by Rev. Kate Kotfila | March 8, 2018 | domestic violenceGuatemala | Blog
One year ago on March 8, 2017, 56 teenage girls are locked in a room in a government-designated safe house for troubled teens. The night before one girl tried to escape. To punish her and deter others, they are not allowed to leave the room. Bathroom visits are not... Read more
by Rev. Kathy Gorman-Coombs | August 26, 2017 | abusedomestic violenceGuatemalaMAMMission | Blog
Final Reflections: Days 2 & 3 Woven throughout our time together were short moments of experiencing and learning about different kinds of “self-care,” led by Mary Flammer. Soothing self-touch, ways of caring for our physical, mental, spiritual, and emotional... Read more
by Albany Presbytery Communications | August 25, 2017 | abusedomestic violenceGuatemalaMAMMission | Blog
Reflections Written after the Conference was over Day 1-2 The women coming from the North arrived at about 3, looking beautiful and refreshed, not at all as if they had just been travelling for 9 (and some of them 14) hours. After they’d gotten lunch (and the rest of... Read more
by Albany Presbytery Communications | August 24, 2017 | abusedomestic violenceGuatemalaMAMMission | Blog
Women Learning Together in Guatemala: Training Church Leaders in Guatemala to Teach others about Domestic Violence Day 1 of 3: Thursday August 17, 2017: Reflections on the First Day of the Conference A few weeks before my first trip to Guatemala, in 2007, I was in... Read more
