Love Guatemala Blog

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Start of Classes 2021

    We started classes last week. We are glad to have nearly 100 students enrolled even though it is mostly going to be online learning this year. This has presented many challenges for our staff and also the students. We are grateful for the amazing staff we have that has been doing everything possible to make…

  • School Year 2021: Enrollments

    We are off and running for the 2021 academic school year. This year will look very different as it will for most schools. (More to come on the blog about this next week.) We are going to begin all virtual this year. This is a challenge for most here for lots of reasons. But we…

  • School Supplies for Hundreds of Kids

    We are grateful for the opportunity to bless over a hundred kids with school supplies for the new year. Even though most are still studying online they need supplies and we were able to come alongside them because some generous friends. Please pray for these students and all students in Guatemala. Education many times is…

  • First Children’s Devotional of the Year

    This week, Love Guatemala was able to host a small devotional for some of the children from the feeding center. We are so blessed to have the multipurpose area available to us in this time because it allows us to have an outdoor area to be able to better follow Covid precautions.  It was so…

  • Prayers for 2021

    As we jump into a new year, we are overjoyed at the idea of all the things God is going to do in 2021! With that being said, we want to be praying continuously for what is to come.  The classes this year will be different than we had hoped, but we are still praying…

  • Year End Gift 2020!

      2020 has been a challenging year for all of us! Here at Love Guatemala we have continued to serve our staff and students in many different ways. We have given away more than 1,200 bags of food feeding hundreds of families. We have given away clothing, shoes and even helped build a couple homes.…