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Founder Luis A. Morales Luis Morales is originally from El Salvador and migrated to the United States in 1980. He has been married to Blanca Morales for 20 years and has two children, Karis Morales whom is 12 and Luis Morales Jr. whom is 20 and a student at Berklee College of Music Morales received his Masters of Divinity at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, Hardvard, Andover Newton and Princeton. He also received his Masters of Arts in Family Therapy and another one in Mental Health.
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In 2003, together with his wife, and a small group consisting of family and friends, he founded what Is now known as Vida Real International. A ministry located in Somerville, Massachusetts that serves primarily the Latino communities in the local area. Vida Real International has grown in the past 9 years from 30 members to over 1000 members.
Morales has additionally opened churches in the communities of El Salvador, Honduras, Haiti Guatemala and in the United States. In addition, he founded Grupo Real, a radio ministry that operates 11 stations today. God took pastor Morales from being a businessman to lead Vida Real. Pastor Morales owned and operates a chain of restaurants and a shop located in the area of Boston but has now appointed family members to run them and he has devoted his life to the Vision and Mission of the church. In 2009, Morales founded Hearts of Life International, a non-profit organization to help orphans in El Salvador, Guatemala,The Dominican Republic and Haiti. His longterm vision is to help make a change and offer the Hearts of resources necessary in means of creating radical solutions in these impoverished communities . Hearts of
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n 2009, Luis Morales, Pastor of Vida Real Internacional, began to embark in a on a mission to aid children that live in a third world country . Not knowing where this journey would lead, he was presented with an opportunity to visit a Dominican-Haitian community in a town called Barahona located in The Dominican Republic. As he traveled throughout the town he witnessed the immense poverty that the citizens were coping with. He was informed that the average person received about $2.50 a day working in the sugar cane fields. There were about 265 orphan children that lived in that community. These children lived helplessly under these poverty stricken conditions and lacked the most basic necessities such as food and water. Compelled to help the town Barahona, Pastor Morales was able to provide aid for the orphan children and the poor.
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In addition to his travels, Morales was also able to visit another orphanage located in Haiti, which housed about 100 children, but lacked the most basic necessities to sustain life. Pastor Luis Morales was also able to help feed these children and with the help from the congregation of Vida Real Internacional, decided to help the orphanage by sponsoring the children. Feeling compassion and empathy towards the children in need, he decided to continuously help orphans around the world, by offering things like food, water and or clothing when their communities or countries could not.In 2010, a massive earthquake stuck Haiti, leaving the country devastated and in need of help. Pastor Luis Morales travelled to Haiti in means of helping local churches and orphanages. After witnessing such devastation in Haiti God inspired him to aid children in need and therefore founded “Heart of Life.� This organization’s sole purpose is to help the poor and devastated all around globe. With headquarters located in Boston and offices located in El Salvador; Hearts of Life is determined to work internationally with others who share the same vision as Luis Morales. Currently in El Salvador, Hearts of Life is feeding about 650 kids in the local areas and is continuously working on improving the lives of other children worldwide.
Objectives To provide children living in extreme poverty with the proper nutrition of food, water, education and spiritual help. To spearhead a socially conscious and spiritually guided movement, that seeks to provide neglected communities, in Latin America, with the tools necessary to escape poverty. To provide children with primary and preventive health care To provide children living in extreme poverty with the proper nutrition of food and water To build schools and maintain them with the amenities necessary for a proper education To share the Gospel and biblical teachings with children and to empower them to share it with their families and communities. To form partnerships with the business sector, non-profit organizations and the community inorder to aid our humanitarian efforts. Hearts of
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MISSION VISION To be an organization that inspires altruistic people and organizations to aid those with necessities with donations and solutions that address their challenges Hearts of Life aims to be a self-sustainable entity through the cooperation or the community and private investors.
MISSION By supporting the indispensable physical, economical, educational and spiritual needs, Hearts of Life will share the tangible love of Christ.
