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Moved by a mission: helping to educate underserved Maya children in Guatemala
A first-hand look at how a nonprofit is helping to educate underserved Maya children in Guatemala By Mary Korbulic Last February, just...
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St. John’s Episcopal Church transforms the lives of Mayan families
For the first time in his seven years, Diego arrived at the table to find something green and orange on his dinner plate. Carrots and...
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Let the children read
The dusty mountain road stretched ahead. I could see up ahead that it was blocked again, this time with a frayed rope hung across it,...
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Renewed Hope for Nuevo San Ildefonso
I met him at the gate. He was an unannounced youth of some 20 years, wearing a threadbare shirt and pants that hung on his thin frame,...