My Story

I am excited to say hello to you through this letter. My name is Jeniffer Esperanza, and I hope you are having a lot of success wherever you are. My family and I attend a Christian Church on Saturdays. My father, Hector Coj Gomez, is 38 years old. He works hard as a mason to support our family. He also grows corn for our consumption. My mom, Vicenta Riz Simaj, is 36 years old. She keeps busy doing chores and raising hens to sell. Fortunately, we are all in good health. The economic situation of my family has not gone well. My father has to pay for all the bills at home. Because of that, he had trouble covering my school supplies this year. We need groceries at home, especially corn and atoles. My family and I are grateful to you for supporting me LW. I have tasty lunches at the feeding program.

I am 12 years old, and I was in sixth grade this year. I enjoyed attending school because I could learn the lessons much better. I would love to become a good housewife when I am older. My favorite holidays are Christmas and New Year’s Day because my family and I spend lovely moments together, and I have fun burning firecrackers. Besides that, I enjoy celebrating my birthday because my family buys a tasty cake for me. I love drinking soft drinks, and my favorite sport is soccer. I would love to speak another language like English someday. To end this letter, I want you to know that my mom helped me to give all this information to a teacher of LW. I say goodbye to you for now, but I hope to tell you more about my life soon. I also would love to hear from you someday.

Sincerely yours,

Jeniffer Esperanza Coj Riz

Translated by: Hillary Popol / AAC Secretary / Antigua Guatemala