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Tocumen Living Water
Christian School Project
By Rod and Sherry Boyd
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Tocumen, Panama
The Tocumen Living Water
Christian School was the featured school project
for 2004 through 2006. Please take a tour
of the progress that's been made in the last
several weeks at the Tocumen Living Water
Christian School. After reading this paragraph,
start at the bottom and work your way up. The
new facilities will provide an additional 10
classroom, two labs, restrooms, workroom and
offices, increasing the capacity of the school
from 300 to almost 650!
Following is background
information on Project Tocumen.
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Additional articles on
Project Tocumen
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Project
Tocumen (October 2003)
“Breaking the chains of poverty and
oppression
through Christian education for children, youth
and adults”
 
Tocumen,
is a large, densely populated city located on the outskirts
of Panama City, near the international airport. Those
marginalized by poverty cannot afford to live close to the
city.
Panamanians
call Tocumen a “zona roja” (red zone). Crime and poverty
create an oppressive climate. Limited education keeps people
chained to despair, with no way out.
 But God has raised up his church in
Tocumen. Living Water Assembly of God is responding to the
need. Pastor Carlos Navarro and his congregation have a
strong vision to offer hope to this community. The church is
located along the main highway that passes through the city.
The large, growing congregation meets in a sanctuary that
seats 500. The church offers a diverse program to reach out
to its community that includes the Living Water Christian
School.
 Living
Water Christian School began in 1999 with 32 students in
kindergarten and first grade. The school has grown each year
and now has 201 students through the sixth grade.
The school has a positive presence in the community. Many
non-Christian families want to send their children to
receive a quality Christian education. Pastor Carlos has
developed an intentional and strategic outreach to the
unsaved through the school.
 But
the school needs help! The church and school are
land-locked. The facilities are make-shift and inadequate.
The school needs additional land, more classrooms, a
gymnasium and administrative facilities. There is land
available behind the school that borders the community park
and would provide the needed “green area” as the school
grows.
The school would like to build a connecting three-story
facility next to the sanctuary, replacing the current
classrooms. The additional facilities would allow the school
to expand to secondary school and offer an adult fulfillment
program.
Latin
America ChildCare is currently sponsoring one-third of the
students in the school. Others are waiting for help to
arrive. LACC has helped to build an intermediate floor in
the sanctuary, providing ten additional classrooms. But now
is the time to build!
 You have the opportunity to help! Please
join us in prayer that God would supply the need. You can
give towards the $125,000 expansion project that includes
$35,000 for land and $90,000 for reconstruction and
expansion. You can send building teams to assist with
construction. You can send ministry teams to strengthen the
church’s impact in the community.
Together
we will “break the chains of poverty and oppression through
Christian education for children, youth and adults.” Please
send your offerings to:
 Assemblies of God World Missions
Project Tocumen 8571
1445 Boonville Ave.
Springfield, MO 65802
For more information or if you are
interested in sending a building or ministry team, please
write us at Panorama@Boyds.org.
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