The Faces of Guatemala 2014, Part 2
Jul 29 2014 · 0 comments · Community Service, Personal, Travel ·0
As promised, albeit a week late, more faces from my Guatemala Mission Trip: the people in our village, as well as our hard working and dedicated team…
Brother and Sister
The Family
The Family that Kelly and Jen first met 3 years ago and still keep in touch with…
Jen visiting with the Family
The Artist of the Family and me
The Family and 2014 team
A young one
I remember this girl from last year, she was much thinner then, she seems more happy
What a glorious, happy face!
Chasen, our photographer and mighty man
Sarah
Petite Beauties
Our Family we built a house for this year
Alise
Mallory and Child
Villagers of all ages
The Women of Team Kelly
A Boy and His Painting
Sweetness
Lovey
Chasen and friend
Alise and friend
Bubbles and Girl
“The Chasen” (all the boys wanted “hairdos like Chasen”)
Beauty
Those Eyes…
Man of the Village
Isabella (ballerina) and missionary with Child
Girls taking a break
Julia, a new friend, and me on our last night together
It is hard to imagine that my trip was 6 weeks ago. The faces are so fresh in my memory and I am still dreaming about our village experience. Sometimes I feel that building one house a year is just not enough in a country that is so poor. With the news of mothers in Central America giving their children to “handlers” so they can escape to the United States for a better future, this feeling hits especially hard. Having been to Guatemala and experienced the poverty and corrupt government firsthand, I can understand the desperation in a mother’s heart. I came upon this quote by Eleanor Roosevelt and it gives me hope…
“It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness”
~Eleanor Roosevelt
God Bless Guatemala.
xo,
Pamela
0
