Trip to Las Vistas

My daughter Abbie and I visited Las Vistas, one of our city projects which sits high above Guatemala City in a very poor part of the city. The great joy of this trip was the fact that 2 of our sponsored children (we have sponsored 3 AMG kids for 3 plus years now) attend Las Vistas and we finally got to meet them. We had only seen them thus far through letters and photos.

Elvis is 6 and Andrew Alexander is 9. Elvis´s brothers and sisters also attend the project. His eldest sister is a graduate of AMG and has now returned as a teacher. It was an amazing thing to see how AMG has changed an entire family´s life! They seemed so happy at the school, their second home. We visited Andrew´s home and met his mother, who was very humble and kept asking forgiveness for not allowing us in her home. It is customary in Latin America that if you are to have someone in your home, you must offer them something to drink or a small bite to eat. She had neither to offer.

We concluded our trip by visiting the classrooms and talking with the children in each grade. When I walked in to Elvis´s room, he shouted 'mi padrino!' 'mi padrino!' which translate to my sponsor/God-father. He was so proud that he walked around the class announcing to many of his classmates, 'my padrino came to see me!' Several children came up and asked (seeking to confirm his claims) 'are you REALLY??? his padrino?' I was sad for several that said, 'who's my padrino? Can they visit me?' Earlier I had explained to Elvis and Andrew that Mary and I and the kids now lived in Guatemala and work for AMG and we want to be part of their lives. I am going to be praying about ways we could help. If you too are interested in sponsoring a child...and maybe one day coming to visit us and them, click on the child sponsorship button to teh right of our blog. I hope you enjoy the video below as much as we enjoyed our day there: