Parting thoughts from Guatemala
It is the last morning here at Common Hope and we are washing, drying and packing our clothes, which are always dusty from the work we did or riding in the pack of the pick up. (This is the dry season, so it’s always a bit dusty.) More important, we are taking inventory of all [...]
Buenas noches a todos from Zach Thomas and the Vision Team
{A message from Zach Thomas, who is leading the Vision Team in Guatemala}
What a joy to be writing you from Guatemala. I bring you greetings from Maria Modesta, the church’s godchild. John, Joyce and I visited her today in San Rafael, a small pueblo north of Antigua. Her family’s property as well as their kitchen [...]
Vision Team Update from Sally Thomas
{An update from our Vision Team sent by Sally Thomas}
Our group had a strenuous but very interesting tour of a small coffee farm and the home of a construction worker from Common Hope. Afterwards we had a nice lunch in Antigua in an old Spanish Colonial home, with marimbas playing in the courtyard. Then we [...]