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Sharing Hope with our Feeding Center Families
This past Friday we were able to visit our feeding center families again! Each time that we are able to see them it brings us new joy. We have kids from not only Magdalena. but from the surrounding towns as well. The kids faces are so happy to see people from Love Guatemala coming to…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Valentine’s Day
In Guatemala in February we celebrate the day of love and friendship. Valentine’s Day or “Dia del Cariño” is a celebration with gifts, food, and many more things. In Love Guatemala, we celebrated today! This day was a time to share in each classroom, eat, open gifts and to bring closer together all the students.…
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Patty
In December, we lost someone very special. We lost not only a staff member, but a part of the Love Guatemala family. Patty was such a special part of our family and we will miss her dearly. We are so grateful for the years God allowed her to make an impact on so many lives.…
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Vacation Bible School 2019
These past two weeks we had our vacation Bible school. It was so wonderful to be able to have all the kids there and watch as they learned not only crafts and skills, but also more importantly about the word of God. We also had the privilege of having a team from Virginia here with…
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Final Exams
This week we have final exams! We are about to finish our school year and the students are making their final projects with their own creativity. It is very exciting for us to see the work of the students in all the different classes. This year has been a great blessing to everyone in Love…
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Children’s Day Celebration
The other day we celebrated Children’s Day! Even though there was a downpour of rain, the children still loved the celebration. The feeding center area was filled with decorations and balloons, and our literacy program teacher, Leyli, came to play games with all of the kids. The children were all so excited to play charades…
