Living the Marks of Mission: Raising Houses, Restoring Dignity

Notes: Photo with caption. "Valma Parsons (in pink), and Anglican and retired teacher who lives in Spaniard's Bay, Nfld.., poses with the Canadian mission team and the young family that will occupy this newly built house in Guatemala. 'For $2,000 you can build a family home, put in bunk beds, an armoire, a table and chairs and a complete set of dishes and pots and pans', says Parsons. 'The people are overjoyed as of they had a mansion'. Without the prefabs, people live in cornstalk cabins with dirt floors. 'When it rains, they're ankle-deep in mud in their own homes', says Parsons. The house-raising project is sponsored by the Arms of Jesus Children's Mission, based in Pickering, Ont., and run by Pastor Sam Martin, a Baptist". [Text of entire article.]

Subjects: Parsons, Valma; Housing - Guatemala; Housing - Religious aspects - Christianity; Housing - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada; Arms of Jesus Children's Mission