Our Marine View team is booked and ready for our stove mission trip in April! As of this week we are now 16 (traveling) members strong, including eleven “veterans” from previous team rosters and five who will visit the Western Read More …
Preparing for the village of Montenegro Yacanxac
The Joy of Finishing Up
As the year nears its end, so does our little project for the two villages we worked in this year! About two weeks ago Hands for Peacemaking staff was able to deliver the white boards and teacher desks they built Read More …
Marco, Mimi and Alan coming to town
So much has happened since Marine View’s Guatemala team left the villages of Puente Alto and San Agustin in late April. Our goal was to install 125 stoves and Ecofilters in village homes, which we did while there, but through Read More …
A few reflections on our trip
As Alaska Air flight 1354 ascended into the blackness from Guatemala City around 1:30 a.m. Monday with 10 of our 12 team members aboard, we could reflect on the brightness we had left behind on the neighboring villages of Puente Read More …
Reward day
After four fairly intense work days in our two Mayan villages, today is what one could call a day of rewards. I know some on our team may argue that every minute of our time here was rewarding, that the Read More …
A procession
One of the highlights of our journey so far was seeing the amazing Holy Week processional Friday night wind through the streets of the large city of Huehuetenango, where we’d stopped for the night after long day of driving after Read More …
A dozen off to Guatemala
Whenever our teams congregate for the pre-trip packing party, I worry if we will have enough space in our luggage for all of our supplies. This year was no exception. We have small items, like pencils and sharpeners. We have Read More …
Let’s try that again
I’m giving those of you (probably most) who received an email today that started with old posts a second chance! My apologies – in setting up this technology again this year I apparently overlooked a step. The correct post for Read More …
Villages in ground zero of Guatemala Genocide
Forty-three years ago this July the two Mayan villages where the Marine View Presbyterian Church’s Guatemala team will work this month were literally wiped out by government forces seemingly bent on killing every man, woman and child in the region. Read More …
Village updates and three invitations
Hey everyone, it’s been a few months since our Marine View stove team returned from Guatemala and I wanted to provide you with some quick updates about our work there, plus invite you to some upcoming events. First, I am Read More …