My Story

Zacualpa is a small but busy village in a mountain valley. Both Quiche Mayans and Ladinos (those with mixed European ancestry) inhabit the village. The prevalent language is Spanish. Families in this village live in one or two-room homes usually constructed of either wood or adobe. Although many of the people are farmers, the village contains several small and specialized stores, a body repair shop for buses, mechanics, plumbers, and many other small-town tradesmen. It also has a large open-air market which serves much of the area. Even with all of this, the poverty level is extremely high, and the children are very needy.

Hello! My full name is Brithney Yaneli Sofia Vasquez Rosales, and I am so happy to introduce myself. I was born on October 25, 2018, so I am 5 years old. Fortunately, I am a healthy preschooler. My favorite color is red and what I enjoy the most is playing with my dolls. I like domestic animals, but my favorite one is the cat. The people who I live with are my parents. I am an only child. My father is Leiser Fernando Vasquez Arevalo. He works by assisting mechanics in a workshop to support our family economically with his income. My mom is Gloria Yolanda Rosales Urizar. She is a housewife and sometimes works as a day laborer to help at home with the expenses. She prepares delicious food like fried chicken which is my favorite. I want to use this opportunity to ask you to pray for my mom because she is not doing well. Sadly, she had a miscarriage a few months ago. When that happened, her blood pressure went up.

My family and I are members of Life Christian Church. We live in a rented house that belongs to my maternal grandmother and pay Q100=$12.93 monthly. The house is made of adobe, a tin sheet roof, and a concrete floor. It has two rooms, a separate kitchen, electricity, and running water. We raise chickens at home for our consumption. We are a low-income family, and some of our greatest needs are groceries and corn. The feeding program is 30 minutes from where we live. To get there, my mom takes me by bus. I say goodbye to you now, but I want you to know that my mom helped me to give all this information to a teacher of the LW evangelism team. See you later!

Sincerely yours,

Brithney Yaneli Sofia Vasquez Rosales

Translated by: Hillary Popol, AAC Secretary