Guatemala Mission Trip

The CPC Guatemala Mission Team recently returned from their trip! Below are accounts of the trip. Thank you for praying and supporting our team as they traveled and came alongside our brothers and sisters in Guatemala to love the community and share the gospel. 

In late March, Clemson Pres sent a group of businesspeople to Guatemala to mentor high school students in the Christian school called Mana de Vida in Escuintla, Guatemala.   The team taught business principles and judged in a Shark Tank-type event the school sponsors every year for the micro businesses the students run.   In addition, the team visited several homes of the families of students. In each home, we had the opportunity to share a time of prayer with the family. We also had opportunities to consult with local businesses that have a relationship with the local church called Vida Real.  During the week, the team had many opportunities to share their spiritual journey and to talk about how Jesus has informed their business practices.  It was a great week of blessing for everyone involved!

Mana de Vida is a Christian School serving over 500 students. It is much more than a school as it cares about transforming the entire family and community through the love of Jesus.

While the majority of the team was mentoring through business, one team member, who serves as the sponsorship coordinator for Mana de Vida in the US, had the joy of delivering greetings and gifts to students sponsored by our very own CPC members!

From the team member delivering the gifts:

What a blessing to see the smiles and gratitude of the students receiving a card or small gift. Simple words of encouragement and the knowledge that others are praying go a long way to show God’s love to children in difficult circumstances. Additionally, Circle 4 has taken on the entire school to provide personalized birthday greetings to each child attending the school, along with some love from Clemson.  I had the privilege of delivering these to some of the students with March birthdays. The kids receiving these sent a big “Thank you and Go Tigers!” back to the “Abuelita’s” of Circle 4.

I also worked with middle and high school students who are learning English to provide video meetings between students and their sponsors living in the US. It was exciting to see the advancement of the students in their English skills as well as watch the connections between students and sponsors being formed.