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For the past two years, a local church we have been partnering with has served a community in Maracaibo near the open-air market (MercaSur). This community has seen a lot of poverty and difficulties due to the situation in Venezuela. But in spite of these hardships, God’s Kingdom has been growing in MercaSur. Jose and… Continue reading

Darwin and Denyire Lopez are a missionary couple who have been sent by their local church in Maracaibo to serve in Zamurpana, a Wayuu community of 300 people located 20 miles south of Maracaibo. At first, the community was very skeptical of them. No one would offer them any food or water. Darwin says that… Continue reading

We continue to be amazed by the response we have gotten for this year’s mission trip. Many of you have registered to serve the Wayuu people with us in La Guajira, Colombia this summer. As a reminder, our deadline to sign up for this year’s trip is March 15th. There are only a few spots… Continue reading

Here at Bread of Hope, we are gearing up for a very BIG day in the nonprofit world: this year’s #GivingTuesday. We want to make this year’s global day of philanthropy our best yet—please join the movement and help us bring the gospel to the unreached Wayuu people in Colombia and Venezuela. Share an #unselfie… Continue reading

Maicao, Colombia. Is a small commercial city in Colombia, just 8 miles from the border with Venezuela. 7 miles outside this city, in the landfill, God led us to a small community formed by over 60 Wayuu families who are refugees fleeing the hardships of Venezuela. The main source of income for these families comes… Continue reading

Short-term Mission Trip During the month of September a team of 7 from New Mercy Community Church from Hackensack, New Jersey joined us in La Guajira Colombia for a ten dayshort-term mission trip.  We served 7 local churches in La Guajira through eye clinics, installing water filtration systems, children’s bible school, and construction.  The New Mercy team… Continue reading

Amira Gonzalez is a volunteer teacher at one of our literacy groups in Maracaibo, Venezuela.  She is in charge of teaching and preparing meals for the literacy group that meets Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.  Her class has 12 students ranging from 13 to 15 years old.  Amira says that her goal is to instruct her students to not… Continue reading

(Stories from the Field: Maracaibo, Venezuela) In spite of the hardships and challenges that Venezuela is currently going through, God is still moving and God is still faithful.  The world around us may be dying, but HE NEVER CHANGES!  This month we wanted to share with you a story about how one person’s faithfulness can… Continue reading

From December 18th – 22nd, Bread of Hope hosted a church planters’ training for 9 Wayuu leaders.  This training was the just the beginning of a year-long program with these Wayuu church planters. Our first training session centered around God’s Word.  The church planters’ intensively learned how each story in the Bible (beginning in Genesis)… Continue reading

This Christmas Eve, Bread of Hope brought the love, joy, and hope of Christ’s birth to Wayuu families living and working in the landfill of Maicao, Colombia.  This small community of Wayuu families is unique in Colombia.  Usually, Wayuu families in Colombia live in rancherias with their family on land that has been owned for generations.… Continue reading