Hilda was brought into the ASELSI clinic as a 23-day-old baby. Hilda has a cleft lip and palate. As I got to asking Hilda’s parents questions, I was very surprised to find out that they have another daughter who also had a cleft lip and palate. They told me that she was in the ASELSI …
A Guatemalan Tale of Three Little Pigs
A team from Victory Life Church in Battle Creek, Michigan, brought home the bacon to three families when they visited the village of Xepacol last month. Working with a local church and the Guatemalan association called ASELSI, the Victory Life team, built three pig pens — complete with pigs — to provide ongoing income …
Stateside Visit 2015
It’s been nearly 2 years since we’ve visited the USA as a family so we’re excited to see friends and family members like you! Here’s what our schedule looks like: Tulsa area August 26 – 30. Aug. 27, 6:00 pm – Gathering (open to all) (Ray’s House, 6219 S. 28th W AVE, Tulsa, OK) Aug. …
Manuela’s House on the Mountain
Manuela needed a home. Years ago she married, but soon she faced the rejection of a husband who didn’t understand why she wasn’t pregnant yet. He left her for another woman not knowing that Manuela was in the early stages of their first pregancy. Returning to her family, Manuela was reluctantly given a place to …
The Day Diego Nearly Died (and when he really came to life).
In the Spring of 2013 I was visiting a medical outreach where the doctors and a group of residents and medical students from the USA were busy seeing sick patients at a temporary clinic set up in a church in Xepacol — a village of about 400 familes located about 25 minutes outside of …
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Jorge: The Survivor AN UPDATE
Jorge is the 11th of 11 children born to his mother, Lucia. She is around 38 years old and had almost given up hope for her little boy. Jorge entered the ASELSI Milk Program when he was 1 year and 3 months old. He only weighed 8 pounds 7 ounces – that’s what a one …
Not everyone understands: Holy Week
Not everyone understands why we celebrate this week. In Guatemala we don’t see a lot of Easter Eggs or Bunnies, but we do see a lot of parades with idols being carried through the streets because people think that that is the way to have your sins forgiven. It was strange to see at first …
Back To School
These kids and (about a dozen others) are back in school thanks to scholarship funds that were provided by a group of kids and adults who rode their bikes at a Ride for Refuge* event in West Michigan. Some families needed help with the cost of school supplies to outfit their children for the school …
Homes for Christmas
For Christmas we went home…not to the USA, but the homes of four Guatemalan families with whom we’ve become friends or have been building relationships for some time. As a family, we took a few gifts for the children, bags of food, and shared with them about the reason we celebrate Christmas and how Christ …
Milk Program: Josefa, mother of nine
Josefa is a mother of nine children, a grandmother of two, and a widow — all that and only 35 years old. About one year ago her husband began to have leg and stomach pain but they couldn’t go to the hospital because they didn’t have money for treatment nor did they realize how serious …
