My Nonprofit Reviews

Mission Guatemala is a great experience. I believe that missions are just one way that God speaks to us. I believe that missions have a way of changing people and humbling us. Honestly, in my own life I have needed to be humbled now and then. It seems to me that mission work is not about projects or money. It has been said “Why don’t you just send them money”? Well, if throwing money alone, at a problem would work, welfare would be more successful than it is. Look at it this way. If you had 2 feet of snow on the ground, would rather have a neighbor help you shovel snow or have someone knock at the door and had you money for a shovel. There is also a problem with handing out money to nameless, faceless, people when some charity goes into undeserving pockets.

Another question might be: why travel to another country while there are people in this county and this country who are in need? Well, for the most part, our poor have many forms of charity and welfare. I believe that most Mayans survive and a few dollars per day. I don’t know of anyone who cooks on a dirt floor over an open fire. Not very people in the area we visited have running water or electricity. I think that missions are all about caring for and helping other people who are less fortunate than we are. It’s all about walking in another person’s shoes.

Generally speaking the Mayans of Guatemala are treated the way Americans have treated our Native Americans. Their culture is 1,000 years old and has 19 separate and distinct languages. The Mayans are generally mistreated, ignored, and discriminated against by their government. We have sent our Native Americans to Reservations. Mayans seem to settle in mountain like, community / reservations. Mission Guatemala helps the Mayans. Our hosts were the kindest, most generous people I have ever met.

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