Over the past couple of weeks, we have been privileged to have a couple of teams serve the children at the feeding center. The structure of the feeding center is designed people of every age can help in some capacity. The picture below is of Mr. Jack, 74 years old, practicing math flash cards with … More April 13th
Sheyli is enjoying her second year at the feeding center. She is a very quiet, well-behaved, sweet girl. You never know she is there as she is always on task. She is very proud of making As and Bs on her report card. Some of her favorite things are fried chicken, the color purple, and … More Meet Sheyli
Why have I not blogged in a week? There are 7 children all under the age of 8 to blame! My sister, Daphne, and her family landed last Thursday to visit us for the week. The kids loved spending time with their cousins and we stayed very busy. One of the highlights for the children … More April 6th
The kids at the feeding center had a blast as we celebrated birthdays and Easter! The kids were amazed at the ability to dye an egg. You would’ve thought I was as cool as Bryan Drake when I demonstrated how to place the egg in the cup and it magically turns a different color. … More Easter Activities
Guatemala knows how to celebrate Holy Week. It equates to school being on break, people working only on Monday and Tuesday and lots of loud music. Yesterday we listened to loud Guatemalan-style hymns ALL day. They played until late Friday night and started again at 6:00 am on Saturday. Soy loved it! The families at … More Easter Celebration!
If you follow SLAM on Instagram, you have seen the pictures of the children using computers this past week! For the past week, the children have enjoyed a basic typing game on the computers. We placed the computers in a station so the children used them for about 20 minutes each. However, we have the … More Computers!
30 Days! We have focused on the children at the GRACE feeding center for 30 days. Honestly, I thought it would take us only the month of February to have things organized and running the best way for us. I thought it would only take a few weeks to figure out a way to manage … More March 20th
On Monday and Thursday, we were blessed to have a team of 22 college students work at the feeding center. They all attend Texas A & M and chose to spend their Spring Break serving in Guatemala. On Monday, I observed the team serve lunch, do a Bible craft, perform skits, sing songs, and play … More Texas A & M Team
Samuel is a rambunctious nine year-old boy. Honestly, my first thought after observing him was that I would need a lot of patience with him. However, I have fallen in love with his personality, He is always the first one to dance to the music regardless of what the other kids are doing. He … More Meet Samuel
