An Invitation to Discipleship, July 21-29, 2012

You are invited to spend a week among the Maya of Lake Atitlán as a member of the 2012 Northaven UMC-Grace UMC mission team to Guatemala. We need volunteers willing to share or learn various skills such as painting murals, stocking and dispensing medical supplies, or doing computer data entry in the Clínica Metodista Sanjuanerita in San Juan la Laguna. We also need volunteers to do basic construction such as stuccoing, tying rebar, and painting walls of homes in San Pablo la Laguna. All skill levels are welcome. No expert knowledge of building construction is necessary. You don't even need to speak Spanish or Tz’tujil! Click on the link to the trip brochure or contact Ron Wilhelm for more information.

Download the 2012 Guatemala Trip Brochure.  (PDF, 282KB)

JoAn Dwyer/Organization for the Development of the Indigenous Maya (ODIM)

Human Development Fund grants help Northaven missionary JoAn Dwyer further her work in the Mayan communities of Lake Atitlán. Projects include an annual Children's Cultural Exchange between rural Mayan and urban Ladino children, a seed bank and distribution center in San Pablo La Laguna, a project to convert an abandoned Methodist church in San Juan La Laguna into a community center/health clinic, and an adult literacy program in San Pablo La Laguna. In conjunction with WINGS of Antigua, Guatemala, ODIM coordinates training of Mayan women in family planning and conducts cervical cancer detection clinics.

For more information, download the ODIM brochure (PDF, 2.6 MB) or send email.