A heavy rain overnight pelting the corrugated tin roof over the school that serves as our base did not dampen our spirits on Monday, especially after we passed out the gift packs we brought to at least 115 school children. Read More …
Kid packs and stoves
A marvelous greeting
The villagers of Rancho Palmeras greeted us in full force as we arrived late Sunday afternoon, clapping as we stepped off the bus and many snapping shot after shot with their smart phones. Then there were the handshakes, the hugs Read More …
The long road to Barillas
The two nights since we hopped on an airplane in Seattle now seems like a forever ago. After an overnight flight and our arrival in Guatemala City Friday morning (laying over in Mexico City) we met up with our friends Read More …
A few more prep pics
These photos arrived from our field team on Monday afternoon so I thought I’d share. They show more stove and water tank preparation work in the village by Hands for Peacemaking staff and kids in the local school. We will Read More …
Packed and ready for Guatemala
While our team was loading up nine bags full of supplies at a home in Seattle on Saturday, another team some 3,500 miles away was getting ready for our arrival. And that’s no small task. In the months and weeks Read More …
Our team
While this post is mainly to introduce the team members leaving for Guatemala on May 12, I also need to point out that our non-traveling team members include most of you, our supporters and donors! It’s folks like Eugene Montgomery, Read More …
The village of Rancho Palmeras
When Hands for Peacemaking teams travel to Guatemala, they are provided with bits of information about where they are going and the people whom we will serve, so this post will give you an idea of where we will work: Read More …
Back to Guatemala!
Hola everyone, Our team of nine is extremely excited to be returning to Guatemala next month! Four of our team members (Craig, Christie, Tom and Brian) are veterans of previous Hands for Peacemaking mission trips to the Mayan villages of Read More …
Seeing through the storm
Heavy rains from Tropical Storm Nana did not stop the Hands for Peacemaking staff from this one last mission on Thursday: Distributing eyeglasses to the village. “The rain started when we were doing the eye clinics,” Marco reported from Esperancita Read More …
All in. Stove work is done!
Hooray, our Hands for Peacemaking team in Guatemala finished up today! They installed the final 40 stoves in the homes of Esperancita Yulmacap, making it a total of 115 stove and 112 water filter installations in the village. On Thursday Read More …