BREAKING: Volcano erupts in Guatemala, killing dozens
Countless people are living in terror and uncertainty after Guatemala’s most violent volcano eruption in more than a century happened Sunday, just miles from Guatemala City. Dozens are dead and the death toll continues to rise. Fast-moving flows hit villages, killing...
Two months with almost no food
It’s not unusual for a baby to cry, but at two months old, little Mariela Lopez never stopped. She cried from the suffocating heat when the blazing Guatemalan sun beat down on the roof of her family’s mud house. She cried from exhaustion, unable to sleep through the...
Advent: the season of miracles
The arrival of guests you didn’t think could make it for Christmas … a sick family member being able to leave the hospital for the holiday … the sudden arrival of extra funds during a tough financial season … peace among family members where there’s usually tension....
A love that doesn’t make sense
“Some of you are going to go into the village, and you’re going to lock eyes with a kid who is going to change you.” Troy Mizell distinctly remembers these words, spoken by his associate pastor on their first night in Guatemala. When Troy signed up for this missions...
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