“This School is My Blessing” “I went to Basicos [middle school] in Antigua and started Carrera [high school] there, but in Antigua it was too expensive to study, so my parents looked for a different place for me to go to school. We needed a school that was affordable, that they could afford, but theRead more
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Opening the doors to a new school building! The beginning of this 2017 school year marks a great milestone for Global Shore as we open the doors to our second school building: the Carrera school! (pictured below) As many of you already know, our 2016 goal was to complete and furnish the first floor ofRead more
The Ministry of Reconciliation “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation.” (2 Corinthians 5:17-18) “The ministry of reconciliation.” This phrase is atRead more
Finding God’s Family “A Father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in His holy dwelling. God sets the lonely in families.” (Psalm 68:5-6) At our school we talk often about how God adopts us as His own when we surrender to Him and how His heart is always reaching out to bringRead more
Thirteen Students Who Beat the Odds When we say “beat the odds” that’s exactly what we mean. This piechart represents the total number of students enroled in the various levels of education in Guatemala: primary (JK – Grade 6), basicos (Grades 7 – 9) and carrera (upper secondary). While 70% of the total student enrolment isRead more
So Much More Than Camp Camp! Maybe the word conjures up memories of chaotic games, summer canoe trips, and campfire shenanigans. For many of our Guatemalan students the word reminds them of a time they encountered the love of the Father in a radical way that redefined their lives. For six years now the staffRead more
Finding Jesus and Bunching Asparagus In the last week of April we kicked off the 12th Summer Student Program, as ten students from across Canada joined our leaders Christoph and Kyla here on the farm in Southern Ontario. They will work the asparagus season until the end of June and then head down to ElRead more
Encountering the Father’s Love Meet Glendy and Lisbet (pictured below). These two sisters, along with their younger brother, live in a house halfway up the hill on the way to our school. Both their parents struggle with alcohol and the girls have grown up in a very chaotic home environment, often left to play onRead more
A New House for Karina Since the very beginning of Global Shore’s ministry, providing housing for families in need has been a big part of our work on the ground in Guatemala. When we started working in the town of Tizate in 2004, many of the families were living in houses patched together by cornRead more