Heading back….

Since we have been back in the states for a bit a lot has happened here and in Guatemala. In Guatemala Rolando and his church put on their children’s yearly VBS and over 240 children attended! This was a great turn out and a wonderful chance to reach out to the unchurched in the area. Also, the day before we departed Guatemala we installed a stove for Rolando’s family and we have...

A New stove for Rolando

Rolando’s mother and sisters make about 400 tortillas a day to sell and for their family as well. The stove they had prior was about 12 years old and filled their corn husk room with smoke. For the women and small children working and playing in the kitchen this was a constant health and safety problem. They received a donated stove they was build and installed by a local stove builder. It...

Trip to El Rejon

This past week we went on a long 2 hour hike up toward Sumpango (through Barrio la Cruz) to visit a couple of families in El Rejon. It was a beautiful hike through farm land and mountains to get to El Rejon. This is a mostly indigenous community where they speak Spanish and Kaqchikel. It is much less common to come across an American in this area so they spotted us from the distance and the...

Sunday outing at Barrio la Cruz

This past Sunday the local church and community of Barrio la Cruz went and hiked a bit up the mountain to have a field day. This was a time for everyone to hang out, have some roasted corn, fly kites and what we least expected…have a race! All the people from little ones to someone in their 70’s took place in the races. It was a lot of fun and I am sure funny to watch as we ran up...

Graduation in Barrio la Cruz

Lower Elementary Upper Elementary The kids in Barrio la Cruz of Pastores have finally finished their 2008 school year. The school was full of smiling faces and content parents as the children received their passing grades and diplomas for the year. We had a great success rate this year and we hope that the the kids are motivated to study hard next year and that the parents felt the...