Love Guatemala Blog

  • 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…


  • Gala Night 2022

    This past Saturday we had our Gala Night at Love Guatemala. This is the first year since Covid that we are able to host. Our staff worked very hard to prepare for the event. Starting early Friday morning, everyone came to clean and setup.  There was a lot of work to be done because with…


  • Exam Week

      This past week was exam week for our students. Each year it is a blessing to be able to witness the students take their exams, not only because they are moving quickly through the year, but also to be able to see how much they have learned and grown over the course of the…


  • Sharing God’s Word Together

    This year, we have been going through the book of John in our staff devotions. It has been enriching to go through each chapter and verse. Often, we pick verses out of chapters in the Bible to focus on for a devotional, but do not take the time to go in depth and focus on…


  • A Successful Art Class

      On Sunday, Love Guatemala was able to be a part of a very special event. We hosted a free painting class taught by artist Kim Page. Kim has been visiting and supporting Love Guatemala in so many ways for a long time. Coming here touched her heart and she felt God calling her back…