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 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 […]