For the Love of Mateo

06/19/2026

♥️♥️♥️✈️🫶🏻🫶🏻

06/18/2026

If you are interested in traveling with For the Love of Mateo to Guatemala in December of this year, deposits are due next month on July 15th. ♥️🫶🏻✈️ 🇬🇹

To sign up for the trip you can click on this link below- https://www.fortheloveofmateo.com/product-page/mission-trip-december-5-11-2026

04/25/2026

Good afternoon & happy Saturday! 💛

I wanted to share a special need close to our hearts. One of our FTLOM missions in Guatemala, Esperanza Juvenil (the boarding school in Guatemala City where many of us sponsor children), is raising funds to update their kitchen. This space serves meals daily for ~170 children while their at school.

Our FTLOM family has done amazing things before, and I know we can come together again! Their goal is $10,000 and I’d love for us to support as much as we can.

If you feel led to give, please use the link below and note: “kitchen remodel for Esperanza Juvenil.” Every gift makes a difference!

Thank you for loving and supporting these missions of love with me all year long. Xo, Val 💛

Donation amounts are available of $25, $50, $75, $100 or more, and can be done either by a one-time or recurring payment of your choice. Once received, we will apply your financial support directly to those project(s) in greatest need and inform you to where your financial support was given.

04/23/2026

Have you signed up for Walk to Hope yet? There’s still time to join and support Esperanza Juvenil Guatemala in this international campaign 🌍💙
With $35, you can be part of this movement and walk alongside us in bringing hope.
👉 https://nhq.hopeignites.gives/event/walk-to-hope/e749682
Thank you for considering being part of this!

Walk to Hope is Hope Ignites' network-wide activity and fundraising challenge, bringing together supporters across the network to move, stay active, and raise funds for Hope Ignites scholars. Visit https://walktohope.org to learn more!

04/23/2026

“𝘼 𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙢𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙬𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙗𝙚𝙖𝙢𝙨; 𝙖 𝙝𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙗𝙪𝙞𝙡𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙢𝙨.” — 𝙍𝙖𝙡𝙥𝙝 𝙒𝙖𝙡𝙙𝙤 𝙀𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙤𝙣 🏠 🇬🇹♥️

Yesterday presented House #50 in San Antonio, Guatemala to this precious family!! There were so grateful for this gift !! What a blessing for them to now own their own home!! 🏠 🇬🇹🫶🏻
I am so thankful to my sweet neighbors who graciously donated the funds to make home this possible for this deserving family!! 🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻🥰

When you donate funds to have a home built for a family In Guatemala it includes:
• 2 bedroom home
• a bathroom with a working toliet & shower
• a bunk bed with sheets, blankets & pillows
• a stove
• a water filter
• a tub of supplies as a Welcome Home gift filled with food staples, cookware, and things the family can use in their home

To learn more about how you can get involved with my nonprofit just go to our website - fortheloveofmateo.com . We have lots of community outreach projects we support in right here in the USA, in addition to Canada, Venezuela & Guatemala! There is definitely need all over and I’m sure all of you can find ways you can be of service to others in your own communities, but if you have a tug to get involved in the organization, we would love to share more information with you!

I also lead mission trips to Guatemala twice a year! The mission trips I personally need are during the summer and in December! There is info on my website, specifically on mission trips if that’s something that tugs at your heart!!

fun fact: a few years ago, I said I had a goal of having 50 homes built in San Antonio before I turned 50 years old. In February, I just turned 49 and with the help of many servant-hearted people, that dream became a reality a year early!! ♥️♥️♥️

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8gqYU6K/

Check out Val Edwards’s post.

02/26/2026

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01/24/2026

ℍ𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕕 𝕒 𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕡𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕚𝕟 𝕒 𝕓𝕠𝕠𝕜 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕪 𝕤𝕡𝕖𝕒𝕜𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕪𝕠𝕦? 𝕋𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕙𝕒𝕡𝕡𝕖𝕟𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕞𝕖 𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕥𝕚𝕞𝕖! 𝕀 𝕒𝕞 𝕔𝕦𝕣𝕣𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕝𝕪 𝕗𝕚𝕟𝕚𝕤𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕦𝕡 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕓𝕠𝕠𝕜 𝕨𝕣𝕚𝕥𝕥𝕖𝕟 𝕓𝕪 𝔹𝕣𝕚𝕒𝕟𝕟𝕒 𝕎𝕖𝕤𝕥 𝕔𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕕, ‘ 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕃𝕚𝕗𝕖 𝕋𝕙𝕒𝕥’𝕤 𝕎𝕒𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘.’ 📕✨

ᴡʜᴇɴ ɪ ꜰᴇᴇʟ ᴀ ᴛᴜɢ ᴛᴏ ꜱʜᴀʀᴇ ꜱᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ ɪ’ᴠᴇ ʀᴇᴀᴅ ᴏʀ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴇxᴘᴇʀɪᴇɴᴄᴇᴅ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀꜱ, ɪ’ᴠᴇ ʟᴇᴀʀɴᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ꜰᴏʟʟᴏᴡ ᴍʏ ᴛᴜɢ. 💫

