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Summer Intern
My name is Allison Herron and I am from Waynesboro, Virginia. I’m 20 years old, and I am currently interning here at Love Guatemala for the summer. I am currently studying to become a Social Worker. The first time I visited Love Guatemala was last July, and I remember feeling at home. I returned once…
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Vocational Training leads to New Jobs!
Our graduates finished up their internships a few weeks back. This a requirement they have to complete their training with us. They have to spend 160 hours of job training in their field. (Check out a few pics below) This gives our students great experience and even has lead to several job offers for some…
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Independence Day Night
As you may know, September 15th is Guatemala’s independence day. We celebrated by having an independence day event this year. Some of the schools worked together to put on skits about Bible stories. They all did a great job and helped to share parts of the Bible with everyone who attended! We also had a…
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Saying Goodbye
For the past 2 months I have been the intern at Love Guatemala and I have leaned SOO MUCH from my time there. However, this time has come to an end. These past few months I have leaned so much, made new connections, relationships, friendships, and most importantly I have grown closer to our…
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Vacation Schools 2017
We have vacation schools each year after the school year ends. (The school year in Guatemala runs from January to October.) It gives us a chance to scope out new students for our coming year and it’s great for these kids to experience and learn what we can teach them in the short amount of…
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New Love Guatemala Babies…
Today we went to visit 3 families with newborn babies. The first baby we visited was born from Jaqui, a 14 year old girl who was a students here but just graduated. Her baby was born about 8 days ago and is very healthy! We brought her some gifts from her sponsors for her precious…
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Bridging The Gap
We had team here last week and they got to see the students they were sponsoring graduate. A few of the people that sponsor students here got to see where their love and money was going and what it was doing. Our sponsors helped some of our students graduate. That’s a big reason we love…
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Forming and Continuing Relationships…
One of the things we value at Love Guatemala is relationships. We know that it is through relationships that God’s love is shown and people come to know him. Relationship building is our focus when we have visitors and teams. This week we had some visitors here from Georgia. They are from one of…
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Meet the New Intern: Kate Harman
My name is Kate Harman and I am the new intern at Love Guatemala. I am 17 and finished high school last year. In the future I hope to pursue a career in medicine. Love Guatemala is a great opportunity for me and I am excited to be helping out and learning from all the…
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Independence Day Celebrations 2017
Last night we celebrated Independence Day. Each year we celebrate Guatemalan independence day here at Love Guatemala by choosing a new queen. This is a picture of last years queen and the new queen of Love Guatemala Some of the “tipico” dresses Sharing about the importance of preventing water contamination. They also…
