The Project

The ministry we work with in Costa Rica is called the Abraham Project.  Facilitated by the Lighthouse Community Church, this community outreach ministry has five main functions:  1)  Homes for at-risk and abandoned children, 2)  Daycare center for children of working families, 3) Job skills training center, 4) Multi-purpose Building for church services and evangelistic outreach, and 5) Consultation offices where professionals (doctors, lawyers, etc.) will donate their service to members of the surrounding marginal areas.  The consultation offices will be housed in the Multi-purpose Building, which is currently under construction. 

The Abraham Project is a debt-free ministry and trusts God for financial and material provision.  One way God has provided over the years is through an ongoing donation of scrap lumber.  This wood is used in shipping crates for an international glass company.  At one time, all of this wood was discarded after the glass was imported.  However, the project director convinced the company to donate these used crates to the ministry, instead of sending them to the landfill.  This donation has saved the project tens of thousands of dollars.  The following pictures give an example of how this scrap wood is reused at the project.

The wood is delivered to the project as used packaging crates.  These crates are disassembled, and the nails, screws, and staples are pulled from the wood.

The lumber is sorted, sized, planed and sanded.  This wood is used in every stage of construction, from form boards to finish carpentry.  Right now, for the construction of the Multi-purpose Building, the workers are piecing together massive ceiling trusses.

These trussed are then installed, by hand, to make the roof structure for office section of this new building.

This lumber has been used in each of the current buildings on the Abraham Project property (children's homes, daycare, life-skill workshops, and cafeteria, now used as a church building).  Through a donation of a company's trash, God has given the project a resource to build a center to reach and transform the community.