Yesterday we flew back from Flores, Peten Department (state) to Guatemala City. We traveled a ways to GU-881 to meet w/some of the emerging leaders out of the Leadership Development Program (LDP). We heard from Harrison the project director & got to see some of the case files & financial documents of the children that came through the program. In addition to ministering to the younger children they have an incredibly successful LDP there & are very blessed to be a part of it.
We heard from Sindy who is a current student at a local university through the support of a CI sponsor in the States. We also got to hear from her mentor & graduate of the LDP, Leticia. I knew of this program & totally believe in providing opportunities such as this. However, it is so very much more meaningful when you connect the home visit & student center experiences with it. We got to hear their hopes, dreams & testimonies of how God has changed their lives. I am really at a loss for words to fully describe what it is like to shake the hands of one of these LDP students/graduates...knowing that the love of Christ through Compassion has brought at least one of their dreams to life. In addition, they made it a point to say that they plan to reinvest in the same project where they were released from poverty. Do they need to? No. Do they want to? Yes. Is it all an act? Absolutely not. You can see it in their eyes that they are serious.
I can't help but to think of "Lu" that we met the first day in her one room house. Someone just like you, the reader could choose to drink one less latte a week & pack a lunch 2 days a week yet release a child like her from poverty. She could be the next Leticia or Sindy. She could come full circle to reinvest in the same ministry where you made a difference in her life in Jesus name.
The pastor of project, Ottoneil Samayoa wanted me to share with all Compassion International sponsors how much God has blessed his center & how the children have been changed through their efforts. He gave God all the glory & asked me to tell Guatemalan sponsors especially.
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