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Make A Difference this Holiday Season!
At the end of each year here at Love Guatemala we look back and celebrate all God has done as well as look forward to what God has in store for us in the following year. God has done a lot in 2015 here at Love Guatemala. Here are a few other blogs you can…
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Love Guatemala Leadership Training
One of the ways we have excelled in 2015 here at Love Guatemala is through beginning some leadership training. This has helped us develop as leaders and a staff here as we lead our students to be all they can be. We utilized John Maxwell’s Equip material through an organization here in Guatemala called “Guatemala…
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A Life Changed…
Love Guatemala exists to bring hope through sharing the gospel and through vocational training. We often see this happening. We see those without hope receiving hope. We see those who thought they could never have their own business become successful in selling cakes, painting beautiful art and making incredible furniture. We don’t often enough share…
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Give Hope for Christmas
We have finished another successful year here at Love Guatemala. It has been a great year with many lives transformed and many students being trained. Many have had their lives transformed spiritually and we had 20 students graduate from 3 of our vocational schools. At the end of each year we have an enrollment process…
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Vacation Schools 2015
The first 2 weeks of November we have vacation schools her at Love Guatemala. The school year here in Guatemala runs from January to October. And so most kids are on their “summer” vacation from November until January. So another way in which we give hope to the community here is through offering a two…
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2015 Love Guatemala Graduation Pictures
We had a fabulous Love Guatemala Celebration last week. As you may have seen on the last blog we had 20 graduates. We want to share some of the pictures from this beautiful evening. It was a celebration of the hard work of these 2o students over the last 2-3 years. Each of the students…
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Love Guatemala Graduation 2015
We are beginning to prepare for our 2015 graduation. It is always an exciting time of the year. Our graduation is set for Thursday, October 22nd. We have 20 graduates this year. There are 12 graduates from the cooking school, 2 from the carpentry school and 6 from the art school. Here is the list…
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Cultural Night 2015
On September 15th, Guatemala celebrates it’s independence. Most schools here celebrate independence day with several activities. One of the things they do is have a cultural night. So this year Love Guatemala had their first annual Cultural Night. It included some cultural and not so cultural dances, a drama and also the first election of…
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Until Next Time
The day has finally come. My last blog post. Officially, I can say that was the fastest three months of my life so far. I have never learned so much and made myself so willing to try new things. I did it. I jumped into another culture, language, family, way of life, and community. Graciously,…
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The Last Sunday in August
This week, I attended a wake, went to Catholic mass, and walked in a funeral procession to a cemetery. A student in our art school (also Carlos and Thelma’s neighbor) lost his dear mother on Sunday morning. I learned there is a tradition in Magdalena where a wake is held in the home of the…
