Twenty-five years ago, Manuela and her husband moved from San Antonio Palopo to the village of Chipop, a town located farther up the side of one of the mountains bordering Lake Atitlan. They had a small piece of property there, and her husband built a small, one-room
We first met 5-year-old Juana Silvia back in the spring of last year, when Mission Guatemala first began to work in Nueva Esperanza. Juana was a quiet, thoughtful, and affectionate child, but she suffered with eyes that were misaligned, her left eye veering off to the outside
Even in the United States, we’re accustomed to constantly dealing with funding issues in the public school systems, as it seems that every year budget constraints force restrictions in available classes or activities. And while these issues in the US education system are a definite cause for
For the first time after almost 8 years of pain and a gradual loss of mobility, Mario Yos is finally seeing a glimmer of hope for some relief. As a young man of only 18, Mario first began noticing pain and swelling in the joints of his
Can you imagine a school with 200+ students and only two faucets to serve the entire school? That was the challenge facing the community of Chuti Estancia! The school was working with a Peace Corps worker trying to teach the children the importance of washing hands and
With the Mission Guatemala old red Toyota pick-up truck loaded full of colorfully wrapped food baskets, the staff of the mission began distributing Christmas food baskets to 120 families in the communities of Pacaman, Nueva Esperanza and Chutinamit. This was an undertaking that had begun weeks earlier
On Monday morning in Nueva Esperanza, squeals of excitement erupted from the assembled children of the community as the clown, Payaso Clavito, entered the room, and the laughter and excitement didn’t stop throughout that day and the next, as Mission Guatemala celebrated Christmas with the children of
The Mission Guatemala staff has been very busy getting ready for Christmas! Thanks to the generosity of many southern Indiana United Methodist congregations, 100 poor indigenous Mayan families will be receiving food baskets to brighten up their Christmas celebrations. Shortly before Christmas, the baskets will be given
There was a wonderful feeling of excitement in the room as it began to fill with children and parents! The day had finally come! It was time to celebrate the first graduating class from the Mayan Families/Mission Guatemala preschool. The graduates were straightening their hats and the
Mission Guatemala is pleased to welcome Dr. Luis Edwin Chumil to our clinic staff as our main clinic doctor! Dr. Chumil had been working one day a week filling in for our regular clinic doctor. However, in October, the full time clinic doctor needed to leave his
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