Guatemala




Guatemala is a beautiful country marred by crushing poverty. I was told that many of the children are pulled out of school after 6th grade because their families need them to work. Some of them grow up short because of the pressure on their spines from carrying heavy loads on their backs in the fields. Other children lose fingers or are burned making fireworks, another side income for poor families. The family we visited has 6 people living in a cardboard and tin shack. A girl who works for compassion to bring relief to these kids said "it's most rewarding when we can see the children starting to dream again." Melissa sponsors a girl in Guatemala and we were able to meet her and give her some small presents which she loved. I heard a story about some sponsors who got to meet their little girl in ecuador and she'd gotten up very early and traveled a great deal to meet her sponsors. They'd brought her some carefully chosen toys and candy and as she held the little treasures she said something very quietly. When they asked the translator, the translator replied: "it's not easy to translate but it's an old ecuadorean saying that basically means: "I can never repay you, but God will."

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we have so much. we are so blessed.

Posted: Mon - February 12, 2007 at 10:53 AM          

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