Our newsletter which was distributed in February 2015.  Thanks for praying for us!

Welcome to the new blog for the Freed Family!  Our family has been living in Guatemala since January 2008, and currently we are serving as the on site directors Fundaniños,  a home for about 60 children who have been placed in care by the child protective services and courts of Guatemala.  The home was founded by Manolo and Vilma Bendfeldt, a Guatemalan businessman and his wife, over 20 years ago, and has been providing homes and care for displaced and hurting children since its formation. 

Our first years in Guatemala were working with Orphan Resources International, an organization that provides food and other donations to agencies, such as Fundaniños, that care for displaced children.  For two years our family served at Casa Bernabé, and home of about 150 children, where Denny worked as the medical director of the clinic on site and Barb taught the preschool program and some English classes in the school.

Our family consists of Denny--a Family Nurse Practitioner by background, Barb--a early childhood education teacher, Maredith—a second year registered nursing student at Harrisburg Area Community College in Lancaster, PA, Abby—who lives with the family at Fundaniños, volunteers for general secretarial and other duties for our church, Casa de Libertad, and assists in many of the activities and responsibilities at Fundaniños, Risa, a trained chef, is returning to the USA to work in a summer youth program this year and probably will work in the USA for a period of time, and Omar,  who is keeping busy with his school studies and practicing with one of the local soccer teams.

In this  blog we will publish our regular newsletters as well as other updates that may be relevant.  

Please feel free to share this link to other people who may be interested in our work and ministry here with the children of Fundaniños.

For more information about Fundaniños, please visit the webpage www.fundaninos.com, or follow us on Facebook Fundaninos Guatemala.