PiM's Partnership with the Prince of Peace Home for Girls
Guatemala
The
purpose of the Prince of Peace Ministries is to provide for the whole
development (physical, spiritual, emotional, educational, and vocational) of
orphaned, abandoned, and abused Guatemalan girls in a Christian home environment
so that they, in turn, can serve the Lord and their own nation as godly women of
good character and training.
Brief
History:
1984,
Al Sanchez (then at Christian Service Corps in Maryland with his wife Marie in
training to become missionaries) came to Guatemala to investigate what the Lord
might want him to do there. What
captured Al’s attention more than anything else in Guatemala were the
children—hungry, dirty, sick, begging, many living in cardboard boxes on the
streets. God impressed on Al that the Home was to be only for girls because girls were the
most abused and vulnerable children in Guatemala.
July’86
Al received the first girl for the Home through the Guatemalan Juvenile Courts.
In 1987
the Home grew to over 20 girls.
Jan’91
the
Home moved to San Cristobal.
In
2002
for health reasons, Al felt the need to intensify their efforts to find a
replacement to continue the Home.
Paul Sanders (former member of PiM's Board of Directors) and his wife Lana
were found.
With 17 years of experience in directing a children's home in the U.S.,
with 10 years of
pastoral counseling, and coming to Guatemala to learn Spanish so they could
become missionaries, they seemed like the perfect answer for assuming leadership
of the Home. The
Sanders began praying about the possibility, and eventually said they felt the
Lord leading them to do so. Dr. Jim Hines and his wife Kay are now serving
as Directors following the Sanders return to KY after the death of their son
Mark. Today PoP is home for 53 girls.
Karvin now serves on the Board of Directors of the Prince of Peace Home for Girls in Guatemala. For more details on this ministry, you may click the link given to their web site at the bottom of this page.
November 2010 Mission Trip to Prince of Peace Home (PoP)
It is our hope that the following pictures will give you a vision of what God is doing in and through the PoP Home for Girls. Our 6-member team from Louisiana built relationships with the staff and girls that will last forever. A common way to say "good bye" in Latin America is "don't forget us". After a week of playing with the girls, sharing with them in their houses, eating and worshipping with them, it would not be possible to "forget" their faces, their smiles and even their tears of "good bye".
Mission Team to Prince of Peace (L) PoP Directors Jim & Kay Hines (R)
Crafts with the girls
Kids of all ages enjoy playing with balloons (L) Birthday celebration (R)
Older girl comforting a younger one (L) Girls with their house director (R)
Girls leading us in worship (L) Girls in the computer lab (R)
Goodbyes
Girl in photo, Eugenia who called Karvin "daddy", gave him a gift of $1.54, probably all the money she had. He tried to return the money but she refused to take it. She finally took all of it back except $.25.
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For More Information about This Girls Home and Sponsorship
See Web Site Below