Hello, good morning! It is a great blessing for me to be part of the feeding program from Living Water. My name is Maria Isabel Luis Quinilla. I am now 14 years old. My mom and I attend Catholic Church. We like to participate in the special service where many people bring their seeds to be blessed before they go to plant, and we also like the thanksgiving service. Jesus is my savior and my protector. My father is not living with us, but he communicates with me. He occasionally gives me some groceries, but it is just a little. So, my mother is the one who supplies most of our expenses. She does the chores at home and raises hens to sell to get income. Additionally, my older brother who is in the United States is giving us financial support. He works in a farm. 

This year I am repeating fifth grade. I usually help my mother with the housework. The hardest thing for me has been not having my father’s support. I feel sad, and I sometimes question my mother about my father´s attitude. So please, pray for me because it affects me. I believe that God is with me and provides for my mother and me. I get along very well with my mother; she struggles for our family. I have a friend named Antonia Roxana, and we attend the feeding program together and have been friends for seven years. I would like you to know that my mother shared this information with an evangelism teacher to update you about me. This is all for now, I hope you like to read my information. May our Heavenly Father bless you! 

Special Greetings, 

Maria Isabel Luis Quinilla 

Translated by: Violeta Hernandez / A-A-C Secretary-Antigua Guatemala