My Story

It is a blessed day to say hello to you wishing you all the best. My full name is Carlos Alejandro Lopez Merlos and I want to tell you about my sad experience which is to live without my grandfather because he passed away and I was very close to him. Every day I ask God for His strength in my life and I can feel His presence and comfort in my heart. I admire my cousin Fergie and we love each other so much because we are almost the same age. I am 15 years old and I am studying the 8^th grade at school. My best friend is Diego and we play soccer together. We have been friends for three years.

We believe in God, and together with my family, we continue attending the Catholic Church called Santa Ana. We like the mass. LW teacher shared the gospel with my maternal aunt, Julissa Lopez, and we always trust that God is with us in hard and difficult moments. He has provided for our needs and his hand of love is upon our family. My mother`s name is Heidy Alejandra, and currently, she is working as a cook while my father Eswin Armando continues earning a living as a blacksmith. They always are doing their best for us even though my mother is suffering from diabetes. She is under medical treatment from the social security institute from Guatemala and she is taking her medicines to be stable. I would like to ask for your prayers for her. Thank you very much and I send you many blessings!

Yours truly,

Carlos Alejandro Lopez Merlos

Translated by: Gladys Chavez, AAC Secretary-Antigua