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...

A Place to Call Home

This is the first home we have built for a very deserving family. What a blessing to have Justin and Bud come and built it with the help of Estuardo and Nancy. Here is a bit about Justin’s experience and take on building his first Guatemalan house. A finished product – mainly made of sheet metal, which is very common in Guatemala. Had you told me that I would be building a house...

Meet Yolanda

We decided to go and visit Yolanda’s children one afternoon. To give the group the chance to meet one of the many families that Paso a Paso supports. Here is the encounter written by Karlene who traveled up the hill to visit Yolanda with the rest of us that day. Jenny describes her family’s house as humble. 5 kids and 2 adults share 2 small rooms. The kitchen is outside (which is...

Una Muneca

We have just about finished our doll making class, today Karlene and I will go back to Barrio la Cruz were about 15 women will meet us there coming from two different barrios. We are amazed at how well they are making the dolls and anxious they are to learn! They will finish their big dolls today and we will be bringing some small and large waldorf dolls home to sell via Esty and at events....