Connections One by One

The family Velazquez Lopez lives together in a pleasant situated house at the end of Barillas city. They are very religious, offering space and time for those being interested in practising their religion. Every thursday they prepare a special event for adventists in their house. Their garden is huge, going steep uphill where a couple of cows are enjoying their life. Every morning they go to get fresh...

Hermes and Yoli are originally from the South of Guatemala. Hermes came to Huehuetenango region when he was 3 years old, together with his grandmother, whos religion was Espiritualista. Yolanda came to Soloma after marrying Hermes. They meanwhile have four happy, quirrly children, and are waiting for the fifth. Hermes is garage mechanic, repairing cars in and around Soloma. His hobby is to buy old,...

Timoteo and Kata have four children, two girls (3 and 5), and two boys (10 and 12). They live on a hill in Uspantan, having a house with two rooms, a separate kitchen house, and no toilet. Their living standard is low. Timoteo has to work 5 days a week in Sacapulas, thus only comes home during the weekends. He and his wife often sit on the sewing machine, making their own traditional clothes. His two...

Carlos is owner of El Manantial, a huge swimming pool in Santa Cruz Verapaz, near Coban in Guatemala. He started this swimmming pool in 1990 and still has not finished it. He step by step creates new features for making his customers feel satisfied.

Helen and Warren came together with their three daughters to Belize 11 years ago. Helen has a Chinese-Taiwanese origin, Warren is Taiwanese. The whole family is very religious. Prayers and their belief in Jesus helped them in many difficult situations in life. Here are two examples. When Helen was a child, doctors discovered that she had black shadows in the lungs. It was caused by the strong pollution...