing well too. This semester she is learning about healthy living practices for disease prevention, and she also makes home visits to families in peri-urban communities and gives prevention talks.
On the other hand, Rocksy informed us that she finally received a response from the Institute regarding the review of her preliminary project for obtaining the Technical degree, which was “reviewed and not approved.” Therefore, Rocksy will need to reassess a new topic, address the comments presented by the institution’s evaluation team, and adhere to the new submission date for preliminary projects for a review, scheduled for October 11, 2025. We are hopeful that Rocksy can improve her project according to the observations she had and overcome the obstacles that sometimes arise.
Pray for our Ministry
– Pray for the girls who started their studies in this second academic semester.
– Pray for Rocksy, so she can rewrite her preliminary project and present it again to the evaluator team from the institute to get the technical title.
– Pray God continues using us as an instrument of His love and mercy and that we can help people, as it is possible.
This is the report of the activities developed this month. We confidently hope that God will continue to fulfill His promises and purpose in us every day. Please keep us in your prayers.
Sincerely,
Karen Rojas
Prayer Requests
On November 20th I left for Cuba on a shortened visit taking funds for the pastors and supplies for them and their families. The trip was shortened from 2 weeks to 4 days on the advice of our workers in Cuba. Cuba has been experiencing an epidemic of the mosquito born virus chikungunya.
Chikungunya is a debilitating virus that lasts 3 weeks to 3 or 4 months. This virus painfully effects the joints and comes with high fever and other symptoms. Many of our churches have 70 to 100% of the attendees who have been suffering. Please pray that these people will be healed and protected from further problems. I burned mosquito coils all night in my room and every 4 hours put on repellant. Thank the Lord who protected me.
Please continue to pray for Anna whose husband, pastor Joshua died suddenly this past summer. Anna is suffering his loss and the loneliness.
Doug Springer
Executive Director
