by Julie Coyne | May 12, 2012 | Education and Hope, Our Impact
When she first started coming by to ask us for food, she would call me Seño (“Miss”). That’s if she spoke to me at all. I would try to engage her in conversation but she would always scurry away claiming she was too busy, no time to stay and eat...
by Julie Coyne | May 8, 2012 | Education and Hope
In memory of, and in gratitude for, Maurice Sendak. Way too much sad in the world this week, near and far. Thank God for time with my wild things… Today we monsters went up to the terrace of the after school program and got our wild rumpus on! ...
by Julie Coyne | Jan 9, 2011 | Education and Hope
While I consider myself to be quite optimistic most of the time, as December drew to a close I found myself feeling an increasing amount of dread. It is one thing to spend my days in Guatemala surrounded by hardship and need; it’s been quite another experience to...
by Julie Coyne | Dec 2, 2010 | Education and Hope
Carlitos As the school year was beginning in January 2010, I was approached by a woman who asked me if I could help her son, Carlos. She explained that Carlos needed speech therapy, and she showed me a letter of recommendation confirming his acceptance into a special...
by Julie Coyne | May 24, 2010 | Education and Hope
During February and March of 2010, volunteer forces once again convened to work wonders on the grounds of Education and Hope’s after school program. Two experienced builders from the US, Pat MacDonald from Bellingham, WA, and my husband, Gordon Lagerbom,...
