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Castillo Fuerte completes another school year |
(13 Nov 03) Castillo Fuerte Lutheran School of Guatemala City completed another academic year in October. With and student body of 104, this was the second year Castillo Fuerte, Mighty Fortress, has provided Lutheran Christian education to children and youth in Guatemala's capital city. School principals Gilda de Alburez and Aracely de Bonilla presented awards to outstanding students and teachers at the closing ceremony on the last school day. The Guatemala school year runs from January to October. November and December are the vacation months. During the vacation time, teachers are receiving additional training in Lutheran doctrine and teaching methods through a class called El Jardin de Dios, God's Garden. The weekly classes are taught by Ared Rodríguez of CLET (the Lutheran Center for Theological Education) of Guatemala. The classes are available for day school and Sunday school teachers. |
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Crossroads:
Excited about Missions |
by Peter Slayton, Missionary Recruiter |
Peter@LBT.org |
"Gringo! Gringo!" the children shouted excitedly as we made our way along the bumpy, dusty mountain road to Las Pacayas. We were using the tradtional transportation—the bed of a pickup—and many of the children had never seen so many white people together, much less in the back of a dirty pickup. It was an experience quite unlike anthing most of the participants had ever encountered, and though it might sound a bit rustic to some, it was nothing compared to how the McMillans, an LBT translation team, first traveled to Las Pacayas 30 years ago—by mule! |
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Rios Montt accepts defeat; Berger and Colom advance to runoff |
(11 Nov 03) Though he has not been seen in public since Sunday's elections, presidential candidate Gen. Rios Montt's running mate Tuesday said he was conceding defeat for both of them. The top two candidates of the field of eleven who will face one another in a December 28 runoff are Oscar Berger and Álvaro Colom. |
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Early tallies favor Berger and Colom; Arzu new mayor of Guatemala City |
UPDATED 6:00 EST(10 Nov 03) Preliminary reports issued by Guatemala election officials gives presidential candidates Oscar Berger 38% and Álvaro Colom nearly 28% of the vote. If Berger and Colom maintain this lead, they will advance to a December runoff. Efrain Rios Montt is in third place with 17% of the vote and will not be included in the runoff election. Former president Álvaro Arzu handily won his bid for mayor of the Guatemala City, the nation's capital and largest Central American city. Arzu is credited for many of the country's modernizations as well as seeing the end of the 36-year civil war with the 1996 peace accords. |
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Large voter turn out; scattered reports of irregularities |
(9 Nov 03) An larger-than-expected number of Guatemalans turned out for today's national elections in spite of rumors of potential violence.Although a top aide of one presidential candidate was shot outside his home last night, the elections for the most part have been peaceful. Two voters were accidentally killed and others injured as a crowd pushed their way into the voting center. Guatemala presidential candidates must win over 50% of the popular vote. Of the eleven candidates, Oscar Berger and Alvaro Colom are expected each to garner a third of the vote.Controversial ex-dictator Gen. Efrain Rios Montt is a distant third. If no candidate wins 50% of today's vote, a runoff of the top two candidates is held in late December. Guatemala and world leaders now wait to see who the runoff candidates will be. |
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