Hope for Orphans: An Update on Lucia and Fabiola

By MJ Zelya – Its been almost two years since Lucia (also called Ana Lucia) and her sister Fabiola arrived at Dorie’s Promise and their lives have been changed in many ways since then. At first, they were very shy – keeping to themselves and not saying much. They came to our home...

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What I Saw in Guatemala

  By Bradley Burck – I was recently in Guatemala and spent a few days at Dorie’s Promise. As I toured the homes and saw all the improvements that have been made in recent years, I was reminded of how far we’ve come since Forever Changed International took over the orphanage. Our...

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Cooking Healthy Food For Our Children

By MJ Zelya – An important part of every child’s health is nutrition and a balanced diet. At Dorie’s Promise Guatemala, we strive to help our children keep and reach good health based on the food pyramid and supported and supervised by our nutritionist and doctor, Dr. Castro. Two people help...

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Quinceañera Party

One of our customs in Guatemala is to celebrate the 15th birthday of any girl — as she is becoming a young lady. One of our girls turned 15 in February, and she was so excited to celebrate it — she had been looking forward to her Quinceañera Party for a year. But we continued to explain to her...

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Cari’s Kids

By Cari Burck – I will never forget my first trip to Guatemala, when I made it my mission to get a little guy named Lester to smile. I loved on him, devoted attention to him, and acted silly. Before leaving, I snapped the first-ever picture of him smiling. On that trip, I left a piece of my...

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The Children of Dorie’s Promise Get A Boost in English

There are always people willing to help and spend time with our children. Recently, our older ones are receiving English classes from Paul Stickland — an Englishman who has been living in Guatemala for seven years. He heard of Dorie’s Promise several years ago after occasionally seeing the...

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A Fun Day Out At the Tennis Club!

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...

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Being Grateful

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...

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Good Health & Relationships at Dorie’s Promise

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...

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Minds At Work

What a difference a few years can make in the life of a child. Now just multiply that change by the number of children at Dorie’s Promise whose lives are changed daily through the gift of attending a private school! The transformation in their young lives is truly amazing. What started with only...

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A New School in Palencia: Built by Our Missions Teams!

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...

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