Stephanie is from the Oakland, California, United Church of God congregation. She has a BA in studio art and is currently taking classes in early childhood education, having been inspired by her time volunteering for the project last year. She feels incredibly blessed and thankful for having another opportunity to spend time with the children...
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Eagle's Nest Orphanage 2016
Needed: $10000
Received: $10000
Good Works and United Youth Corps are once again co-sponsoring a project in Guatemala from December 25, 2016 to January 8, 2017.
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. 25, 2016, until Jan. 8, 2017. Plans are being made to have an event with the Guatemalan brethren’s children prior to going to Eagle’s Nest Orphanage.
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.
The team will conduct fun activities; including music, sports, English and Bible lessons, outdoor games, swimming, and art projects. Team members will also spend time improving the Eagle’s Nest orphanage through a work project.
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.
****update**** Volunteers have been chosen, view their bios below!
Kendall Hermann lives in Fort Wayne, Indiana, but is attending college at Trine University in Angola, Indiana as a freshman this year. She is working towards getting her Bachelor’s of exercise science degree so that she can go on to graduate school to become a physical therapist. She enjoys working with children as much as she can and has...
Keith Lippincott lives in Salem, Oregon where he currently works as an intern at Garmin AT. Keith graduated from Oregon State University in June, 2016 with a bachelor's degree in computer science. He has attended United Youth Camps for 11 years -- serving as staff for three. In his spare time, Keith loves hiking, taking photographs, playing...
Eliza lives in Prince George, B.C., where she is in her second year at the University of Northern British Columbia, pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in English and History. Eliza has been teaching piano since starting university and hopes to become an elementary school teacher after completing her degree. She also enjoys playing hymns at her local...
Julia attends the UCG Raleigh, North Carolina congregation. She is a current junior at NC State University pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Human Biology. She plans on continuing her education after this with a medical school or physician’s assistant school. She has a passion for studying different cultures and languages, having studied Spanish...
Julie Waterhouse is from Pickerington, Ohio and attends the Columbus congregation. She is currently a senior at Otterbein University where she is studying Early Childhood Education. She plans to attend Ambassador Bible College next year and will then follow that with graduate school for a Masters of Library Science. Julie loves to travel and...
Alan Waterhouse is from Columbus, Ohio and currently attends United Church of God in Cleveland, Ohio. He is a freshman at Case Western Reserve University studying Mechanical Engineering. Over the past years, Alan has taken the opportunity to perform special music on both cello and guitar at different church congregations. He loves getting...
Jonathan, project manager, is an ABC graduate who works in the media department of United Church of God. He loves working with kids and feels a deep connection to the people of Latin America. He 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...
Garrett is a Development Coordinator for Cooperative for Education, an organization dedicated to ending poverty in Guatemala through Education. He continues to travel to Guatemala several times a year for work, often visiting Eagle’s Nest Orphanage on the side. This is his fourth trip down on the Guatemala Youth Corps project and second time as...
Lisa Fenchel, a project coordinator, lives in Cincinnati, Ohio with her husband Matthew and their two grown children Lynette and Garrett. She currently works part time for the United Church of God in Women’s Services and over the past 25 years has been actively involved in the church teen camp programs in a variety of roles including: counselor...