By MJ Zelya – The return to school after the holidays is a little difficult but exciting for the children of Dorie’s Promise. For some children they feel like they are “big kids” now because they will begin primary school. For others they are excited because they will attend to school for...
By Lucrecia “Lucky” Perez – How do you fundamentally change a society? Education. It is a fundamental human right and will be the basis for building a better future for Guatemala. Education opens doors to being a better person, a person who will help make our world better. It...
Congress did it again and this time it’s permanent! You may remember that we mentioned this special giving opportunity last year, but this December Congress passed legislation retroactively extending the charitable IRA rollover for 2015 and makes this provision permanent for future years....
By Omar David – I have been visiting Dorie’s Promise for four years and still come once a week to play with the kids. You will find me there every Thursday afternoon for about 45 minutes. I got to know about Forever Changed International while playing tennis with Dr. Castro. A couple...
By MJ Zelya – If I think about what I am thankful for this year a myriad of things come to mind—a big list. Especially all the good things received from our Heavenly Father. He has been watching over us and did not abandon us despite storms and circumstances, in which we live daily. What we...
By Dr. Francisco Castro – We believe that good health depends on dynamic but stable relationships among biological, psychological, social and spiritual factors. A comprehensive and integral health system should become involved in attending to such factors. Our system utilizes four health...
By FCI Team – Dorie’s Promise is making history! Thanks to numerous mission teams that helped us throughout the summer, we are close to completing a new school in Palencia, about an hour from Guatemala City. Thanks to volunteer labor from our missionaries, we will be able to build the school...
By FCI Team – We recently received a pleasant surprise: a gift of approximately $1,800 in sponsorship money for four of our children, enough to sponsor each of the four for a year. The gift came from Antelope Hills Christian Church in Canby, Minnesota, which raised the funds during...
On Sunday, July 19, Ana turned 9 and had a very special birthday celebration with her friends — one she will always remember. Her party included pizza, cupcakes, and colorful balloon crowns that her dad made for her and all the guests. But there was something missing — birthday gifts. Instead of...
By MJ Zelya- Alejandra came to Dorie’s Promise by court order in March 2010, when she was only 25 days old. When we received her she was very tiny and suffering from several health problems — predominantly acute respiratory illnesses. We were sad to know that she had been abandoned by her mother....
By Heather Radu – I want to share something that’s weighing on my heart with you. Since we started Forever Changed International, it has been our goal to see our home sustained 100% through child sponsorship. Monthly child sponsorship gives our children the most reliable source of income to...
By MJ Zelya – Part of the responsibility as a home-shelter for our children is to ensure not only intellectual development, but also good physical and emotional development as well. So besides education, developing the children’s physical abilities and motor skills is one of our priorities —...