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Currently Hearts of Life is feeding 662 children from families who live in distinct parts of the Santa Ana region. These children were selected amongst a large pool of families who are facing great poverty. Hearts of Life seek to help those families that lack accessibility to clean water and that don’t have a location to store their perishable food. Each Month Hearts of Life transports these families to the Hearts of Life central office in Santa Ana and provide them with rice, water, beans and other non-perishable goods. On occasions Hearts of Life also donates toys and school materials to the children that are part of these said families.
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The Hearts of Life Park is located in Santa Ana, El Salvador and stretches across 7 acres of land. It is available to the public offering pools, a soccer field, a basketball court, a mini zoo and a church. Hearts of Life acquired this park to help contribute to the community in order to offer an enjoyable space to those whom are in need. The Hearts of Life central offices are located in the premises of the park.
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Hearts of Life seeks to work on projects that would provide homes for the homeless. There are many families in El Salvador who live in rural areas, in shacks made of scrap metal. These families don’t have the basic amenities that are needed in a home. Therefore, Hearts of Life continues on seeking and making opportunities that will be of blessing to these struggling families. We believe that we can create a difference in the lives of many by providing the adequate shelter that all families deserve. As of 2012, the Mayor of the city of Metapan has donated 3,600 acres of land to start the building process.
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In El Salvador, building wells undergo a different process than the wells built in other countries. Hearts of Life works with a local company that is willing to drill wells for $100 dollars a meter. The regular price with other companies varies from $125 to $150. in adition, the city will pay for the diesel. Our organization is committed to find the help that is needed to build these wells to provide clean and safe drinking water to the people in need.
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with the Mayor The Mayor from Metapan, Juan Samayoa has partnered with Hearts of Life in an efforts to support our vision and mission. In contribution to his support, Mayor Samayoa has donated land to Hearts of Life to construct homes and two acres to build a church. In addition to his donation, he has provided Hearts of Life with architects from El Salvador to help in the construction of these said homes, he will also donate the sand, gravel and stone needed.
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Hearts of Life seeks to construct an academic institution that will be available for those who cannot afford to receive the proper higher education due to their family’s financial circumstances. The Hearts of Life School will be available to both students who exceed financial need as well as those who are in need of financial assistance. Through the donations of scholarships, Hearts of Life will offer prospective students the chance to achieve the success they so sought. This school will offer the proper resources and tools needed to develop these children into excellent academic students. Hearts of
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Visionary and Mission Trips Hearts of Life has a safe location where people that embark on a visionary and missionary trip can stay. Hearts of Life has temporary cabins and homes for missionaries, volunteers, and interns who would like to support Hearts of Life . For Investors, Entrepreneurs, and visionaries, and others who would like to invest into the Hearts of Life project, we have hostels available with amenities such as air conditioning, private rooms for couples, and great customer service. Hearts of Life will escort our guests to and from the Comalapa airport, one of the best and most reliable airports in Central America, and also have helicopter possibilities if needed.
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BRIGADES * MEDICAL Medical groups of doctors, pediatricians, optometrists, and
dentist may come work with people in extreme poverty. For more information please visit our website, www.corazonesdevida.com // www.heartsoflife.com
TRIPS * VISIONARY A visionary group, consists of pastors, business people or
general professionals that would like to share in this vision. These groups are looking to see the project up close and invest in it.
TRIPS * MISSIONARY You can plan a small group missionary trip to El Salvador with a group of family, church members or co-workers.
PACKAGES * INTERNSHIP Students can help in our non-profit organization and get credits towards the college of their choice.
YOU NEED TO DO: * WHAT if you want to get involved get in touch with us, let us know what you would like to do and we will put a package together for you.
* YOU CAN SPONSOR: •A Child •A well •A house •Restoring a house
BANK: “The Cooperative Bank” ACCOUNT NAME: Vida Real Evangelical Center Account Number: 1515181400 Routing Number: 211070230 Phone Number:
(617) 625-1020 For more information visit: www.heartsoflife.com
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