Country Site Info - Students International

STUDENTSInternational
Ministry Site Prayer & Donation List

Guatemala

Agriculture — Animal Husbandry
- Site Leader: Meme Hernandez
- Prayer Requests:
  - To maintain the vision of our Site.
  - For protection and guidance of God.
  - God’s provision for the site.
- Suggested Donations:
  - Evangelistic Tracts for adults, youth, and children
- For the purchase of medication in our Agriculture site, we ask for a monetary donation to buy medicine in country.
  - Urgent Donations:
  - Needles to inject 14Gx1 [2 108 mmx2.5
  - Needles to inject 16G x1[1.651 mmx 2.5cma.
  - Needles to inject 18 G x1 1/2 [38.mm.
- Site Description:
  - Our Ag and Vet site exists to meet the small and large animal needs of our communities while building long-lasting relationships through discipleship. Some of the days, Meme will attend to small animal problems, seeing dogs, cats, chickens, and even goats. On other days, Meme will walk out into the community to meet with farmers to care for their larger animals, mainly cows, pigs, and horses. On the agricultural side, we work with a group of men who have planted Avocado trees on their properties. These men have worked since 2014 to cultivate avocados and meeting their goal of producing the best avocados in the region. Serving in this site will require significant amounts of walking.

Girls Club
- Site Leader: Sydnee Wiard Alvarado
- Suggested Donations:
  - Journals for girls
  - Large hole wooden beads
  - Keychain clips
  - Acrylic nail powders
  - Nail toolsets
  - Nail lamps
  - Gel nail polishes
  - Nail brushes
  - Small gifts for prizes
- Urgent
  - Macramé cord
- 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.

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:
  - 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.

Social Work — Child Sponsorship
- Prayer Requests:
  - God’s provision for more sponsors
  - Pray for the current sponsors, that they can continue to support their children.
  - For the relationships with the children and their families.
  - Graduating students to be able to find jobs
  - That Jesus would begin to raise up student leaders and parental involvement
  - Stamina for the year (staff)
  - Students grades and attendance to programs to get better and more consistent.
- Suggested Donations:
  - Legos (small set boxes/ bags for prizes. Large box for activities and games)
  - Markers
  - Scrapbook paper
  - Scientific Calculators
  - Money to buy supplies here.
  - Candy for kids activities and incentives
  - Colored Pencils
  - USB Drives (needed for older students school supply lists)
  - Crayons
  - Prizes for kids with good grades. (Soccer Balls, Lunch Bag, Thermos, Hotwheels Cars, clothing and accessories, action figures, etc. Toys are very expensive to buy in Guatemala)
- Site Description:
  - Similar to other organizations, Students International has a sponsorship program that allows people the opportunity to sponsor children from Guatemala. This program is active in several schools in and around Magdalena. Sponsored children receive benefits, including help with tuition, school uniforms, health care, dental care, eye care, school supplies, and more. The sponsorship team will visit the schools and homes of sponsored children, put together special meeting or parties, and help the teachers and parents to provide improved education and care for the children. The sponsorship team may help teach Nutritional Workshops at the Community Center and assist with office work related to running the program. Building relationships with the children and their families during home visits is a fundamental aspect of the sponsorship site and participants will be active in following up on the medical, educational, and spiritual needs of the children.

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.
  - Pray for the women at the site, so more of them will make the decision to get married
  - Pray for the two groups of women that we will be in our site and also for the girls’ club.
- Suggested Donations:
  - Money to buy 2 sewing machines
  - A linear steam iron
  - Ziploc bags of different sizes
  - Buttons of different shapes and colors (triangular, flowers, hearts)
  - Wooden buttons of different sizes.
  - Spanish Bibles
  - Fabrics of different colors and sizes
  - Chocolate
  - Pins in box
  - 20 books from "A purpose driven life" by Rick Warren in Spanish
  - Yarn
  - 15 Bibles for woman for their graduation from the sawing class
- 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 Victoria in reaching the women of El Gorrion and the surrounding communities through home visits, group meetings/counseling, sowing classes, haircutting classes, beauty classes, various educational meetings, and much more.

Special Education
- Site Leaders: Gaby Escobar and 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:
  - Beauty supplies: hair accessories, perfume, lotion, etc.
  - Toys for stimulation therapy
  - Spanish Flashcards
  - Spanish Audio Stories (CD)
  - Candies to give to students as prizes.
  - Baby wipes and disinfecting wipes (Clorox wipes)
  - Playdough
  - Puzzles
  - Coloring books
  - Chocolate chips
  - Aprons
- 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.

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:
  - 2 Ping Pong Nets
  - 10 Soccer Balls
  - 2 Soccer Gloves
  - 2 Baseball Gloves
  - 5 Baseballs Helmets
  - Toys for prizes
- Site Description:
  - The Sports 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.

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:
  - Monetary donation to help with cost associated with the Carpentry Program
- 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. We have started an Aquaponics project that we hope will be fully operational this year. This will allow us to begin to explore how we can grow fish and vegetables in more urban environments, like on the roof of a house or in a small yard. Interns will participate 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)