Autumn in the hills of Guatemala brings a lot of excitement. It’s the time for the corn harvest as well as time for graduation from school. For our friends in Santa Avelina we’ll be celebrating with them as the Year 6 kids graduate and move on to the next stage in their lives.
It seems a small gesture, but TeamHelps has been able to provide these graduates with school jackets that have the name of the school embroidered on the front and on the back the year of their graduation. This year there are 20 children graduating. To me this is an amazing sign of hope in a place that seems so ‘heavy’ with the load of everyday survival.
In addition we’re so happy to see Isabela graduate from boarding school in ChiChi Isabela’s mother died a year ago and she has continued on with her dream of becoming a bookeeper and has been at the top of her class.
The son of our friend Domingo has a son named Pedro Angel who we’ve been fortunate enough to help in his final year of school. Pedro has dreamed of being a teacher since he was in first grade and he now can now see that dream become a reality.
For these kids to continue on with more than just a few years of school is something to see. For them it is hope and a way to help their community out of the isolation that they are in.
It’s a good time of year.