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Vacation Schools
Every year we have a few weeks after the regular school year is over when we have about 150 kids come and learn a little something about the trades we offer which gives us the opportunity to share the love and hope of Jesus with them. It is a fun time of sharing and loving…
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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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Children’s Feeding Center
Every Tuesday and Thursday we have our children’s feeding center. On those days, the children can receive a meal and play games or color. It is such a great time to not only provide the children with a meal and play games, but also to hear the word of God! Right now we have about…
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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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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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2017 Graduation
We had a our 2017 graduation last weekend and we had 30 students graduate! This was a very special graduation for two reasons: The first, is that we are officially accredited by the Ministry of Education! This means that the diplomas we gave our students are stamped by the Ministry of Education and can help…
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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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A Blessing in Disguise
Yesterday we had a baby shower for a girl that was fourteen. Her name is Jaqueline Jasmin Miranda Panameno but we call her Jaqui. Jaqui has five brothers but her father died a while ago and after that her mother no longer wanted her and her brothers to continue school. Soon after her mother left their…
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Business Training Presentations of 2017
Today we participated it the project presentations for business training that Carlos did this year with the graduates. This was the last session for the year. They have been learning different business techniques and ideas to improve their skills in the areas of marketing, selling and presenting their products. The project presentation is when the…