EMBRACE ENTRIES UPDATE FOR JANUARY 2026
We have kicked off the new year in a flurry. We have already had two days of registration where we signed up 28 new families into the Embrace program. We are using a new system to measure and analyze the children’s health; which goes deeper than previous methods. The board that we have used in […]
EMBRACE UPDATE FOR DECEMBER 2025
The December Embrace meetings are my favorites! Our Christmas Blessing outreach was a huge success. The generosity of our sponsors who participated made sure that no child left empty-handed. Everyone received a full food bag; even those who do not have a sponsor yet. This included a few extra treats such as coffee and chocolate […]
EMBRACE UPDATE FOR NOVEMBER 2025
We had another registration in November for Embrace and signed up 9 new children into the program. We took the annual photos of the children; giving the children the choice of what backdrop to use. The choices this year were a princess castle, a Christmas tree with fireplace and dinosaurs. Christmas was the most popular […]
EMBRACE UPDATE FOR OCTOBER 2025
October was a busy month for Embrace. We had our final weighing, measuring for heights and the levels of nutrition done for every child; to have updated information to pass along to the sponsors. We finished doing the annual family interviews for the same purpose (to update sponsors) and to use this information to decide […]
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 […]
EMBRACE UPDATE FOR APRIL 2025
We had a registration in April and signed up 7 more children to enter into the Embrace program. We gave a training session in our April meetings to all of our families to prepare them for our annual “Garden in a Bag” project that will be implemented in May. Families were instructed how to prepare […]