EMBRACE UPDATE FOR JUNE 2026
June was an exceptionally busy month for the Embrace child sponsorship program. We celebrated the second quarter of birthdays; honoring the children who have birthdays during the months of April, May and June. Cake and refreshment were served to everyone to enjoy. We sang to the birthday children, prayed over them, gave them a small […]
EMBRACE UPDATE FOR MAY 2026
May brought us very hot weather. Our rainy season should be starting and has not and we ask for your prayers for that. They predicted that the rains would not come until June this year and that is what is happening. It is delaying the planting for the families and obviously affects when they will […]
EMBRACE UPDATE FOR APRIL 2026
We weighed, measured heights and calculated the BMI for each child in April; we do this quarterly. This allows us to track how the children are doing in their overall health. It takes time but gives true and accurate progress reports; information that is posted so that sponsors can follow their health status. There was […]
EMBRACE UPDATE FOR MARCH 2026
March was a busy month for Embrace. We celebrated our quarterly birthday party; to recognize children who were born in January, February or March. We had teams here for 4 of the 6 monthly meetings which was helpful preparing the food bags, in baking the cakes and lending a hand during the meetings. A Bible […]
EMBRACE ENTRIES UPDATE FOR FEBRUARY 2026
February was the culmination of our “Health Emphasis” for each Embrace child. Lab work that was done in January was reviewed by Guatemalan doctors and a physical check-up done for each child. Medication was given for what each child needed. These annual check-ups help us to stay on top of whatever medical needs may exist […]
EMBRACE UPDATE FOR SEPTEMBER 2025
September meetings included celebrating the birthdays for the third quarter; for those children who have their birthdays in July, August and September. 53 children were honored, prayed over, sang to, given a small toy and a coupon to use at the ministry’s clinic store for those who have a sponsor. Everyone enjoyed some birthday cake […]
EMBRACE UPDATE FOR AUGUST 2025
Another month has come and gone! This month we weighed each child and did the evaluation of their nutritional levels; this is done 4 times a year to track their health. It was also the month that we did our bi-annual parasite treatment of every child and also their parents, if they wanted it! This […]
EMBRACE UPDATE FOR JULY 2025
July was a busy month for our Embrace families. We started each of our monthly meetings by interviewing the families about a number of things. We wanted to know how their home gardens were doing, whether they had any issues with their water filters and how their eco stoves were working for those that have […]
EMBRACE UPDATE FOR JUNE 2025
June was a busy month for Embrace. We celebrated the second quarter of birthdays; honoring those with birthdays in the months of April, May and June. We sing Happy Birthday to the children, pray over them, give each child a small toy and a coupon provided by their sponsor to purchase something at the ministry’s […]
EMBRACE UPDATE FOR MAY 2025
May was a pretty quiet month; with not a lot of extra things going on for Embrace. Our weather has been very hot in Guatemala and we are awaiting the rainy season to begin so that the people can plant. The big item in May was giving each family their “Garden in a Bag”. Every […]