La Mision Encontrandome Con Cristo Guatemala Mission

Programs: Mission program: the organization works in a particular village in guatemala for 2-3 years, providing services such as fresh water systems, solar powered led lighting, wood burning stoves, and repairs to schools and churches. Approximately fifty-five missionaries from the states each pay their own way and go to guatemala to work in these villages. All money raised through donations and fundraising is used to purchase supplies for the projects in the villages and to purchase dry goods such as beans, corn, rice and house wares, which are given to the people of the village before we leave each year.

scholarship program: education is one of the surest ways out of poverty and the organization sees this as another avenue to help the poor in guatemala. The organization pays students' tuition for a year of education, provided the student maintains a certain gpa. The program started with one student and is now supporting thirty students and growing each year. Three different levels of education are supported; high school, trade school, and college. We also help with their living expenses while attending school if they have to travel outside of the city where they live. Students are required to put in two hundred hours of community service in their local communities, including working with us during our annual mission trip. We have a coordinator in guatemala that tracks and monitors students' grades, service hours, and expenses. In 2017, the scholarships provided to students per educational institution are listed below:centro de estudios preuniversitario cahabon: $1,300 for 3 studentscentro educativo menonita qeqchibetzaleel: $816 for 1 studentcentro educativo mision santo domingo: $2,416 for 8 studentscolegio mixto verapaz: $630 for 1 studentinstituto fray domingo de vico: $544 for 1 studentinstituto mixto particular ricardo arjona: $626 for 1 studentinstituto nacional de educacion diversificada: $330 for 1 studentuniversidad san carlos: $544 for 1 studentescuela de agricultura tropical: $1,088 for 2 students

donations: the organization gives monetary donations to support the work of other organizations in the villages of guatemala, including an orphanage, hogar nuestra se ora de los remedios, a home for abused and neglected girls, and to the congregation of nuns that support this orphanage, congregation de marta y maria, in jalapa, guatemala. We also support some of the local dioceses in these poor areas such as the diocese of jalapa, guatemala and the diocese of alta verapaz, guatemala.