Loving the people of Barrio la Cruz

What a blessing to visit with Stephanie and family in Guatemala and see first hand what Paso a Paso is doing to love the people of Barrio la Cruz.  Our mission was to pack up school supplies for 150+ children and distribute them door to door so we could meet not only the children being sponsored but to meet others in the family and begin developing relationships.  It’s always exciting to...

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...

Cooking With Veronica

Friday we got to experience the daily life of a Guatemalan woman, Veronica.  She graciously welcomed us to help her cook in the morning and then to accompany her to the places she sells her food.  We made Tipico food including: tortillias, tostados, tacos, and rellanos. Veronica has 8 children.  Paso a Paso sponsors 4 of her kids.  She begins each day at 6 a.m. and cooks until shortly...

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...

Pelota sin Palabras (wordless ball)

On Saturday we arrived at Barrio La Cruz and hiked a little ways up to this open field, dusty as it can be, and where it is common to loose your ground, or at least a soccer ball to a very steep slope that goes about 100 feet down. Several adults and a very good number of children were waiting for us there!  As soon as we arrived Rolando gave everybody instructions on how they were supposed to...