About 30 minutes down the road from Chichicastenango is the departmental (think state) seat called Santa Cruz del Quiche where about 102,000 people live. In the center of town is a park where people buy and sell a variety of products. Shoeshine boys and kids selling candies ply the park and nearby streets trying to …
Needed: Computers for school kids
About two blocks from our house is a little blue elementary school. This school serves many of the poor children in our community and has about 75 elementary students. Even with free public education some parents here in Guatemala struggle to pay for required uniforms, school supplies and other fees that come along with the …
Helping keep kids in school
While public education is free here in Guatemala, the costs of uniforms,supplies, cleaning fees, computer tech fees and snack preparation fees really add up for families that have few resources. Through support from friends like you, we are able to help a limited number of familes keep their young kids in elementary school. Here are …
Carlos needs healing.
Carlos’ heart is too big. There’s a lot more to his heart condition, but the simple thing is that this construction worker and father of nine (with one on the way) has a heart that isn’t working right and he needs to be healed. His condition has caused weakness, pain, lack of appetite, dizziness, etc. …
Lighting up the night
One of the families in our neighborhood lost their electricity because they couldn’t keep up with the electric bill. They have been dropping by regularly to recharge their old cell phone so we thought we’d help them out. With a solar light kit we had on hand, Michael connected four bulbs that now light up …
Storms swept away homes and, for some, their hope.
When two hurricanes passed Guatemala one after another in November, they left floods that swept away homes, crops and hope. Families in hard-hit regions lost more than homes and crops to the floodwaters. Some lost their livelihoods. Others lost hope. When two storms ruined homes, some lost hope, others reached out. On the outskirts of Aguacatan in the …
We haven’t had electricity in…forever.
Tomas and his family of nine live on the side of a large hill less than a mile up a narrow road from our house where we’ve visited them two or three times to chat, pray for them, and to encourage their son who has been part of our Bible Study. Despite many conversations with …
An answered prayer
It was Thursday when Katí and her little brother, Victor, were carrying a small bag as they trudged down the gravel road on their way to the main highway that cuts through the Guatemalan countryside near the village of Lemoa. In their bag they had a white flag–a symbol that shows they are begging for …
Delivering Food for Families
Teaming up with local churches here in Guatemala, we have been making deliveries of the more than 9,000 pounds of beans, corn, rice, noodles, salt and other food items to help families that have been out of work and in need especially due to the difficult time of the COVID-19 restrictions.Check out the video below …
Helping the Church Take Action during COVID-19
Knock! Knock! Knock! That’s a pretty regular sound we hear these days as people come to our door to sell us things or asking for a job so they can buy a few pounds of corn, basic food items, or medicine that their family needs. We try to help as we can. We realize that many …
