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For the Love of Mateo

For the Love of Mateo is a 5013C NonProfit Organization that primarily supports over 13 outreach programs throughout Guatemala.

Check out our website -fortheloveofmateo.com and follow up on Instagram to learn more about what we do!

08/24/2026

Here is an Updated List of Needs requested by Uplift KC. If you have any of these items you can drop them off directly to Uplift or you can get them to me and I can bring them to Uplift Organization Inc. for you! I live in Brookside area in KC, Mo so if you are in the area I am happy to take any of these items there for you if you can drop them off to me! ♥️

For the Love of Mateo

08/15/2026

Matthew Breedlove is a very talented 25 year old artist living in Leawood, Kansas who was diagnosed with Autism when he was 2 years old. He first began painting after he spent some time with his grandmother in her art studio.

Matthew often struggles to verbalize his feelings so his paintings attempt to convey his emotions. ❤️♥️🧡

Matthew has painted this beautiful painting and had it put in this gorgeous heavy duty frame and is donating it to our current For the Love of Mateo Online Auction going on right now to help us raise money! If you would like to bid on this pop-up auction item, you can bid through the end of the day tomorrow evening at 8 PM central time. The bidding for this painting is currently live in our private online Facebook group, so if you are currently not a member of the our online auction FB group, please send me a DM so I can send you the link to request to join! Once accepted, you can start bidding on his painting and help us raise some money for a good cause !!!

FYI: He is on Instagram and TikTok and one of my favorite people to follow! He is always playing music and singing while he paints and just watching him do what he loves makes my heart so happy!

ps. Matthew is the son of my sweet friend Leslie Boyle Breedlove! ❤️❤️

08/10/2026

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We Did It!!! 30 Pairs of Shoes!!
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A HUGE thank you to everyone who purchased tennis shoes for the kids at Ninos Con Bendición!! These will be their new school shoes to begin the 2027 school year off in that they will all receive in December when our FTLOM mission team is there!

📸- We will be sure to post pictures of the kids receiving their new school shoes in December!!

Thank you all sooo much! Xx

08/08/2026

Every year For the Love of Mateo purchases new school shoes for the kids afterschool program we support throughout the year and we gift the shoes to them personally on behalf of the donors while we are visiting on our December mission trip.
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I have made an Amazon wish list with all of the shoes that we need to purchase to be able to get each child a pair of shoes which will all will all ship directly to me and then I’ll be able to add them to the box shipment I am shipping to Guatemala the end of this month.

There are 30 pairs of shoes on the list between the boys & girls and we would LOVE your support if you are able to help out!! ( we will be sure to share pictures when we deliver them!)

https://a.co/0goeVB25

08/04/2026

is hosting an online Facebook Auction starting next Monday in our private FB Auction group.

We will be shipping four huge boxes to Guatemala the end of this month so we ensure they will arrive in time for our upcoming December mission trip. The boxes will be filled with Christmas gifts, school supplies, & many other donations that will be distributed between the various organizations we support in Guatemala. 🫶🏻♥️ 📦 📦 📦 📦 🇬🇹

Any funds raised from this online auction will help us pay the cost to ship the 4 large boxes & if there is extra leftover, it will be used to purchase 25 pairs of school shoes for kids in an after school program that For the Love of Mateo supports throughout the year called Ninos Con Bendición. ( We have been buying their school shoes for them for quite a few years! ) 👞 👟🇬🇹♥️💜🧡❤️💚

If you are not currently a part of our online auction group, and you would like to be, just send me a DM requesting the link so you can click on it and request to be added. If you are already apart of our group, you can go in the group and adjust your notifications to be notified once it goes live or make a note in your calendar to check everything out in the group on Monday morning August 10 as our auction will go live at 6 AM central standard time!!

Dm me for the link to our private FB auction group if you would like to be added so you can see everything that will be available in our auction. Pictures of the items will be posted in the group by the end of the week but official bidding won’t start until Monday of next week.

* I am not making the link public just so we don’t get spam accounts requesting to be added to the group, so if you want the link so you can request to join the group, send me a DM!

** if you want to just donate money directly to help us pay for any of these expenses you can do that on our website via donate tab. And the note section just type in what it is to be used for.

Thank you all for your support !
Xxo 💜💜💛

07/27/2026

Hats, backpacks, short socks for men & women, pillows & sheets, shoes for women & women size 7-11, body wash, shampoo, conditioner, bar soaps, facial cloths & towels needed:

Do you happen to have any of the items above, you are not using and could donate to me and get to me before Wednesday? I live in the Brookside area of Kansas City.

This Wednesday evening , I am serving alongside some of our other For the Love of Mateo supporters, to volunteer with Uplift KC and will be delivering hot meals & personal items from the Uplift van we will take out to 8 different spots to serve the homeless in KC.

Last Wednesday, I noticed these were items we were short on and items that everybody was asking for. If you are anywhere in the area and have these items that you would be able to bring to me before midday on Wednesday, I can take them with me Wednesday afternoon when we head up to start serving!

Feel free to DM me for my address if you do have any items you would like to donate! TYIA!

07/21/2026

For the Love of Mateo is honored to get to partner with School the World & be able to make building classrooms in communities like Quiche, Guatemala possible !!! ♥️🫶🏻♥️🫶🏻🫶🏻
It is never lost on us how all of this is only possible by the generosity of our servant-hearted donors & supporters who provide the funds that bring all of this to life!!!

After almost 15 years of doing mission work in Guatemala, I have learned the importance of education and its crucial role in helping to stop the cycle of poverty In Guatemala.

In order to create change and actually stop the generational cycle of poverty in Third World countries we need to start by educating our youth! This begins with the families of the children as well as the community that the families lives in and the partnership they have to embrace to be willing to do their part. ♥️🫶🏻♥️

To learn more about and the amazing work we have been able to do since 2012, check out our website- https://www.fortheloveofmateo.com/

06/29/2026

Final photos from our June 2026 For the Love of Mateo mission trip.

This morning, I will be headed to the airport to fly back home which although I will miss Guatemala I am very much looking forward to seeing my family!!

Yesterday was our mission team members free day; some went to Lake Atitlan, some went to the ruins , some went to the spa and myself a few others went to Finca San Cayetano for breakfast & drinks ..which was GORGEOUS btw!! we had our final farewell dinner and celebrated two birthdays of team members with some delicious cake!!!

Guatemala is one of the most beautiful places I have traveled to so I added in a few photos that were taken which show the absolute beautiful views & architecture! ♥️

Until December Guatemala…. 🇬🇹 ✈️ 🇺🇸

06/27/2026

Classroom painting & presentation day in Quiche, Guatemala. This is the 2nd classroom For the Love of Mateo & our donors have been able to have built in Quiche and the 5th classroom in Guatemala! A big thank you to Jack & Cathy Gunther Williams & family for donating the funds to have this classroom built for this community. ♥️🫶🏻🙌🏼

A big thank you to our team artists- Gilda Banta who drew up our gorgeous mural & Mary Beth Williams who drew up the outdoor murals on walls to the entrance of the classroom! Another thank you to our team members for your creative painting abilities and helping hands to make this day perfect!!

Thank you School the World for doing such great work in Guatemala and giving organizations like FTLOM the opportunity to help such deserving communities !

I will make another post with how the community greeted my team members and I as we arrived today! It’s pretty amazing!!! 🙌🏼🙌🏼🫶🏻

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Kansas City, MO
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http://www.fortheloveofmateo.com/

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