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 …
Category: Marine View 2024
Updates from the Hands for Peacemaking/Marine View Presbyterian Church Team 2024
A new road needed for El Moxon
The team all arrived safely at SeaTac International late Sunday, our minds filled with memories of our interactions with the villagers, the work we accomplished, the long travel and some of the fun we had at the touristy but spectacular Read More …
With love in our hearts and heat in our feet
We are back at the mission house in Barillas as I type, having completed our work in the villages of Las Limas and El Moxon (mo-chone) in often uncomfortable conditions but with love in our hearts. Our team of 12 Read More …
First day of stove installation is a hot one
After days of travel, our team finally reached the village of Las Limas late Sunday afternoon, where we were greeted resoundly by the villagers and treated to numerous singing and dance performances by the children. That morning we had attended Read More …
The long and winding road to Barillas
While most everyone else back home was awaiting the arrival of night sky to gaze at the Northern Lights, the Guatemala team was in a state of hard doze after nearly 24 hours of continouous travel by plane and bus Read More …
Meet the Guatemala team
By the time most of you see this, assuming all goes well with jet connections and such, we will have flown (via Alaska Air) overnight from SeaTac to LAX then to Guatemala City, where we will be greeted by Marco Read More …
Hot weather expected in villages for stove installation
All of the weather apps, and verified by Marco, the Hands for Peacemaking Foundation’s national director who will meet us Friday at the Guatemala City airport, tell us it’s hotter than usual in the region where we will work right Read More …
Packed and ready for our mission
Today was packing day for the Marine View 2024 Guatemala team. Eleven of us assembled on this drizzly morning under the protection of team member Tom’s carport in West Seattle, and in assembly line fashion loaded up the 12 supply Read More …
Just days away from Guatemala
Preparing for a Guatemala mission isn’t quite like that of an Everest expedition or a lunar landing, but it does take a fair amount of planning and hard work. First, a team must be formed. We have a team. Check. Read More …
You’re invited to dinner!
A dinner in NE Tacoma to help people in two Guatemalan villages prepare their dinners in a safer, more healthful way. What could be better? The Marine View PC/Hands for Peacemaking Guatemala team is once again hosting a dinner (or Read More …