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STUDENTSInternational
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Child Sponsorship
- Site Leaders: Cesar & Yvonne Rosales
- Prayer Requests:
- God’s provision for new sponsors
- Pray for the current sponsors, that they can continue to support their children.
- For the sponsor kids and their families
- For the relationships with the children and their families.
- Graduating students to be able to find jobs
- For the discipleship program that we are carrying out in homes and with special cases.
- For His provision to the Rosales Morales Family (site leaders)
- Suggested Donations:
- Pencils, triangular wooden crayons, pens, wool, flutes, printing paper, highlighters, dry erase markers, rapidographs, staplers, staples, compasses, permanent markers, pencil cases, geometric games, thin markers, rulers, sharpeners, notebooks, Construction paper, Dot Markers, Scientific Calculators.
- Educational toys: (Marble Works, Small Lego Prize Boxes, Large Lego Activity Boxes, puzzles, Math Wrap ups, Tangram, Geoboard with rubber bands, kinetic sand, plasticine, orbeez, playfoam).
- Prizes for kids (candy, chocolate, hot wheels cars, barbies, soccer balls, lunch bags, action figures, toys are expensive to get in Guatemala).
- Backpack for elementary, junior high and high school kids.
- Wipes.
- Site Description:
- Child Sponsorship & Education is a program that seeks the integral development of the child and teenager. This is achieved thanks to the fact that there is support in their cognitive and spiritual development. Our students receive classes in different schools in Magdalena and its communities. Every week our sponsor kids come to tutoring where they receive support in topics that they have not yet understood and help with homework. In addition, each week they receive Bible lessons in the different clubs that are based on their age and school year. Some of the different activities we'll be doing include craft workshops, self-esteem talks, science experiments, personal care, VBS and camps. Accompanied by this we have the school for parents where biblical advice on the family is shared.
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Girls Club
- Site Leader: Sydnee Wiard Alvarado
- Prayer Requests:
- Pray that the girls may come to know their true value in Christ and that they would put their trust in Him.
- Suggested Donations:
- 3mm Macrame Cord (urgent)
- Large hole wooden beads
- Wooden rings to hang macrame projects
- Fabric scissors
- Metal keychain rings or clips
- Gel nail polishes
- Nail brushes for designs
- Sally Hansen cuticle remover
- Cuticle pushers and clippers
- Crafting supplies
- Any small gift for prizes (Cute notebooks, makeup, jewelry, etc.)
- Devotions or bible study books for adolescent girls
- Coloring books for young adults
- Site Description:
- The Girls Club site works with teenage girls and young single mothers in Magdalena, El Gorrión, and San Miguel. We offer various beauty classes and classes for macrame for the girls to learn practical skills, while also sharing the Gospel to see them transformed. We desire to see girls become confident in who God has made them to be and grow in wisdom and maturity. As part of this site, we will be running our Girls Club every week, where school-aged girls from the community attend to listen to devotions, play games, do crafts, and build community.
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Microfinance
- Site Leader: Gerber Lopez
- Prayer Requests:
- That we would maintain the vision of our Site
- For the protection and guidance of God
- That God would prosper the businesses of our borrowers
- For the health of our borrowers
- For Bolena’s health, Gerber’s wife
- Suggested Donations:
- Fifteen Bibles in Spanish, RVR1960
- Fifteen basic calculators
- Fifteen notebooks
- A monetary contribution to fund a micro-loan*
- *(All donations to the Microfinance Fund will be re-given after the borrowers have paid the loan back. Your donation continues to give financial opportunities to families in the area of our ministry.)
- Site Description:
- Team Members will have the opportunity to work in all aspects of the micro-loan program. This will include encouraging and praying for borrowers through home visits, assisting in loan applications, payment collections, and leading bi-weekly Bible studies. SI provides support to the borrowers, so Team Members may also help with hands-on projects such as chicken vaccinations, chicken coop construction, and more. This lending program focuses primarily on women and families in Magdalena, El Gorrion, and San Miguel by extending loans of $100 – $500 for income-generating projects. Through the loans, SI hopes to help families on their journey out of poverty and to empower them for future success.
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Physical Therapy
- Site Leader: Gaby Escobar
- Suggested Donations:
- Microwave Heating pads for: knee, back, neck.
- Hand weights
- Small hard balls
- Stress balls
- Foam exercise rolls
- Anatomy books
- Electrodes for large, medium and small electrical stimulation.
- BIOFREEZE Gel
- Kinetic sand
- Plasticine
- Exercise balls
- Games for stimulation and cognitive learning
- Picture Bibles
- Easy books to read
- Stickers: Christian quotes and Bible verses
- Bookmarks
- Christian keychains
- Site Description:
- The Physical Therapy site is dedicated to being able to connect with the community by carrying out activities that contribute to physical, mental, social and spiritual health to find the gospel and life purpose. Through group exercises, patient care, training on the importance of physical activity and home visits. Committed to provide a professional service at low cost in the community to raise awareness of the benefits of physical activity.
