My Nonprofit Reviews

My experience in Guatemala was incredible. Imagine walking into a dirt floor home, with thin walls made from scrap wood and simple tin roofs, with no air conditioning, television, computer, furniture, appliances or flushing toilets. We seem to think we need so much, yet they have so little and are very happy. Smiles were everywhere. I'm so glad I was honored with the opportunity to be on the Helps International stove team through our church. With the tools on our backs and a heart to give, it felt so good to help others. In just one week, our team transformed nearly one hundred homes from cooking over an indoor open fire, inhaling smoke and getting burned, to concrete block stoves that used far less wood, piped the smoke out the roof and are much safer. What an improvement we made and what a joy we felt. Their grateful smiles translated to every language. I just don't look at my life the same way. Now I have a better understanding of what is actually important in life.