My Story

Hello! It is a privilege to greet you through this letter. My name is Fredy, and I hope you are having a fantastic and successful day. Let me tell you that my family and I attend Assembly of God Church on Fridays. I am sure that the Almighty is my savior, so I was encouraged by the evangelism team to continue to strengthen my faith while they collected this information for you. Taking advantage of this moment, I want you to know that LW is a crucial project in my community because many children like me can receive delicious lunches. My mother is a hardworking housewife who sometimes works by carrying firewood. She established a relationship with a man some time ago, but he abandoned her last year. Since then, it has been hard for her to cover our needs. Our trickiest essentials are buying food and school supplies. Therefore, my older brother Byron tries to help her economically by working as a day laborer. He usually earns Q25=$3.19 by working on weekends and for the rest of the week, he dedicates himself to study. Fortunately, my mother and he are in good health.

I am eleven years old and my birthday was in August. I could not celebrate it because of a lack of money, but I am glad because I am healthy. I am in fourth grade and I prefer to receive face-to-face classes because it helps me to learn more. I look forward to becoming a teacher when I am older. Besides that, I also would like to improve my Spanish since I know a little about the language. I am a Quiche native speaker. My favorite holiday is New Year because I enjoy burning firecrackers to celebrate. I love drinking “atol de masa” (a typical hot beverage made of corn dough, sugar, and cinnamon) and my favorite sport is soccer. This is all for now, but I hope you found my letter engaging.

With much love,

Fredy Armando Xiquin Riz

Translated by: Hillary Popol / AAC Secretary / Antigua Guatemala