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NEWSLETTERS
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November/December 2010
Christmas Greetings
Team of Service Update
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Winter 2010
After spending some quality time at Christmas with our family in the Czech Republic we are feeling rejuvenated and excited to start a new year.
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Fall/Winter 2009
Before our first service team arrives tomorrow and we have no time to write, I wanted to share something that happened last week that reminds me why we are down here.
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Fall/Winter 2008
In an effort to keep you up-to-date with the various projects being carried out by the numerous service teams, and to inform you of just how your donations are enriching the lives of the Guatemalan people, we have outlined an overview of the work of "Oneness" during the past year.
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December 2007
It has been very busy since we arrived. In the last two months, we have hosted three service teams. They built three houses and all the furniture for a two room preschool.
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March 2006
Finally, we have some time to get a newsletter back to our family and friends, to let you know how things are going on our latest trek to Guatemala. The mission grows daily, both in projects and participation. This year we had about fifty people join us from Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec and Alberta. ...
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 October 2005
Autumn Greetings from Lapasse
So much has happened since returning to Canada in late April ...
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 March-April 2005
Happiness is a...
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Dream team II
As with our first team..
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 January 2005
Dream team I
The classroom is great. The furniture that the team build is outstanding ...
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 December 2004
Our family will be coming down for Christmas. We look forward to another meaningful Christmas in Guatemala..
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September 2004
Richard and I just want to touch base with each you before we head out on our fifth trip to Guatemala. We are both excited and anxious about the new preschool program we are about to set up in the Guatemala City Dump.
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 April, 2004
Visit to The Guatemala City Dump
"As we stood atop the hill, looking down on the scene of human tragedy, hundreds of vultures loomed overhead ... highly symbolic, I thought, of the death of human dignity."
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 October 2003
Our Third Trip to Guatemala
"We went down to find answers for ourselves, but it seems we just came back with more questions."
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 February 2003
Coming or Going Home?
"November 21, 2002 marked the end of our two-year commitment in Guatemala. Words cannot adequately describe the profound and life-changing impact that this mission has had on our lives."
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 October 2002
Our Return to Canada
"CANADA ... WERE COMING HOME! After 2 years and 2 months the most incredible chapter of our lives comes to a close ...The plan is to return before the end of November, to prepare for a much longed for Christmas with REAL SNOW!"
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 August, 2002
The Opening of the School in Sacala
Picture about 20 children huddled around a little bucket of water, sharing a few water toys ... so excited ... so happy ... no complaints ... no pushing ... no shoving ... just overwhelmed by the whole experience.
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 June 2002
The Mission Continues
"We have only six months to complete our mission ... so much to do so little time!"
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 March 2002
Feeding the Homeless
"The saddest place to visit is the dump. Every night we go, there are people dumping out the garbage looking for something that might be salvageable. Some of the people that we feed actually crawl out from under the garbage."
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January 2002
 The Schmaltz Family Experiences the True Joy of Giving
"As we headed back to Antigua filled with memories of the day.our youngest articulated that it was the best Christmas she had ever had ... and so it was for all of us. It was probably the first time in our lives we had experienced, as a family, the true joy and peace that comes from making others happy ... the experience had affected us deeply." |
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December 2001
The Effects of September 11th in Guatemala
"Since our last newsletter the world has changed ... Guatemala has changed ... and the God's Child Project has changed."
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 August 2001
Lessons to Learn
"There is so much filth and so much poverty, but so much joy in the faces of the children. And we ask ourselves "How can this be?"
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 June 2001
Heat for the Babies of Patzun
"Another project was the installation of a furnace in the babies' room at the Patzun Orphanage ... It brought tears to Richard's eyes as he shared in the excitement of the Sisters as the first blast of heat filled the children's room."
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 April, 2001
Miracles in Patzun
"It was an incredible week marked by the unmatched joy of satisfaction and tears of life's tragedies ..."
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 March, 2001
A year has passed
"We are frequently privy to moments where there is genuine oneness, mixed with joy and sadness at the same time."
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 January, 2001
Christmas Away from Home
"Greetings from the land of earthquakes ... active volcanoes and two lonely amigos ..."
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 December, 2000
The Horror and Beauty of the Country
"I think our time in Guatemala could best be described as "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly"
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 September, 2000
The Dreamer Center
"An oasis of beauty and peace, surrounded by violence, poverty and filth."
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