My Story

I am Selvin Alexander Chan Zacarias, and I am glad to greet you through this. I am eleven years old. This year I am in second grade, and I am receiving face-to-face classes at school three or four days a week. I have been doing very well in my studies so far. I am also learning well. I spend my time studying and playing games. The time the feeding program was closed due to the pandemic, I missed attending it and enjoying activities they carried out there. I get there in twenty minutes by walking. Let me tell you that my father works as a day laborer. He also goes to the coast for the macadamia harvest. Thanks to it, he supports my family economically. My mom stays home raising domestic animals for selling. She also collects firewood for selling. When we go for a walk to the field, the children play soccer, and we all laugh and have a good time together as a family. We have always celebrated Christmas with the family, and we prepare tamales and have a good time. At the moment, we are not attending any church. We were encougaged by one member from the Evangelism team to seek God which is good.

We live in a humble and small house of one room and a separate kitche. The house’s walls are made of adobe and tin sheets, the roof of clay roof tiles and the floor of dirt. It does have electricity and running water. The house condition is good. The pandemic has affected a little because there were times when there was a shortage of work. Food supplies are a great need for us, and so is clothing. For that reason, I thank the feeding program for the grocery bags we received. It was all a great help and blessing. Thank you very much for blessing us in this way. God bless you! Currently, my family and I are all doing well, thank God. To finish, I want you to know my mom gave this information to an Evangelism team member to share with you my last news. Thank you for reading this. I hope to hear from you.

Gratefully,

Selvin Alexander Chan Zacarias

Translated by: Febe Ruiz / AAC Secretary-Antigua