Love Guatemala Blog
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Staff Seminar Day
This week we had our monthly training seminar day. The day not only includes worship, and a devotional, but also time to learn and grow as a staff! This month, our staff was able to learn about the platform that the Ministry of Education is requiring here. It will help the teachers stay up to…
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Clean Up Day
As we patiently wait for the pandemic to continue winding down and classes to be able to be held in person, we are always looking for ways to improve Love Guatemala. One of the ways was a cleaning day! Last week some of our staff spent the day cleaning up the area around the newest…
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Stories that Inspire. #2
Meet Yovana. Yovana is a part of our English school. In Guatemala, knowing a second language, especially English, can set you apart from the rest. In a time where jobs are scarce and families desperately need income, a good job is a precious thing to come by. Magdalena is very close to Antigua, a…
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Creating Future Leaders
One of the things we do as a ministry is not just train our students in a vocation or academic preparation but also we help prepare them to be leaders in their homes, professions and the community. We partner with Guatemala Prospera a John Maxwell Foundation partner to give our graduates a 30 week leadership…
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Giving Hope through Our Feeding Center
We continue to give hope through our feeding center. Although we cannot have the regular feeding center each week we give out bags of food to the families connected with our feeding center twice per week. Yesterday we had a special activity which we will be doing every few months. We shared a snack, devotional…
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Weekly Staff Devotional
Every Monday Morning our staff gathers at 7am to pray, study and worship together. We prepare the teachers to be able to take the topic of the week to their students. We also record the devotional and song we are using for the week so the students can learn and grow as their interact with…
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Stories that Inspire #1
All of us enjoy stories that inspire us. This is one such story… Meet Irma. She is a student in our middle school program. Here in Guatemala middle school is called “Basicos.” This lady had a desire to go back to school to finish her education since she, like many ladies her age on finished…
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Story from the Feeding Center
From time to time we like to share stories of our students or in this case one of the kids in our feeding center. Meet Angela and hear a little about her story: My name is Angela Aracely Martinez Lobos. I’m a 10 year old girl and I’m in third grade in the local elementary…
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School Changes for Love Guatemala in 2021
One thing that the last year has taught us all is that we need to learn to adjust and shift to be able to continue and improve in a different time. Covid has brought challenges and changes for all of us. Last year we shifted all our schools to virtual and the majority of our…
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Staff 2021
Please pray for our amazing team this year. This year has already proved to be challenging but this team is amazing and doing a great job of pivoting and overcoming. They are working hard to provide the best online learning experience possible. Please pray for them, their families and all the students they serve. Pray…