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Beyond Words
I am beyond words today…a hard few weeks of some major family issues have left my writing skills sapped of any creativity. I have always said that no matter how hard my days are, I would never trade one of them for a day in the lives of the women we assist in Guatemala….
When things go wrong in Guatemala.
This is what sometimes happens when Mayan babies see white people for the first time. They express their fear at a fundamental level; vocal and raw and real. Manuela didn’t mind. You can see it in her face. In fact, she is delighted that her baby brother was upset, because one of the things she feels…
Catarina’s new house
Catarina was first referred to Finding Freedom through Friendship in April of 2011. Since being accepted into our program, this mother of three adorable girls has had some profound life changes. Catarina suffered from Tuberculosis and hepatitis when our facilitator, Roland, first met her. She was so thin that it was easy to assume she…
The First Mama and Her Son
Her name is Francesca and in this photo she is shown holding her son Rodrigo. I fell in love with them both from the minute I received the photo from one of our facilitator, ten years ago next month. This Mayan mama’s smile spoke to me. Hidden villages with emotionally reticent women residing in them…
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“A proposal: Widow: Maria Juarez. Her daughter’s name is Catarina and she also has a son. I am including some of my photos of her and her daughter. And she is struggling hard so that they can continue to study. I have seen a document that she showed me that show that her husband died…
