Guatemala

Blanket Distribution

angelina | 08/08/2009 05:57 | Views: 562

Thanks to the generous donation of a local production company named "Faxel" we were able to distribute about 120 blankets to the community of Tamarindo which is located 3 hours outside the city of Guatemala is one of the most remote in this state. The journey there was an adventure as one third of the [More...]

Christmas 2008

angelina | 31/12/2008 11:52 | Comments : 1 | Views: 574

Visiting those less fortunate than ourselves is a good reminder of how blessed we are throughout the year and how thankful we can be for the simple things we so often take for granted like having family and good health.  Fundaninos is one of the three orphanages that we've worked with regularly in 2008. It's located in the hills on the outskirts of Guatemala city, a [More...]

Panajachel

angelina | 02/02/2008 21:08 | Views: 714

My parents, who have been visiting us, invited me to go with them to Panajachel - a quaint little tourist town located on the lake Attitlan which is 1500 meters above sea level and is surrounded by three volcanoes. Our trip was only three days, but was so relaxing it truly was a breath of fresh air and gave me renewed inspiration. We started the 4 hour journey at 9:00 after a small set-back as [More...]

Overview of our Work in Guatemala

angelina | 07/11/2007 12:24 | Views: 1349

The Family International is composed of missionaries who operate on an individual, voluntary basis. We have been operating in Guatemala for several years, and currently have two locations in the city that our fulltime volunteers base out of. We live a cooperative communal lifestyle which enables us to make better use of our time, finances and resources. Our primary goal is that of telling [More...]

Guatemala - First Impressions

kevin | 29/10/2006 21:10 | Views: 479

Our Move to Guatemala It was some time in spring 2006 that the Lord has told us we should prepare to move to a new mission field. We sent out a world-wide ad to all our missions to see who would respond and we got over 30 responses from all the continents except for Antarctica. Truly the harvest is plenteous but the laborers are few! After praying about each single invitation, the Lord [More...]