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Brazil, Ecuador, Groups Doing Microfinance, Guatemala, Kenya, Microfinance, Ministry, Peru, Travels
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As you know, we’ve been reading, writing, serving, exploring, teaching, learning, developing, and well probably a plethora other action verbs that could encapsulate these last 5 months that we’ve been overseas.
A fantastic way to get the bite-size yet comprehensive idea of what is happening at Paradigm Shift is through our Country Briefs. Click on one of the last three country’s below to download a one-page PDF and get a greater understanding of what is going on.
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The LOCATIONS PAGE is the latest webpage to be unveiled on www.shiftingparadigms.org by our fantastic web designer Timothy Burch at Visual Prophesy!
The locations page gives concise and poignant descriptions of who Paradigm Shift will work with in the coming months and downloadable 1 Page PDF Country Briefs for each country we’ve worked in with descriptions of what took place.
So, go to the top of the page then click on the Locations link to get a better sense of what is happening for Phase One at Paradigm Shift.
In Peru, we spent one day jumping in and out of taxi’s with World Vision’s credit officers. We were able to see how they relate to the entrepreneurs who have received loans from them and how they work through any problems that may arise. World Vision has had to create a separate entity called "Credivision" in Peru because to many people associate WV’s work with free food. It’s important that they separate their credit program so that it is understood that it is not a handout.
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We pulled up to the church, which was surrounded by shanties and dilapidated buildings. There to greet us at the door was a man by the name of Pastor Angel, who welcomed us warmly into his humble church. Inside, we found a slab of concrete with a roof created only by tarps and wooden beams. The Pastor shared with us that the church began just a year ago with only 7 people. They committed themselves to fervant prayer for their community and immediately began to serve in their neighborhood. Now the church has over 150 members and is growing steadily every week.
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