This wasn’t just a surface-level acquaintanceship, but a profound and lasting friendship… The two of them were entirely present to the people in their community and demonstrated infinite love in their exchanges.
We learned very early on that what mattered most was that we would be standing together before God, with a cloud of witnesses, as we professed our vows and our love for one another.
When I first arrived in Guatemala in 2017, the level of poverty convicted me in a way nothing else ever had. My first home visit will forever provide the framework for how I understand poverty in the developing world—no running water, limited electricity, dirt floors, holes in the ceiling and extremely limited access to food.