Join a Beauty for Ashes trip to Guatemala! (Women Only)
Known as “The Land of Eternal Spring”, Guatemala is rich in natural beauty—from the shores of Lake Atitlan, to the peaks of its 37 volcanoes, this Central American nation is one of the most beautiful in the world.
Behind all this beauty lies the lingering pain of a 36-year civil war and recent devastating natural disasters.
The true beauty of Guatemala is its people.
Gripped by poverty, the people of Guatemala hunger for the Kingdom of God. The majority of Guatemalans practice a form of Catholicism, and it’s estimated many also mix in ancient tribal religions and cultural traditions into their faith.
In 2007, Guatemala’s orphan population was estimated at 370,000—in a country whose overall population is only 15 million.
When international adoptions from Guatemala closed in 2007, the number has only continued to rise as orphanages have become overcrowded and more children are abandoned due to poor living conditions.
Your team will partner with a girls home about four hours from Guatemala City. This ministry provides a safe, nurturing, and God-centered environment for the 30 girls ages 5-17 living there, as well as focusing on education, character development, and spiritual and mental health.
The girls who live here are flourishing and have great hope for their future. Will you share God’s love and healing with them during this crucial time in their lives?
Beauty for Ashes exists to share God’s restoration, hope, and healing with suffering and victimized women through ministry and training. Through Beauty for Ashes Retreats, women support and encourage each other by sharing their own stories and experiencing the healing, redeeming power of Jesus.
You’ll be able to pour into the long term staff at this ministry and do a two day women’s retreat for them, which will not only minister to them personally, but also enable them to use what they have learned with girls who enter the home in the future. You’ll also do a one day retreat for the girls who currently live in the home.
Your team will:
- Be trained to help host Beauty for Ashes retreats, allowing God to bring hope, healing, and redemption to your story.
- Learn from the testimonies of those on your team, as you grow closer to the Lord and minister to one another.
- Facilitate retreat activities with the local Vietnamese women and be a part of what God is doing to restore their lives and stories.
- Learn to share about topics such as worth, identity, healing and forgiveness with others, through storytelling and vulnerability.
- Build meaningful relationships with your team and those whom you minister to, and leave with a deeper understanding of who God is, and who you are as His daughter.
Will you share God’s love with girls and young women in Guatemala?
(An example of a Beauty for Ashes Retreat from February 2016, Peru)
*Airfare not included
