Joel Armas grew up in Zone 18. He was one of the few who "escaped". Yet after several years in business in 2006 he decided to return. The place he returned to is known as la jungla (the jungle). It is a place full of people, full of life, full of children, while also full of gangs, violence and hunger. Three gates lead into this neighborhood. I thought they were built by the neighbors to keep the gangs out, only to discover they were built by the gangs to keep other gangs and sometimes the police out. It gives a whole new meaning to" gates communities".
There at the center of this neighborhood, Joel began to feed children and established Esperanza para Guatemala (Hope for Guatemala). The ministry grew to the point that six years later God provided something even bigger.
(Next up Ciudad de Esperanza)
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