Today we visited Eagle’s Nest Feeding Center, school and orphanage near Solola, Guatemala. Several years ago a missionary couple saw this property sitting on a hill that was a failed time share resort. They inquired about the property and were told that it was almost in foreclosure and the asking price was One Million Dollars. After a year of prayer and raising funds, they were able to buy the property for $150,000.00. Today they feed about 50 kids in the Manna Feeding Center and the orphanage houses about 65.
We got to feed the children and hand our more goodie bags that Pastor JJ’s team brought from Illinois. Most of these children are Mayan. They are very small for their age. I met a little boy named Daniel. The school leader asked him to show his muscles. Daniel’s muscles were awesome for an 8 year old. Pastor Pedro even said that Daniel had great ab muscles. At about 7 years old Daniel started working in the fields with his family. Pastor Pedro had to beg the parents to let Daniel come to the feeding center after school. Daniel’s mom only speaks the Mayan language and is illiterate and his dad is never home.
We just think that we have poverty in America. In America there is housing, WIC, food stamps and other charities to help out the poor. Here in Guatemala there is no help from the government. Some children are required to work very hard to help provide for their family. Many of these kids only get one meal a day. The missionaries here are doing a great job reaching the lost through the Manna Feeding Centers...David
Today, we went to one of the most beautiful places I have ever seen. Words can’t
describe the true beauty of the expansive cobalt lake surrounded on every side by majestic volcanoes. It looked like we were stepping into a scene from Jurassic Park, only better because I was there and it was real. All we could say was wow... The dense forestation and plunging water falls were breathtaking. I wish you all could be here with us. Pictures just can’t do it justice.
We had lunch at the base of the lake, then drove to a MANNA center located on the top of a mountain overlooking the lake and I met little girl there named Lydia. All the kids were seated at their tables about to eat lunch. Our group had just entered the feeding center, when I saw the tiniest little girl helping place spoons in each bowl as her mother served the food and placed them on a table. She was wearing a traditional Mayan/Guatemalan dress. Her black hair was braided. As she sat down at her table to eat lunch with the other kids, I sat down beside her and asked her name and if I could take her picture. We visited for a little while, before she had to return to school. I greatly enjoyed meeting my new friend, but even more, I enjoy knowing that she is being fed every day, her mother is employed, they are hearing about God and MANNA Worldwide is a part of that.
Over the past four years, it has been awesome to see the work that God is doing through MANNA around the world and it blesses me to be able to see it up close and personally. We had a great day today...Kim
Please go to the MANNA FB to see more pics from todays adventures.
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