The school year has just finished up here in Guatemala, and now the kids have a few months of vacation before classes start back up in January.

Two kids at Casa Shalom, Martin & Julio, graduated from 6th grade, and they even get a graduation ceremony. Martin is one of the most dedicated students I have ever seen here, and so we’ve gotten permission to send him to a school near our house which is like a charter or a magnet school this coming year. In a little over a week he’ll have to take an entrance exam where only 200 out of over 1,000 are accepted. Hopefully he’ll get accepted because this school could be a great opportunity for him.