Hi everyone!
I'd like to invite any of you to join us in Guatemala this summer to work on a medical mission up in the mountains around Lake Atitlan...or let me help you set up your own team...or consider supporting a Guatemalan child by paying school fees and supplies for the year ($95 total cost!)...or give a family basic food supplies for a month for $5.00.We'd love to have you share in the joy of making a significant difference in someone's life!
Every summer I have been so fortunate to be part of a group of Americans and Guatemalans who, through Spring of Hope Mission, try to bring medical help and education to rural Guatemalans. Lake Atitlan is one of the most beautiful spots in the world...and one of the poorest, especially devastated by 36 years of civil war. These pictures capture only a glimpse of the warmth and hospitality of the Guatemalan people, yet hide the fact that they cannot afford the most basic food supplies like flour or cooking oil, or that they suffer needlessly with ailments that could be remedied with over the counter medications here in the US. If you are interested in any aspect of this work, please contact me at kirstenmaki@yahoo.com.
