Love Guatemala Blog

  • Regarding Relationship

    We are currently hosting a team from Piedmont Church in Macon, Georgia. They are busy working by painting the building and raising a roof over our feeding center. I have been incredibly encouraged by the fun they are having with the students and their willingness to jump into unfamiliar and sometimes awkward situations. I wanted…

  • A Tortilla Does Not Cut It

    This week we began the feeding center here at Love Guatemala. This was a project that I heard about when I first arrived, but I thought was far off in the future. Then I found myself mixing concrete with the students and at the Antigua market for food with the cooking ladies. Before I knew…

  • Praying for Land: Video Update!

    If there is one thing that I have learned from my time here in Guatemala it is this: God’s dreams and plans are always bigger, better, smarter, and more life giving than anything we can come up with. So often in the three weeks that I have been here I have heard Pastor Ben say,…

  • An Unforgettable Lunch…

    Last week I had the privilege of going on a visit with Carlos and Telma to the home of a student in the Art School. Carlos had prepared me a few days in advance with the forewarning that this would be a hard visit for me to experience because, “The family literally has nothing.” I…

  • Naiveté is a Dangerous Thing

    Hi, my name is Caleb and I am interning with Ben and Carlos this summer. I am from Colorado, but currently living and studying at Seattle Pacific University. I am in Magdalena for the summer to serve Love Guatemala, Ben, and Carlos to the best of my ability. I plan on making lifelong relationships, learning…

  • Love Guatemala Field Day

          We began a new annual fun day at the end of last month.  It is important to have activities for the students outside of the classroom.  We had an incredible day of fun sports activities as well as lots of food.  Our staff did a great job planning everything. The young man…

  • 2015 Love Guatemala Mother’s Day Celebration

    Mother’s Day is a very big deal here.  We had a huge celebration last week to thank the Mother’s of our students for the very important work they do as Mom’s.  It was a great celebration our team put on.  They did a great job planning and celebrating these Moms.  Check out some pictures below:…

  • Praying for Land.

    God continues to do amazing things with Love Guatemala.  One of the needs that has presented itself as we have moved into the new facility and began to grow is the need for a sufficient water source. In Guatemala we have a rainy and dry season.  The rainy season runs from May to October roughly.…

  • New Programs and Schools for 2015 & 2016

    We are continuing to expand and help more students each year with different programs and initiatives to support our current schools and also new schools.  You can read about some of the recent initiatives that have already begun here.    We are excited that we have had some funding come in for the feeding center…

  • Pray with Love Guatemala in 2015!

    2014 has been an amazing year here at Love Guatemala!  Here are a few of the things we have seen God do: God miraculously provide the money needed for the construction of the Love Guatemala Vocational Training Center. The completion of the Vocational Training Center in under 8 months. Student’s lives changed through the gospel.…