News from GRACES

Dear Friends, Thank you so much for keeping Guatemala and all of the children and their families in your prayers. Due to the outbreak of Coronavirus (COVID-19), the Guatemala Ministry of Education has suspended classes for 21 days, beginning today. The teachers are meeting to come up with a plan to continue providing food for the children. We ask you to come alongside us during this time. Our students and…

In anticipation of International Women’s Day, I was reflecting on women in Guatemala who had an impact on me, and the list is long! Recently, I had an eye-opening conversation with a mother at Escuela Integrada.  Last week, I went on a home visit with our school psychologist to visit a mother, Flor, who just had an operation. She had to have a mass taken out of her uterus and…

Escuela Integrada staff members will hold regular prayer meetings the last Tuesday of every month at 4pm EST. They want this to be a global effort and have asked if you would also come alongside them in prayer. If you are interested in becoming a prayer partner and receiving updates on prayer request that are being prayed over, please sign up below:

At the beginning of last year, Sergio, a father of one of the students at Escuela Integrada, handed his sons teacher a bag of school supplies saying that it was for Maria. Maria’s family simply could not afford the small amount of additional school supplies that families are supposed to provide for their children. Instead of putting the burden back on the school, Sergio took it upon himself to purchase…

When I first met Oliver, he was young and timid.  It was his first time in a new school with new kids and new faces. He was one of the children at Escuela Integrada who needed someone to sponsor his education. Morgan and I knew we wanted to sponsor one of the children, but there was a small problem… There were so many kids that needed a sponsor. How were…

Last week, I went to the toy store with a young boy that I’ve known for a long time. It was his birthday in November so I told him he could pick out two gifts: one for his birthday and one for Christmas. I won’t lie, it felt amazing to be able to offer this young boy something that he never gets to do. When I was a child, I…