My Story

It is a pleasure to greet you cordially and I hope you have a wonderful and blessed day. In this opportunity, I want to share some news about my family and me through this letter. First of all, my family and I are grateful to Living Water because thanks to your support I receive medical and dental attention in the clinics. In addition, I have a meal and spiritual support at the Feeding Program. I want to tell you that we are attending the Assembly´s God Church. As a family, we are grateful to the LW evangelism team for their encouraging words to my mother. So, she is sure to go to heaven someday. My mother`s name is Juana Ruiz Garcia.   She is 40 years old. Nowadays, she continues doing chores at home. Moreover, she weaves typical blouses to sell and get some income.  In addition, she raises hens and turkeys at home. As you know, my father abandoned the family. At the moment, she is the only one that supports us financially. As a humble family, our current needs are groceries and corn. I want to let you know that by the grace of God, my family and I are in good health.

My name is Sergio Elias Riz Garcia and I am 11 years old. This year I am in 4^th grade at school. I receive face-to-face classes every day and I am learning a lot about the subjects with this study method. At the moment, my mother is making an effort to support me at school in spite of the school fees being so expensive and that he does not have a stable job. Sometimes it is very difficult for her to cover every school expense. In the future, I want to work in a grocery store. Christmas is my favorite celebration of the year because I like to light fireworks. I like to drink lemonade.  My native language is the Quiche Mayan dialect, so I would like to learn Spanish and improve my communication with others. What I like for my birthday is to eat a delicious cake. Among sports, soccer is my favorite. Thank you for the Christmas gift that I receive through LW Adopt-A-Child every December and I hope you like to read my letter.  May God bless you!

Huge hugs,

Sergio Elias Riz Garcia

Translated by:  Gladys Chavez/ A-A-C Secretary