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Social Work — Women's
- Site Leader: Sheny Orozco
- Prayer Requests:
- Pray for spiritual growth and good health for the group of women in the Site.
- That God would give ideas and open doors for training for things that the ladies could do to help them financially.
- Pray for every woman’s family in the site.
- Suggested Donations:
- 12 fabric scissors
- Dressmaker pins
- Different fabrics
- Seam rippers
- Scissor sharpener
- Donation to buy two sewing machines
- Chocolates
- Mugs
- Twelve books: The Purpose driven life in Spanish (Una Vida con Propócito)
- Fifteen Bibles for Women, NIV version in Spanish
- Site Description:
- The goal of our Women's Social Work site is to see women transformed by the power of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We desire to see their quality of life improved, to see them actively participating in various projects that are focused on helping the needs of their community and families, and to help those that have been through various forms of abuse and neglect. In this site students will assist Sheny in reaching the women of San Miguel and the surrounding communities through home visits, group meetings/counseling, sowing classes, jewelry classes, devotionals, and much more.
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Special Education
- Site Leader: Brenda Hernandez
- Prayer Requests:
- Pray for the health of the students and families in Magdalena.
- That language barrier won’t be a problem for the team members to interact with the students.
- For wisdom and guidance of God to direct this ministry site in Magdalena.
- Suggested Donations:
- Puzzles (all sizes)
- Memory game
- Crayons
- Erasers
- Markers
- Colored sheets
- 1 speaker
- 1 timer
- Finger paint
- Wipes
- Beauty products
- Aprons
- Clorox wipes
- Site Description:
- The Special Education site is a professional service center for people with special needs in Magdalena and the surrounding villages. Our center is located in the middle of Magdalena Milpas Altas. We provide special education, physical therapy, occupational therapy, spiritual development, and emotional care. Participants will have the opportunity to participate directly with the patients by encouraging them in developing new skills. Participants will help to organize and lead activities (games, songs, readings, and other stimulation activities), to form and develop relationships. Another important part of this ministry is visiting the patients and their families in their homes. Our hope and prayer is to see these people and their families transformed into the likeness of Christ.
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Sports
- Site Leader: Byron Parada
- Prayer Requests:
- Pray for SI Guatemala (leadership and Staff).
- Pray for the Vision and Mission of the sports site.
- Pray for communities in Magdalena (Guatemala).
- Suggested Donations:
- Board games
- 24 soccer balls
- 24 Volleyballs
- JOOLA HIT MIT adjustable volleyball net with stand
- Volleyball supplies
- Volleyball uniform
- Soccer uniform
- Site Description:
- The Sports and Boys Club site works with kids and youth in Magdalena, San Miguel, Buena Vista, and El Tablón. This site incorporates a variety of recreational activities with the goal of teaching, mentoring, and ultimately seeing the lives of young people changed for Christ. The site incorporates baseball, soccer, track and field, and badminton into the program. Interns will build relationships while playing sports, assisting in coaching exercises, and participating in devotionals with the various groups of young people. As part of our sports ministry, we will be running our Boys’ Club every week, in which the boys in the community will attend to listen to devotions, play games, and have time of fellowship.
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Trade School
- Site Leader: Samuel Gomez
- Prayer Requests:
- The families that are part of our different projects
- Our relationships with local pastors.
- That our stoves and filters provide health benefits that the families can see and feel.
- That our new aquaponics project would be well received in the community
- The name of Jesus is made known to those we interact with.
- Suggested Donations:
- 2 No. 60 4 ½-inch sanding disc packs
- 2 No. 5-inch sanding disc packs for cutting metal
- 4 hammers
- White glue bottles
- 4 protective glasses
- 4 sets of wood clamps
- 1 C-clamps
- 600 2-inch screws
- 600 1¼ inch screws
- 1 ball peen hammer
- 1 scissors to cut metal
- 6 nail sets
- 4 measuring tape of 5 meters
- 5 pounds of 2-inch headless nail
- 6 pounds of ½ nail headless nail
- 4 pounds 1-inch head nail
- 1 set of wood drill bits
- 1 set of drill bits
- Site Description:
- The trade school is an avenue to build relationships and share the gospel. Through this trade school, men of all ages from the communities of Magdalena, El Gorrión, and San Miguel will have the opportunity to learn practical skills, working with carpentry, welding, and glasswork. Participants will join in the trade school classes, home visits, and sharing devotionals.
- General Donations for Guatemala (these items are expensive in Guatemala):
- Chocolate chips
- Peanut butter
- First Aid kid (i.e. Tylenol, ibuprophen, Band-Aids, Neosporin, etc)