I know you can’t understand her. If it helps, I can’t either. Candalaria speaks a dialect that I will never master, but thankfully our Guatemalan facilitators speak it fluently.So you will have to trust me when I tell you that she is saying “thank you.” She is expressing her gratitude for your concern, for helping…
We have turned the page on the calendar, which means it is closet purging time at our respective houses. When temperatures warm, I spend time evaluating, perusing and trying to feel a connection to all of the items that have been housed in my closet. Our annual Finding Freedom yard sale is the perfect excuse…
These photos are of the same FFF mother. I took the photo (below, center) two years ago while doing home visits with our team. The photo below that was taken two weeks ago. To keep these photos in perspective, Maria has the worst case of diabetes we have yet encountered in Guatemala. Diabetics that are…
I love this photo taken years ago of my youngest child. The word “joy” comes to mind when you see it; unadulterated childhood pleasure while playing with new puppies. An all-American scene of a treasured child who has the freedom to abandon herself to an afternoon of playtime. Guatemalan cousins Sebastian and Pedro lost…
This is Francisco. Finding Freedom through Friendship started providing his family with monthly food donations last fall.These food donations are not exciting…100 lbs of corn, rice, 50 lbs of black beans, cooking oil, sugar, and eggs. No junk food, no desserts, no soft drinks. Nothing that a typical child would be excited enough to smile…
