Growing Godly Leaders

Gladis lives in a home where love is never lacking, but resources are. Her father doesn’t have stable work, and there are times when there isn’t enough food for the family. When having three meals a day is a luxury they can’t afford. At Vida Schools, each child receives a nutritious meal before beginning their classes. Because full tummies learn better and often there’s simply not enough food at home. The school meal is one of the moments Gladis looks forward to most every day. Her face lights up with a smile when she receives her plate and she gives silent thanks…

Thank you for spending the month celebrating sponsorship with us! As we come to the end of sponsorship month, we want to say thank you one more time for sponsoring our kids and classes, for sharing about sponsorship, and for praying for our children and classes to find sponsors. Why is sponsorship so important that it’s worth taking a whole month to celebrate? Because sponsorship tangibly changes futures. Children’s lives are impacted in practical ways when they receive things like education, school meals, uniforms, and access to medical care. But there’s more to it than that. Much more. This is…

We asked our sponsors what advice they’d give on how to build connections with their sponsor child and class, and we loved the honesty of some of the answers 😁 For as many sponsors as love messaging Guatemala through Sponsorsoft, there’s other who responded like this: “Write them regularly (I don’t currently follow this advice).” “Make a point of replying to emails which I always forget to do.”  “Not good at letter writing, etc. We’re much better at praying for our child.” “I’m not very good at building connection. But sending pictures is good which I’ve done a bit.”  For…