May news

Well it has been a busy month here. It started out scolding hot and now the rain has begun, and yes that means that it is raining from about noon till the next morning. But this is a great thing for all the farmers and such who depend on the rain and weather. Last year there was such terrible drought, the worst Guatemala has experienced in over 30 years and affected over 2.5 million people. So we...

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...

Upate on Flor de Maria’s Family

(( Flor(center) with siblings, with Stephanie, one of their 2 rooms, Flor’s mom beside their stove I hope to start writing updates on children in our school program and their families. Of course this will vary depending on my time here and the amount of people I am able to visit with. I recently went to visit the family of Flor de Maria, she has been in our school program since the...

Barrio la Cruz news and Funding needs

Our program in Barrio la Cruz has had a lot of success and struggles. But most importantly the majority of our students are thriving with their chance to get an education. We had 3 children that we given excellence awards from the schools this year that are in our program. We also have one young man who has been given the opportunity to study in Cuba on a full scholorship for 6 years (minus...

Barrio Update

There has been a lot happening in Barrio la Cruz in the past few months. The children are in their second semester of school, most of the children attending school with our help are doing extremely well. Please pray for these children as they are struggling with picking between providing for their family and going to school. We try to provide what we can so that this does not have to be such an...