Love Guatemala Blog

  • Staff Devotions

    At Love Guatemala, we do many things to learn and grow together as a staff. One of those being our weekly staff devotional. Each Monday we get together and share in the word of God and spend time praying together. Right now, we are working through the book of Romans. Each of our staff members…

  • Independence Day Celebration

    This past week, we were able to start back up an activity that we haven’t been able to do for a few years. The September 15 celebration is always a favorite on our staff and students. We are able to celebrate the rich culture around all the different parts of Guatemala. The Independence Day celebration…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Mission Team Wanted!

    Short term vision trips are a wonderful way to get involved with everything we are doing at Love Guatemala and help us achieve our vision. They also allow you to get a first hand look at the needs of our staff and the people we serve every day.  We are very thankful to be able…

  • Piedmont Church

    This past week, we were thrilled to have a team from Piedmont Church come to serve at Love Guatemala. This was our first big team since Covid hit, with 12 team members joining us. It was such a wonderful experience to have our team rooms filled once again! The team was here for six days…

  • Primary School Presentations

    This past week was presentations week for our primary (elementary school) students! With each and every presentation, the students do a lot of work to research, plan out, and present their projects. Their teachers expect a lot from their work, and they always deliver wonderful designs.  This time, the project theme was “diet”. The students…

  • Our New Director

    As you may know, a big change has been coming to Love Guatemala for a while now and today is finally the day! Katy has been learning and preparing to take on this new role for a long time and we are very proud of her as she steps up to become the director. Katy…

  • Our First Team Since Covid

    This past week, we had our first team since Covid! It started out as a joint team of Cindy and Tom from Virginia and Amy (Love Guatemala’s board president) and Amanda from Indiana. A couple of special events happened including a special dinner to honor and pray over Katy as she becomes the new director…

  • Students’ Rally 2022

    This past week, we were able to have our student rally. It is always a blessing to be able to restart something that we had done before Covid. It used to be some thing that we did every year, but we had to take a break because of Covid. We loved being able to see…