Melisa D
17 years old

Grade: 7
Date of Birth: 6/10/2006
Gender Female
Status: AVAILABLE

Micaela prefers to go by Melisa. She lives with her parents and her older brother. She enjoys playing soccer and hopes to become a bank teller someday. Her favorite food is fried fish. At home, Melisa's chores include washing dishes and helping her mom with the housework. At school, physical education is Melisa's favorite class. Her favorite Bible story is Noah's Ark. Please pray for Melisa, her family's well being and for her academic success.

Lea Isabel A
17 years old

Grade: 8
Date of Birth: 6/10/2006
Gender Female
Status: SPONSORED

Lea lives with her parents, her paternal grandparents, her 3 brothers and her sister. Lea helps her mom at home with all kinds of housework and chores. In her spare time, she enjoys playing soccer with her friends. School is important to Lea and she hopes to become a psychologist someday. Her favorite subjects at school are science and math. Lea reads the Bible and likes Psalms 23 as well as the story of Moses. She asks for prayers for her family's overall well being, especially for her dad as he works hard to support the family. Lea and her family pray for those supporting her as she continues to meet her goals. She is thankful for her sponsors' help to go to school because she says that in her hometown, many kids don't have that opportunity.

Ruth T
17 years old

Grade: 8
Date of Birth: 5/18/2006
Gender Female
Status: AVAILABLE

Ruth lives with her parents and older brother. She has a married sister that does not live with them. To help around the house, Ruth keep things organized, including her clothes, and helps with the cleaning. She enjoys playing soccer and likes her Social Studies class at school. Ruth wants to be a bookkeeper or a lawyer someday in the future. Ruth's favorite Bible passage is Psalm 119:113. Beef stew is her favorite food. Pray for Ruth's family to stay healthy and for Ruth to do well in school. She is committed to her studies and to accomplishing her life's goals.

Lucas Q
18 years old

Grade: 9
Date of Birth: 4/24/2006
Gender Male
Status: SPONSORED

Lucas lives with both parents and younger brother, Gary. His father is a farmer and his mother is a housewife who embroiders huipils (Guatemalan traditional blouses) from time to time. Lucas helps his mother around the house by mopping and taking care of his little brother. He likes to play basketball and enjoys singing. Lucas works hard to be the best student in his class, and his favorite subject is math at school. He hopes to become a systems engineer someday. Lucas enjoys fried fish with lime to eat, and lemonade to drink. His favorite Bible verse is Psalm 119:105. Please pray for Lucas and his family, especially for his father to be safe when he drives for work. Pray for Lucas to do well at school because he wants to honor his sponsor's help with his scholarship. Lucas prays for his sponsors and loves them very much.

Luisa R
18 years old

Grade: 9
Date of Birth: 12/10/2005
Gender Female
Status: SPONSORED

Luisa lives with both parents and younger brother, Diego. Luisa's father is a farmer and her mother is a housewife who occasionally embroiders huipils (Guatemala traditional blouses). Luisa helps at home by sweeping the floors, washing dishes and making tortillas. She also often takes care of her little brother. Luisa enjoys reading and taking walks; she doesn't enjoy sports very much. Luisa hopes to become a doctor someday. School is important to her and her favorite subject is natural science. Luisa loves spaghetti with all different sauces and meat. Her favorite Bible verse is Proverbs 17:17. Please pray for Luisa studies and her family's health so they have the strength to work every day. Luisa worries often about her little brother Diego who hasn't been feeling well.

Juan 'Diego'
18 years old

Grade: 8
Date of Birth: 11/13/2005
Gender Male
Status: AVAILABLE

Juan goes by his middle name Diego. Diego lives with his mom and dad, and has 2 younger brothers, Josue and Lucas. His dad is a farmer and his mom is a housewife who also makes beaded jewelry. Diego likes to play soccer with his friends and cousins -- he enjoys playing defense. He likes his Physical Education class at school. Diego hopes to become a teacher someday specializing in preschool age. At home, he helps by mopping the floors, making his bed and keeping his room in order. Diego reads the Bible and likes reading about the story of the creation of man in Genesis 2. Pray for Diego's parents and that he does well in school so he can have a job to help provide for his parents. He hopes that he can honor the opportunity he has been given to go to school, and thanks and prays for his sponsor often.

Annette C
18 years old

Grade: 10
Date of Birth: 5/24/2005
Gender Female
Status: SPONSORED

Annette lives with her mother and grandmother. Her mother works at home doing laundry for other people. Annette likes to draw and she also likes to write down her thoughts in a journal. Art expression is the class she likes best since she enjoys sketching. Annette works hard to be the best student in her class. She says she would like to be an actress someday; in previous years she was thinking about being an artist/painter. Annette's favorite food is beef stew and her favorite Bible story is about King David. Please pray for Annette, her family's health, and for the resources for Annette to keep attending school.

Melina M
19 years old

Grade: 10
Date of Birth: 4/10/2005
Gender Female
Status: AVAILABLE

Lidia lives with her parents, her grandmother, and her youngest brother. Her father is an artisan making small wood items, and her mother works at home selling fruit with chocolate and jello. Lidia enjoys playing basketball, and also helps around the house with the cleaning and taking care of the dog. Her favorite class at school is clinical science learning how to check a patient's vital signs, and she wants to be a doctor someday! Lidia's favorite food is shrimp ceviche. Pray for her family's health--father's chronic condition, mom's anxiety, and grandmother's diabetes. Pray for safety for Lidia as she travels to school and back by boat every day, and for help with her transportation costs.

Gemima L
19 years old

Grade: 7
Date of Birth: 1/29/2005
Gender Female
Status: AVAILABLE

Gemima lives with both parents and four siblings: two brothers and two sisters. Gemima studies hard and is thankful for the opportunity to continue her education. She enjoys playing basketball and hopes to become a doctor someday. At school, visual arts is her favorite class. At home, Gemima helps her mother with the housework and washing dishes. Gemima's favorite food is fried fish and her favorite Bible story is Noah's Ark. Please pray for Gemima, her family's wellbeing and for her academic success.

Nataly A
19 years old

Grade: 10
Date of Birth: 11/5/2004
Gender Female
Status: SPONSORED

Nataly lives with both parents and younger brother. Her father works at home making cortes (traditional Guatemalan skirts) and her mother works making beaded jewelry. At home Nataly helps with the housework and takes care of her younger brother. Nataly enjoys playing soccer with her friends. She hopes to become a doctor specializing in gynecology someday. Her favorite class at school is artistic expressions. She likes to eat fish and her favorite Bible story is of Joseph. Please pray for Nataly and her family to stay healthy, and for Nataly's academic success. She asks for prayer for her baby cousin who is very sick in the hospital and her cousin's parents.

Lucy S
19 years old

Grade: 10
Date of Birth: 10/5/2004
Gender Female
Status: AVAILABLE

Juana goes by her middle name Lucy. Lucy lives with her mom and one of her two older brothers, Eliab, who works. Her oldest brother Gerson works in another part of the country. Lucy's father passed away several years ago and her mother works doing embroidery. Lucy likes to sing and is part of the worship team at her church. She plays basketball with her cousins in her limited spare time. Lucy wants to be a psychologist specializing in family therapy. Lucy helps with all the housework, cooking and cleaning, but does not do the laundry. Her favorite class at school is law fundamentals. Lucy enjoys the Bible verse Psalm 119:105. Pray for Lucy's family, especially for the safety of her mom because she has to travel to sell her embroidery work, and her brother who works far away and drives a motorcycle. Lucy praises the Lord for her recent good health diagnosis!