My Story

It is my pleasure to greet you in the name of Jesus hoping you are doing great. I am so happy because my family and I are in good health. My mother is Astrid Tatiana Mejia Yacon and she is 31 years old. She works as a barista in San Martin restaurant. My stepfather is Daniel Enrique Sirit Diaz, and he earns a living as a freelance electrician and helps us economically when he has a job. My biological father abandoned us years ago and has another family. My family and I are not attending church.

This is Neitan Stuard Salazar Mejia, and my current age is 15 years old. I am attending 9^th grade; I receive classes at school and my learning is better. Due to a lack of work, it has been so hard for my family to support me at school and my mother is the only one who supports me. I desire to continue with my studies to become a systems engineer in the future. The language I would like to learn is English. My favorite sport is field hockey. About drinks, my favorites are water, horchata, lemonade, and tamarind because those are delicious. What I love to do with my family is spend time with them, especially at Christmas.  On my birthday, I love to share a cake with my family, I enjoy my day with them. Being part of the feeding program is a big blessing for me and my family, receiving the food parcels has been so helpful to us. We are a needy family and the greatest needs are groceries, shoes and tin sheet for the roof. This is all for now, but I send much love. Every kind of blessing on you!

Warm greetings,

Neitan Stuard Salazar Mejia

Translated by: Violeta Hernandez / A-A-C Secretary-Antigua Guatemala