Guatemala:
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church-Naperville, IL
Built tables and playground set for local school, children's activities, fluoride varnished children's teeth, painted classrooms, delivered and installed stoves, delivered and installed water systems.
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Zaida is 20 months old and came with her sister Daniela. Both of these little ones were being abused and neglected by their stepfather. Their mother turned them over to court system and the judge placed them in our care due to their poor health and malnutrition.
Luis Fernando (holding the white guitar) is 9 years old. It didn't take him very long to adjust to his new surroundings and to get busy making friends with the students in our Music In Motion Program.
Juan Antonio is 9 years old. He came to the Reese House with his brother Luis Antonio. They are Mayan and Juan Antonio only speaks Queqchi their native language. His brother Luis Antonio speaks Spanish also and is able to translate for him.
Luis Antonio is 12 years old and he came with his brother, Juan Antonio. They came to us after the Police removed them from the streets where they were found asking for money and their father, who is blind, was not able to be located.
In May, Commandante Cesar Augusto Gonzalez Arroyo, head of the Volunteer Fire Department in Guatemala; Jorge Luis Gonzalez Arroyo, Firefighter from Guatemala City; and Edgar Rolando Cornejo Saenz, Firefighter from Guatemala City stopped in at the HIM office to pick up firefighter equipment to take back to Guatemala that was donated to our Hearts On Fire Program.
