For the last decade, our sponsors have faithfully supported the children at Dorie’s Promise. We’re excited to announce that our new website and Sponsorship platform are now live! You can now find updated pictures and stories about each of our children on our easy-to-use Sponsor Page. Go ahead,...
It’s not every week we host a professional baseball player at Dorie’s Promise. So imagine the excitement for our children when New York Yankee’s pitcher Ben Heller visited in December. We caught up with Ben a few weeks ago to follow up on his trip and plans heading into spring training. Ben’s...
By Kelly Shank – Have you ever wondered how children find their way to Dorie’s Promise? We want to help you understand the process that brings children into our home. There are many different paths our children take before eventually living at Dorie’s Promise. Some of them were abandoned as...
By Kelly Shank – 2017 has been an amazing year at Dorie’s Promise. Over the last few months we’ve shared stories about all the big things happening in our home. Our children, staff, and trip participants all experienced life changing opportunities over the last year. If you missed our stories...
By Alejandra Diaz – Even though Guatemala just passed the halfway point of the 2017 school year, our girls are already looking forward to their Gymnastics Vacation Course this fall. A dozen of our girls participated in last fall’s course. About 100 students overall were involved in the...
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...
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...
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...
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 —...
By MJ Zelya – Time is going so fast, and it’s amazing to see our kids growing and developing well at school and in the home. Ana Lucia and Fabiola came eight months ago (read Changing Lives Every Day!) and since then have had many positive changes both physically and emotionally. Their...
Sponsoring a child is a gift that gives a life – Forever Changed. Our goal is to see Dorie’s Promise Guatemala fully funded by monthly sponsors. By funding our home 100% through sponsorship, we can be certain that our monthly obligations will be met. It is essential that as a ministry we...
WATCH NOW – See how the Lord is using you in the lives of the children at Dorie’s Promise. BE ENCOURAGED – See the smiles, and the joy in the children’s eyes. Their lives are Forever Changed by the love and care they experience at our home. SPONSOR – Help us continue our...