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Community Service with Bachillerato
On Saturday, our bachillerato students did their community service project. Each class is working to help the surrounding communities, and to share the gospel with them. The Bachillerato students decided to do their project in a town called el Tablón. While the students were there, they served snacks to all the children, brought piñata’s for…
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The Search for a Cooking School Teacher.
Since last year, we had been on the lookout for a cooking school teacher since last year. We knew that the cooking school would be reopening this year, but we hadn’t hired a teacher yet. It was a challenge though, because this had to be a special kind of teacher. We interviewed a lot of…
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Speech Therapy
This past week we started our speech therapy classes at Love Guatemala. We are so excited about this program because we are already seeing just how much it is impacting the community. Speech therapy is something that so many children in our community and the surrounding communities are in need of but very few are…
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Beginning Classes
This past week we began classes at Love Guatemala! On Friday we began with the weekday classes and on Saturday with the weekend classes. This included kids who will be a part of our new speech therapy program. We are so thrilled for 2023! Both days started with a devotional and presentation of things that…
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First Seminar of 2023
This past week we had our first staff seminar of the New Year. It is such a privilege to be able to come together as a staff and learn, especially when there was a time during Covid that we were not able to do that in person. It was especially special to introduce new staff…
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Moving Towards the End of Another Year
As the year starts to come to an end, we are thankful for all the classes and programs that we have, and all that we are looking forward to next year. This year, we have a goal to help us move strongly into the year 2023 our goal is to raise $25,000 And it will…
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Finishing Up Classes
Recently, our students finished out classes for the year! We are very proud of all of the students who persevered even when classes were difficult and challenging. As you may know, the school year in Guatemala is a little bit different than the school year in the United States. Classes here begin in January and…
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1st Year English Exams
This past week, our English students had a presentation exam. These exams are always an exciting thing to see. They show the work that the students have been putting in to their studies and how far they have come in the year they have been learning English. These specific students are from the first year…
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Presenting Primaria
This month, we are highlighting our Primaria Class! This is the class that is equivalent to Elementary School in the States. It is the first of our adult education classes that we have started here at Love Guatemala. The class is very important to the people of Magdalena and the surrounding areas because there is…
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Construction Update!
As you might have heard, we have been working on an expansion project here at Love Guatemala. A couple years ago the dome was completed so that we could have a large multipurpose area to host everything from large classes to events. During this past year, the project has been growing more. The multipurpose area…
