Blog, Stories & Photos

Marta (little girl who had stone removed) is leaking urine and she may need another surgery on her bladder. It’s really important that...

Rosario hands out shoes to the most needy. Rosario runs the clinic front office and is our ‘intake’ person, the first to greet the...

A wonderful family from Lakewood, CO – the Enrico C. family (Enrico, Norine, Isabella, Emma, Pietro and Paolo) sent an email to say that...

Gloria and Irma are sweet girls stuck in a very bad situation. In the last post (below) we mentioned the need of Marta’s mother, who has...

We went to visit 8-yr old Marta Lydia who had that huge stone removed. SEE previous story>http://guatemalahope.wordpress.com/2009/02/19/i...

With Jake offering to volunteer, we thought it would be a good time to build a bunk bed for the guest room, to have more sleeping space...

Went to the bank today. Red graphic sign on door says NO GUNS ALLOWED. Sounds like a good policy, right? Well, what they really mean is...

This five year old doesn't look too happy, but she benefited from the dental care. Dr. Orth the dentist comforts his ‘happy’ patient in...

Lydia’s mother had taken her to the hospital  several times with no satisfaction or help. She then brought Lydia to our clinic on...

It’s particularly nice when Dr. Don Orth and his wife Peggy, an RN come to the clinic – they’ve volunteered many days over the past few...

Dog tries to get some treats Anita took this photo at the clinic. This dog smelled something he liked in the garbage bags in the back of...

This true story took place at Hands of Mercy, Taxisco, Santa Rosa A 32-year old man, Jorge, came to the medical clinic for the first time,...

(Yet another moved to Guatemala after only being here part-time for a while.) We  are now at our house in San Lucas. We have so many...

These posts seem out of order in the chronological sense so you almost have to go down 4 or 5 posts to where you read the last time, and...

by Gregory Giagnocavo Confidentially, I love marketing, advertising and the whole process of creating products and getting people to buy...

Super reinforced concrete bus stop In one 10 mile stretch, we saw these concrete bus stops, but not in any other areas. Super heavy-duty...

They don’t look like your local Firestone or Goodyear store, and the Pep Boys are nowhere in site. But if you have a flat tire along the...

Internet cafe beside rustic tire repair place. Along a rough stretch of rural road, we came to a village and were surprised to see a...

We’re set up on twitter now.. so you can “follow us” and have little updates (tweets) sent to your email or mobile phone. ...

(Moving to Guatemala yet another time.) Packed floor to ceiling and to the back door! Parked truck at Walmart the night before leaving....