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Q: What are you currently studying at university? A: I am studying civil engineering. Q: What exactly is civil engineering and why did you want to study that? A: Well… Civil engineering is designing and constructing new buildings, and I think the area is fascinating and think that I could do a lot with it in the future. Q: How did you hear about the Riverside Tree Program and how did you become a scholarship receiver? A: Actually, I came to know the program through my dad and my older brother. My dad is a pastor of a small church here in Lima, and my older brother, Josue, is actually part of the program as well. I almost had to give up my dreams of going to university, but through my brother, I came to know this Riverside Tree Program and applied and was chosen! Q: Could you tell me a little bit more about your church and how you serve? A: I love children and I love doing anything with them: supporting them, playing with them, encouraging them, teaching them, anything! So currently I am helping teach Sunday school. Also, these children love to dance, so I started a choreography team to teach them body worship and praises. Q: That is amazing. How are you going to tie in what you are learning in the university with the church and how you are going to serve God? A: Well actually, with my career, I would be able to construct more churches. I know many churches in this area are not built in the correct way and are falling apart, and I want to be able to serve God by building new churches. Q: And how has Riverside Tree helped you through this process? A: The program has helped me in many, many ways. However, it’s mostly helped me mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. Without the program, I think I would be in a depressed stage and probably would have not been as active in serving God and would have had maybe doubts. However, God provided and I am happy to be able to be doing what I am doing now. Q: Do you have any other words to say? A: I just want to thank God for this opportunity. I also want to share what God has done in my life so that I could plant new seeds in the other people out there. Help needed!!! There are two Riverside Tree candidates that are in need of your help! These candidates were in college but because of financial problems they are no longer! Please read about them below and respond today if you are compelled to help! Diego Ibañez Diego had a very comfortable job. However, when he refused to partake in the alcohol and partying when his boss asked him to join, that decision cost him his job. But Diego would rather obey the teachings of God than to succumb to the world. He attended the Peru to Christ ABBA conference in 2005 and was the lead singer at the 2010 ABBA conference. He is studying music. Diego needs approximately $150 per month for tuition, supplies and travel expenses. Alvaro Davalos Alvaro comes from a rough past. His father left him when he was still a child. He was raped as a child and as a teen, his depression and confusion caused him to join the neighborhood gang. Y