ᴘᴀꜱᴛ ᴄᴏɴᴠᴇʀꜱᴀᴛɪᴏɴꜱ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴛᴀᴜɢʜᴛ ᴍᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴄʜᴀʟʟᴇɴɢᴇꜱ ɪ’ᴠᴇ ꜰᴀᴄᴇᴅ ᴀʀᴇ ᴏꜰᴛᴇɴ ʙᴇɪɴɢ ᴇxᴘᴇʀɪᴇɴᴄᴇᴅ ʙʏ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀꜱ ᴀʀᴏᴜɴᴅ ᴍᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴍᴀʏʙᴇ, ʙʏ ᴍᴇ ꜱʜᴀʀɪɴɢ ꜱᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʀᴇᴀʟʟʏ ꜱᴘᴏᴋᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴍᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ʜᴇʟᴘᴇᴅ ᴍᴇ ᴛᴏ ꜱᴇᴇ ᴍʏ ᴄɪʀᴄᴜᴍꜱᴛᴀɴᴄᴇꜱ ᴛʜʀᴏᴜɢʜ ᴄʟᴇᴀʀᴇʀ ʟᴇɴꜱᴇꜱ, it ᴄᴀɴ ʜᴇʟᴘ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀꜱ ᴛᴏᴏ.

**I am sharing a picture of the book im talking about & a throwback picture of Mateo & I when we were in the middle of his 3.5 year long adoption process. I wanted to show a picture of Mateo and I together during this time because it was during this time that was one of the most challenging years I had faced personally up to that point and spent so much time worrying & stressing over what was going on, wondering if there would ever be a happy ending.
The timing for him to come home was not in my plan, but it was definitely in God’s. I can clearly see that looking back over the past 15 years since he has been home, there have been so many blessings that came through his journey home and the ripple that was created because of that long journey and eventually through my nonprofit, For the Love of Mateo .
𝘋𝘰𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘳, 𝘸𝘦 𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘱 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘸𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘦.
𝘞𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘦’𝘷𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦’𝘷𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦.

𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘸𝘦’𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘸.
𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 & 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳, 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦?

𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵 ….. 𝘞𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴.
𝘞𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦, 𝘸𝘦 𝘬𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨.
𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘧… 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘰.
•𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦. •𝘞𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯.
•𝘞𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘬-𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦.
𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘵, 𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘵. 𝘉𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘪𝘴 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦, 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯. 𝘈𝘭𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩, 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘥𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘵.

𝘔𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.
𝘔𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘮 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴 𝘶𝘱𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘵𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧.
𝘉𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘮 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴-𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦 , 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦.

𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦, 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰, 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘸.
𝘖𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘰𝘣𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘥. 𝘞𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘺, 𝘸𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦.

𝘈𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘦-𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘶𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘸. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘱 𝘶𝘱 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘸𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦’𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘺.
𝘉𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘤𝘬-𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨.

𝘛𝘏𝘐𝘚 👇👇👇👇🙌🏼🙌🏼
•𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴, 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥, 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦.
•𝘚𝘰, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘱 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘭, 𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦, 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘫𝘰𝘣 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘶𝘴𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘳 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥.
𝘛𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘎𝘖 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘉𝘌 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦.

•𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳.
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘭 𝘸𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘶𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦.

01/20/2026

So proud that For the Love of Mateo gets to partner & serve an INCREDIBLE organization like Esperanza Juvenil, Guatemala ! This school/boarding school makes such a difference for so many children in Guatemala & provides them with opportunities they may not otherwise have.
Imagine being of 3rd grade age and wanting to change your family's circumstances so badly you are willing to leave your family home, sometimes 8-10 hours away to go live at
Esperanza Juvenil, Guatemala 's boarding school JUST so you can have an education. This organization supports children in school from 3rd grade all the way through university. Their goal is to have these children go to college. So far 4 out of the 5 kids I have sponsored have graduated high school & are enrolled in college now. I recently started sponsoring a few more since my kids are now in college. It has been so fulfilling to be apart of their life ; mentoring them & watching them grow up over the years and having the opportunity to visit them on each mission trip fills my heart with so much joy!
Many children in Guatemala, especially Indigenous ones, drop out of school early due to poverty, lack of schools, and cultural factors. Many children from rural villages only go to school through 3rd-5th grade. I love that this program gives children the opportunity to change their circumstances . Over the years I have learned that one of the key ways someone living in a 3rd world country can change their circumstances, is through education. Here are some stats from the children who attend Esperanza Juvenil, Guatemala:
100% from families below the poverty link
57% from underrepresented minority groups
60% girls and young women
40% boys and young men
100% motivated to achieve their dreams
Esperanza Juvenil, Guatemala impact in Guatemala-
108 scholars in long-term residential program
159 scholars in comprehensive academy programs
37 collegians working toward their degrees
196 total young people who are motivated to achieve their potential
99% go to college
90% persist in college
16 graduates in 2024!

Este año estamos atendiendo a 206 estudiantes, desde primaria hasta la universidad. Guiados por un enfoque holístico y a largo plazo, contamos con 2 campus, 10 residencias, además de 37 estudiantes universitarios. Nuestro impacto también se ve reflejado en nuestros 22 graduados universitarios.

01/18/2026

Loved getting to support Newhouse Shelter this past year!!! Between my amazing For the Love of Mateo family & my Arbonne team, they all really showed up for such an amazing organization that does such wonderful things for those in KC who needed this support !

01/05/2026

Happy New Year & Welcome to 2026! 🎆 Thanks to all the wonderful supporters of FTLOM, we had an incredible year filled with love and success! Check out our latest blog post as we share insights and experiences from our December mission trip and look forward to what this new year holds. Read more here: https://wix.to/sJiHDqH

I have finally gotten settled back in from our VERY BUSY December! Thanks to EVERYONE who supported FTLOM and our missions of love once again, our For the Love of Mateo team was able to do soooo much on our December mission trip! We were also able to accomplish SOOOOO much in 2025!!!! I started writ...