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MCC in Guatemala
Latin
America & Caribbean
MCC works with K'ekchi'
and Ixil indigenous communities and K'ekchi' Mennonite churches in improving
education and agriculture.
MCC supports the HIV/AIDS
prevention education work of youth in the village of Nebaj, Quiché.
MCC supports conflict
resolution workshops in Guatemala through a partner organization, Redpaz.
With Global Family sponsorships, MCC also supports a Mennonite school.
MCC supports Central
American Study and Service (CASAS), a cross-cultural educational program
of the Latin American Anabaptist Seminary (SEMILLA). MCC hosts several
work-and-learn groups that visit from the United States and Canada each
year.
Source: MCC Guatemala
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Our mailing address:
Travis and Gini Trotter
19 Avenida 5-94 Zona 11
Colonia Miraflores
Guatemala City
GUATEMALA
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Pray
and write letters, and email us travisandgini@gmail.com
Encourage your workers in service to share their experiences (good and painful)
with the congregation, family and circle of friends.
Include MCC service workers from your church in your congregation's budget.
Send the contribution to MCC, designated for the living costs of the workers
you are supporting.
Support a worker's involvements by sending a contribution to MCC designated
for the country where the worker serves.
Remember birthdays, anniversaries, send church bulletins, periodicals and
Sunday School materials.
Check with the worker before mailing "care packages;" most overseas
locations require an exorbitant fee for the worker to receive it due to
customs and currency exchange complications.
Plan special occasions for the home congregation to learn about worker's
assignment
Provide subscriptions to magazines, provessional journals, etc (keep in
mind MCC provides subscriptions to weekly news and church magazines)
Provide continuing updates in worker's career field
Watch for job and education possibilities during person's last year of service;
send necessary information/applications
Show interest and be informed of worker's experiences while on assignment
Encourage worker to find local people with whome to relax, work, confide,
worship and pray.
Specific Prayer requests
The process of learning the K'ekchi' language. Pray
regularly for safety, health, new and old friendships, spiritual and emotional
nurture, assignment realities. Please place our prayer card in a prominent
place.
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