Getting to know Barrio la Cruz

What a blessing to return to Guatemala!  The people are so gracious that it makes  serving so rewarding.  This year I was able to participate again in  preparing the school supplies to be distributed to the children.  The week before the distribution the parents were required to attend a meeting.  At that time, the guidelines were explained again on how it is determined who receives...

Mix, stones, and sand make more than a floor…..

I always say when I travel down to Guatemala that I want to do work.  I don’t speak Spanish very well, so I have thought the best way I could help would be to pick up my shovel and carry the load, literally.  This trip down certainly filled my sore muscle void and a little more. If you have never seen the hills that Barrio la Cruz occupies, then it is hard to have a standard picture in your...

More than chickens on the chicken bus..

I walk through the market to the terminal almost daily to get on the bus that take me to Pastores.  But today as I sat on the bus and waited for it to leave Antigua I looked around. There were probably over 50 buses, coming in and out, taking people, bringing people. I get on the bus daily to get out of Antigua to go and help elsewhere, and these people travel each day to come and make what...

Breysi’s struggle to live..

Many of you know or have heard of sweet Breysi, she is in our sponsorship program. She is 10 years old and in the 4th grade. For the past couple years her health has deteriorated. She was has been diagnosed with Lupus and her immune system struggles daily along with problems with her bones, sores and many other things in her body. Breysi is in and out of the hospital weekly, but they refuse to...

Beautiful dolls, Beautiful Ladies..

It has been long overdue for an update on the dolls and the progress on our work in Barrio la Cruz, so I am starting with the ladies. The ladies have been making and perfecting their waldorf dolls with much work and patience over the last two months. We have a group of about 16 women that continue to do work on the dolls very faithfully. They have taken much our comments and suggestions to better...