Tim Here

Pedir Dinero- means begging for money in Spanish. Here many beg particularly in antigua where their are lots of tourists. In Guate, that is the name they use here for Guatemala City, it is not so prominent. The second picture is of a cart. Every kind of vehicle made can be found on the streets here. Even some used in the movie waterworld can be found spewing diesel smoke somewhere in the city. It is not a healthy place and asthma is increasing among the young at an alarming rate. With the air bad and the sewers named after rivers one wonders if the system here is sustainable. I certainly hope not and that someday a light will come on and this place will begin to change. This change must start first in the heart and conscience of the people. The William Cornelius Vocational Training Center can begin to help this process through the imparting of a godly world view where stewardship and looking after the needs of others, as Philippians Ch. 2:4 states, becomes important. Currently basic needs of food and shelter are not met for many so for them rising to a conscience for the environment is impossible, survival is all that matters, so we find robbing, cheating, stealing all justified. The system is so unfair to so many here and we work at a school that will help in the change process, help in building disciples who will change the system one family at a time.

Tim