Vacation Bible School Students Inspire a Parish to Build Homes

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Throughout the Caribbean and Latin America many families lack safe shelter. During hurricane season, vulnerable families fear their crumbling shacks may collapse on them. An ocean away, in the San Antonio metro area of Poth, Texas, Vacation Bible School students know the power of hurricanes, and prayer. They were inspired to complete chores to raise money to build homes for the poor through the humanitarian organization, Food For The Poor.
"The students learned how a single mother in Nicaragua might earn only $60 a year to support her family," said Stacie Albert, Director of Vacation Bible School at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, in Poth. "We then compared the mother's yearly salary to the price of.....

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