Courtney Horvath lives in Nashville, TN, where she teaches as an interim third grade teacher at a public Spanish immersion school. She is an Ambassador Bible College graduate who has a huge passion for working with children and using her fluent Spanish to serve others. After completing her third grade teaching position in December and serving...
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Eagle's Nest Orphanage 2014
Needed: $11000
Received: $11000
United Youth Corps and Good Works will once again be co-sponsoring a project in Guatemala! This project will take place at the Eagle’s Nest Orphanage from Dec. 26, 2014, until Jan. 9, 2015.
The children at Eagle’s Nest Orphanage thrive on receiving individual attention from loving adults. Therefore the Youth Corps Team’s primary goal will be to spend time each day showing the children love, affection and building relationships.
Another goal is to help the children improve their English skills through daily lessons and exposure. The ability to speak English gives Guatemalans an improved opportunity to find work and build a career in tourism, business or teaching. Volunteers will work using songs, games and activities to help make learning English fun.
A Bible lesson, prepared by the Guatemalan volunteers, will be taught to the children each day.
Eagle’s Nest encourages the groups to craft the project based on the strengths of the volunteers. Other secondary objectives include helping contribute to the maintenance of the campus, provide entertainment, or help with serving meals to local children in need.
To apply for this opportunity, please visit http://www.ucgyouthcorps.org/projects/application.php
We will add biographies for volunteers once they are chosen. Once the project has started check back regularly for blogs and video updates.
Garrett Fenchel, one of the project managers, is a senior at University of Cincinnati studying Industrial Management and Business Economics; currently working at DHL Express as a Network Analyst. He has a love for music and often composes and performs special music at different church congregations. Garrett also has a passion for outreach. He...
Jordan currently lives in Orrville, Ohio but she is planning on moving to Cincinnati next year. Jordan has always wanted travel to as many places possible and serve many people. Jordan Loves working with children. From the first time she heard about this project she knew she wanted to go down and serve at the Eagle's Nest Orphanage. She has...
Debra Ham is a professional photographer who grew up in Cincinnati, OH. Currently she lives in Pineville, LA with her husband and teenage nephew and together they attend the Ruston congregation. Before moving to the Pineville area, they lived in Houston, TX where Debra was able to actively participate in several UYC pre-teen and teen camps...
Sophia Del Signore is the oldest of five children and grew up in the Church in southern New Hampshire. She recently moved to Ohio where she attends the United Church of God Portsmouth, OH congregation. Sophia currently attends college with the intention of receiving her associate’s degree in occupational therapy. She has been a lifeguard and...
Ryan Shallenberger lives in Ohio and attends the United Church of God congregation in Columbus, Ohio. He is currently attending the Ohio State University and is studying early/middle childhood education. He is very excited about this opportunity and loves working with children. Although he cannot speak much Spanish, he hopes to learn and...
Rachel Mez currently lives in Kennesaw, Georgia and attends United Church of God’s Atlanta congregation. She is pursing a nursing degree at Kennesaw State University and has her heart set on becoming a pediatric nurse. Her hobbies include serving, running, ultimate Frisbee and pretty much anything fun. She has attended United Youth Camps...
Montana is a member of United Church of God's Fort Wayne, Indiana congregation. She is a freshman at Trine University pursuing a degree in biomedical engineering. She has attended various United Youth Camps since she was six years old, both as a camper and a staff member. Montana works at Polo Ralph Lauren as a sales associate and enjoys...
Kathryn Youngblood grew up attending church in the Columbus, GA, congregation. She has been a part of the UYC camp program every summer since she was twelve, first as a camper and later as staff, and this past summer she had the additional opportunity of attending the Challenger West program. She now lives in Athens, GA, where she is a...
Allison Churchill is a member of the United Church of God congregation in Eugene, OR. She has worked with children of ages varying from infancy through teenage years for six years, teaching swimming lessons at several different pools in the Northwest and volunteering at UYC preteen and teen camps. While one of her passions is teaching and...
Esther, one of the project managers, is passionate about working with children and has followed that passion and trained and worked in childcare most extensively. she looks forward to returning to Eagle's Nest to see the children she met while there during two short day visits during the Feast of Tabernacles in Guatemala. She hopes that God...
Jonathan, the project manager, is an ABC graduate who works in the media department of United Church of God. He loves speaking Spanish and loves working with kids. Jonathan looks forward to working with other volunteers and prays that God truly blesses the project to make a meaningful impact on the children of Eagle's Nest orphanage. Jonathan...
Lisa Fenchel, one of the project managers, lives in Cincinnati, Ohio with her husband Matthew and their two grown children Lynette and Garrett. She has a passion for working with children and teens and has actively participated in youth camps for the past 25 years in a variety of roles, including: counselor, activity staff and lead...