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Christmas gift baskets!

Christmas gift baskets!

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...
Carlitos

Carlitos

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...