The Presbyterian Church in Leonia organized a mission trip to Guatemala. Twenty-nine people, including 5 members of CoFiA, went on this trip to help build a middle school out of recycled bottles with an organization called Hug it Forward. The bottles are stuffed tightly with inorganic trash to create what they call “eco bricks.” The schools Hug it Forward builds are all in San Martin, Jilotepeque, Chimaltenango, Guatemala, where most of the day laborers CoFiA works with come from. Last year our group worked on schools in the villages of Xesuj and Chisunuc while this year we worked in the village of Chidonjuan. We were welcomed into this remote village in the Guatemalan mountains untouched by tourism, and were able to interact with the children and adults there as they worked and played with us. Many ... Read more