It fills us with joy to hear what the Guatemala team has done in the second quarter of the year, having an impact in different contexts. Recently an important training in “Financial Education” was held, which consisted of each participant achieving financial stability, breaking the cycle of scarcity, and giving way to the beginning of abundance. Forty-eight people participated through Zoom.

Through the “Crown in the Schools” program, financial topics were taught to teachers, who are responsible for educating children in 4th, 5th, and 6th grade. Besides this, they have been working with the school for parents where they are taught financial principles. 275 people have been reached thanks to these activities!In addition to this, with its “Crown in Business” program, the Guatemala team taught a diploma course in which 120 people participated virtually for 7 weeks. The purpose behind this was to instruct business personnel in strategies to improve their financial emotional intelligence and, as a consequence, improve their financial status. In this activity they worked with a bank in the network, motivating them to work and apply the tools learned together with their families so that everyone can be part of the changes and improvements.

In the second week of May, 13 people graduated from the Financial Concepts Training in the city of Cayalá. A symbolic act took place, recognizing the effort of the participants as well as the power of God working miracles in their finances. We were encouraged to hear testimonies from the participants that day of debts paid off by using the strategies learned and seeing God intervene in support of their good decisions.

At the end of May in Antigua, Guatemala a Leadership Summit was held in collaboration with Thriveworks. It consisted of a time to explore personalities and types of leadership, with the support of leaders who led the participants to learn about God’s design for their lives. In total, 50 people participated in this activity.

And it is with great joy that we share with you that in the first week of June a Foundations For Farming training was held in cooperation with our partner “Potter’s House”. The training was given by Johann Van der Hamn, founder of the stewardship center in Malawi, where we had the privilege of having 2 people from Peru and 14 from Guatemala, all were blessed and challenged with this training.