Approximately 20% of barrio children never begin school because they lack the school clothing or supplies required to attend. Another 20% drop out of school when they no longer have the necessary school supplies. Being unable to receive an education, these children are forced to repeat the cycle of poverty and hopelessness of their previous generations, and they face a barrier to growing spiritually because, being unable to read, they are unable to read the truth, love, and hope found in God’s