Love Guatemala Blog

  • From Primary to Middle School

    Something that we have loved about our Basicos program(or middle school) is that we now have a place for our students from our primary school to continue on to afterwards. Before having Basicos available to our students, we had to have the students look at other schools to continue on with their education. Now, offering…

  • September is Basicos Month!

    September is Basicos month! The Basicos program has been such a wonderful addition to our classes in Love Guatemala. It began just months before the pandemic started so the first year went quite different than we had planned, but we are grateful for how well it has been going. We currently have 68 students, all…

  • Antonio’s Story

    The feeding center has always been such a special program to us. It allows us to not only provide a meal for kids from the community, but also to get to know them and their families. One of our kids, whose name is Antonio, is 10 years old and has struggled with malnutrition. His family…

  • Marielos’s Story

    Marielos is one of our star graduating students. She is an example of a student who had a dream and worked her hardest to accomplish it. Marielos started studying English on her own at the age of 10. She became fascinated with the language and decided to pursue it. It began with listening to songs…

  • Staff Devotions

    Among other things, one thing that we have tried to keep consistent has been our weekly staff devotionals. This has been something that we as a staff have been doing long before the pandemic had started. So as the stress and panic that occurred when everything was first locked down, we wanted to make sure…

  • Our English Graduates

      This year, we do not have as many English graduates as usual, but none the less we are very proud of them. We have two ladies who will be graduating this year and they have been working very hard to improve each day. When the students start out, they have a very limited knowledge…

  • Presentation Day

    One of our favorite activities at Love Guatemala is seeing the graduating students work on their final presentations. Saturday, they presented the first draft of their projects. It is so wonderful to see how they have been working and their plans to continue to improve. Each presentation was based on a business proposition. Some businesses…

  • Food Bags for the Feeding Center

    Putting together bags of food for our kids from the feeding center is always and exciting time. The presence of the kids and their families has been, and always will be, such a gift to us here at Love Guatemala. Of course, things have been different since the pandemic started, but we are blessed that…

  • A Great Honor

    A great honor has been bestowed upon Love Guatemala. This year in Guatemala is the Independence Bicentennial. One way that the occasion was celebrated was an event this last month. Because it was the month of Mother’s Day, Guatemala celebrated women leaders. They chose different institutions to best represent leadership. Out of 150, Love Guatemala…

  • Seminars to Success

    At Love Guatemala, we don’t want to prepare the students just for the skill they are learning in class, but also how to continually better their future. Each year, the graduating class attends seminars to help them prepare for the future. They are taught skills about leadership, how to conduct yourself during an interview, and…