Author: benkunkel

  • Working Hard and Moving Forward

    With ever changing circumstances, we are so proud of the way our teachers, staff, and students are doing with classes from home. Each day, as we receive updates we are amazed at the motivation we see from everyone. Many students have sent in videos and photos to show what they have been working on. We…

  • Matching Gift Opportunity

    We are excited because God is still working through this time of COVID19 at Love Guatemala and around the world. Even though there are no classes in the Love Guatemala building, the expenses are still the same or more because we are doing classes from home, paying our staff and providing food for those that…

  • Learning from Home

    The students and teachers have been working hard in their classes since quarantine started. We are very proud of how the teachers have been working to make sure their students continue to receive the education they need. The students have also been very responsible with sending pictures and videos of what they have been working…

  • Helping the Community in Times of Crisis

    With everything going on around the world, Love Guatemala and New Life Church has been looking for ways to help the community. It can be challenging because everyone in Guatemala is beginning quarantined. On Thursday, some of Love Guatemala staff and members of the church were able to put together bags of food for people…

  • Love Guatemala’s Response to the corona virus

    The challenging times we are in with the coronavirus is affecting everyone. Love Guatemala is no exception. Guatemala has a growing number of cases and they are taking extreme precautions to keep it from spreading any further. This is very important in a country that can not even handle normal day illnesses led alone a…

  • Pablo’s Story

    We are so happy to be able to see all of the new students that have signed up for cooking this year! Pablo is one of our students this first year. He is so excited to be able to have the opportunity to study in Love Guatemala. It is quite a sacrifice though for him…

  • Our Cooking School Stars

    We are so excited to be able to highlight cooking school this month! They are a special group of students and we love being able to see them shine in what they love to do! Our goal for this month is to get five students sponsored. We love being able to connect students to sponsors.…

  • What’s Cookin?

    The cooking school is always amazing because they create edible works of art! This year we have 16 cooking school students and they are all extremely talented! In the first year of the program the students learn baking, such as, breads and pastries. The second year focuses on decorating. Their creativity truly shows as they…

  • New Life Church

    New Life Church has been steadily growing since its start in 2018. It started out with just 8 people attending, and this past Wednesday night, the service was so full that the multipurpose area almost did not fit everyone! There were 74 people in attendance.The amount of joy that blessing brings is incomparable. The church…

  • An Afternoon in the Feeding Center

    The feeding center is not just a place where the kids come to eat and leave. The feeding center is a place that the kids come to play, receive a big hug (or a few), and learn about how much Jesus loves them. The feeding center is a place where the kids know they are…