FATHER TO THE FATHERLESS Isaac, one of our grade 11 accounting students, has attended our school since 2013. He lives with his mom and many cousins (there are 18 of them in the house!) He’s a likable kid; he studies hard, serves in the church, and is a good friend to all his classmates. ARead more
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THE MOST IMPORTANT THING A haziness in the air sets in at the end of the dry season here in Guatemala. The air gets heavy in the afternoons as we wait for the rains to return. In Biblical symbolism, the rain is synonymous with blessing; it is only fitting that the rainy season starts asRead more
THIS YEAR FEELS DIFFERENT On a bright, sunny morning in January, the blue gates opened, the buses came through, and the students filed out for the first day of another school year. Shouts of laughter rang through the halls as kids went to find their homerooms; teachers led their classes to the first devotions ofRead more
IT’S A NEW SEASON! After something like a pandemic, it is often difficult to determine when things are back to normal. One becomes stuck between nostalgia for how things were and the inevitability of new patterns emerging. We here at Global Shore have felt this tension as much as anyone this year, as our studentsRead more
RAISING UP A GENERATION IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD The town of Poptún sits on the edge of an elevated plateau of land in the northeast of Guatemala, about 500 meters above sea level. It’s a relatively young municipality—about 50 years old with a population of approximately 70,000. This is where Jervin and Jasmin movedRead more
Students are back (Again!) At the start of this year, we were so thankful for the resumption of in-person classes, which was something we had longed for since March of 2020. It felt like a return to normalcy after two years of shutdowns. We were getting back into the swing of things when the ministryRead more
On January 12, 2022, after being locked out for 670 days, our students finally returned to the classroom. The gates were opened, the buses pulled through, and the kids stumbled out, masks and all. The chaos of the first day of school—kids trying to find their classroom, their bus, the learning of new names andRead more
Greetings from the Board of Directors of Global Shore Opportunities, In light of the recent changes in Canadian directorship, the GSO board has been meeting regularly, praying and asking for the Lord’s guidance for direction. God has been speaking to us about the importance of this time of transition and we have decided to makeRead more
Greetings to the Global Shore extended family, We are writing to you to provide an update on our ministry and to ask you to join us in prayer as we plan for the future. Our Canadian Executive Director Cathy Penelton shared with us recently that God has led her to a new opportunity outside ofRead more
TAKING PASTORAL CARE INTO HOMES As the months have passed in Guatemala, students are still at home. Teachers come to the school each week to film videos, make worksheets, host Zoom classes and connect with parents. Coronavirus numbers in Guatemala continue to fluctuate, and it’s unclear when something will change. Through the year, our schoolRead more