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Why are you going to Guatemala?

I think the better question is, why not? Since the day I announced to travel to Guatemala, A LOT of people have asked me WHY.   I'll let Bethany tell you. Bethany founded A Heart for Guatemala .  She's a mom just like me.  With a passion just like me.  And she's DOING something about it.  She's taking ACTION.  She's solving the problem.  She's a part of the solution.    You can click here  http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/give-us-a-chance/x/3013085  to see the whole campaign (one of them!!!)  but here's the highlights. A 7 year old child walks alone barefoot, carrying a basket on her head…trying to earn enough for her next meal...she's never seen the inside of a school or held a pencil or colored with a crayon. A mother gently places her finger on the ink pad and then on the paper, she can not sign her own name, she is ashamed and embarrassed. A father apologizes to his family, there is no money for food today, there was no work and there