Dear Mission of Love Friends,

There are not enough words, photos or speaking engagements that can describe our Mission of Love to the extent of what our non profit humanitarian organization is. Know that we are not here to save the world but in this world to touch the hands and hearts that are within our reach. I would like to share with you some of the accomplishments that we have done in the last year.

Thousands of Maya and Lakota indigenous Families have been touched by receiving our humanitarian aid via containers, trucks, and the United States Department of Defense Denton Program C 17 cargo planes. Clinics, homes, and schools were built because of you.



Saint Francis of Assisi Hospital, Tecpan Guatemala has been furnished and supplied with a Lane ambulance from my hometown. The hospital will open in a few months to service one million indigenous Maya Indians because of a dream of Francisco Nistal. 30,000 pounds of corn was donated from Lutz Farms Warren, Ohio and flown to Guatemala City via the Denton Program and placed into the hands of the starving. No photos or words can truly express the gratitude that the people have while receiving a bag of corn from Ohio. Water systems and pumps were placed in Maya schools. The disabled children now have a physical therapist treating them. Because of you, disabled children, children with Down syndrome, and children who are blind now have a school to attend, while not being recognized in the main stream school system in Guatemala. Homeless and abused grandparents now have a safe and secure home to live in. Andres, Julio, Roberto, Laura, Elsa, Mauricio, Leonel, a family of seven have been securely housed, kept together, thriving and receiving a education. Just two years ago I met them while walking the streets of Tecpan, Guatemala. They were all together, hungry, shoeless, and homeless, not attending school because their parents had both died because of cancer. It has been two years since I have rented a home in Tecpan, Guatemala for this homeless family. No words can express the gratitude that these children have to you for securing a home, staying together, obtaining a education and sharing our love with them. We have the homeless grandmothers and the homeless children taking care of each other in our Maya Mission of Love GRANDmothers home. A fire truck from my hometown, Austintown, Ohio was flown via the United States Department of Defense Denton Program and given to the volunteer fire department of Tecpan, Guatemala. This is their first pumper Fire truck in the area. The firemen had a parade around town to celebrate its new fire truck. Again there are no words for the appreciation of this emergency vehicle to service the Tecpan communities. The Maya elderly have been taken care of because of you with food, humanitarian aid and stipends monthly. The cancer children of The “ House of God “ have been given food, medicines, humanitarian aid, clothes, and toys. 530 Maya patients were given eye exams and glasses and evaluated for hearing loss and given hearing aids. Hundreds of volunteer firemen were given fire gear, boots and helmets who had none. Guatemala communities that were devastated from the Fire Volcano were serviced via our Mission of love medical team and given food and humanitarian aid. Donated comfort quilts were distributed amongst the fire fighter widows and fire crew who aided in the volcano’s deadly eruption. Surgeries were planned and done by Doctor Edgar Moran for those in need. Volcano widows were given the opportunity to make blankets and clothes with the material and sewing machines that we have sent for the orphans and elderly. Hundreds of wheelchairs, walkers and canes were distributed to those who had none and are disabled. We secured a home for a young family of seven whose mother died from cancer. The baby was only three months old. They had to sell their home in order to pay for her cancer treatment only for her to die a few months later. The family was homeless and we bought the home back and legally placed the home into the surviving children’s name, so that they will always have a home. A home was built for a young girl, Vilma who is paralyzed from the neck down, due to some unknown disease transmitted by a bug at the age of nine. Prior to us building her home, Vilma and the family of ten lived in a one room hut. Vilma now has a home, legally placed in her name, and a reclining $4,000 wheelchair stroller that was donated so that her mother does not have to carry her on her shoulders in order to go outside. A young boy with a massive tumor on his neck was transported for six hours via our Mission of Love ambulance to Guatemala City to be evaluated by the cancer doctors and admitted to the Guatemalan hospital to receive his first evaluation and treatment. We donated eight newborn baby incubators and warmers that were distributed to Guatemala and Dominica hospitals where life saving baby equipment does not exist. These donations came out of a Erie Pa. Hospital pediatric ward.

Two forty foot containers left our Mission of Love warehouse, Ravenna Ohio with hospital, school materials and humanitarian aid to Guatemala. A forty foot container arrived in Dominica to service the hurricane victims. The humanitarian aid included building materials to replace the orphanages that were destroyed and supply the hospitals with supplies that were lost, educational and humanitarian aid. Four C17 Mission of Love Denton planes / airlifts took place containing over 200,000 pounds of humanitarian aid.

Orphanages have been given food, milk, diapers and furnishings.

Native Americans in South Dakota were given humanitarian aid, heat and food because of you.

Because of you our contract for our Mission of Love was renewed via the Corp of Engineers, for $2500 for five years. A seventy two seat school bus was purchased for $1200. Medical and school supplies and furnishings were purchased via auctions. I was able to hire help to load, unload, palletize and pick up humanitarian aid for our International Mission of Love. Our move to another building is being made possible because of you.

Astrid Choc Cacao is our administrative of our GRANDmothers Home in Tecpán, Guatemala. None of this humanitarian labor of love could be done without Astrid in Guatemala. Astrid directs the Mission of Love orphanage, clinic, school, rehab therapy clinic, organizes the Denton airlifts, medical journeys, distributes to the most needy the humanitarian aid, and so loves her Maya community in need of basic human rights.

The above includes just some of the hands and hearts that you have touched in 2018. Know that every day in every way I work to make our God’s Mission of Love a success. I want you to know, none of these acts of mercy could not have been accomplished without you. You have given me the resources and strength to continue on for our Mission of Love’s thirty first year. Thank you is just not enough when wanting to say just how much I and the poorest of the poor appreciate your generosity in contributing to our God’s Mission of Love. Thank you for believing, trusting and donating to our Mission of Love. Please continue to allow us to service the poorest of the poor via your donations in 2019.

I hope that you enjoy the stories in our Mission of Love yearly newsletter. The volunteers words are filled with inspiration, hope, compassion and love.

With love and gratitude,
Kathy

Kathleen Price
Mission of Love / Founder - Director 1989
Kathy@missionoflove.org / email
www.missionoflove.org / website
Phone : 330-7932388

"YOU are not here to save the world, but are here to touch the hands that are within your reach. "