This is What the Joy of Adequate Hearing Looks Like

Catarina (right) looks more like one of her own daughters than the mother of these three beautiful girls. She shows the effects of maternal malnutrition in her lack of appropriate height and weight.It has been a difficult year for this 32 year old single mother in northern Guatemala. She suffers from tuberculosis, active asthma and…

 Sometimes we just have to take a leap of faith. The faith in this case meant believing that if we took the boys and their mother into our program, funds to meet their needs (read former post here) would appear before us. It sounds biblical, but it is the reality of running a nonprofit. Meanwhile, the…

Our six month old  white golden retriever has an endearing way of getting our attention. He brings us his stuffed animal of choice, stands at our feet while wagging his tail, and begs (which involves a low groan and lots of eye contact with those big brown eyes) for us to play. In dog language,…

If I lived in the circumstances that our Finding Freedom through Friendship families endure, I have to question whether I would have the emotional capacity to find joy in the holiday season. How many prayers from the women we help have remained unanswered? What endless empty promises from local Guatemalan governments that insist they will improve the…

Fifty three years ago, son number three was born into a Kentucky family of slim resources but an abundance of opportunity. It was a period in American history when dreams were big, energy to create them was plentiful and distractions to take away from that energy were limited. This number three son had fortunate genetics,…