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 About Us Andrew and Rebecca Loveall have been serving as missionaries to Guatemala since February of 2000. They are formerly from Rockford, Illinois. Their mission work primarily focuses on discipleship in two areas of Guatemala.
The first area of ministry they lead is in the colonial city of Antigua, where they founded the “Escuela Integrada de Niños Trabajadores” (“Integrated School for Working Children”), a school for extremely poor children the vast majority of which are from displaced Mayan families who have left their rural villages in search of work and opportunity. Each year approximately 200 students are scholarshipped through donations from the US. A breakfast / lunch feeding program is included in this school. Basic Christian values are taught along with an excellent education. There is a small medical clinic in the school which provides basic medical help to the families. A Guatemalan Christian psychologist provides counseling to students and families. The teaching and discipleship of Escuela Integrada directly touches the lives of more than 180 families.
February 2006 saw the opening a middle school in the Mayan village of Chuchuca Alto which is just outside the Mayan city center of Patzun. This school, Escuela Integrada - Chuchuca, is the first expansion of the Escuela Integrada program. Approximately 75-80 students receive a middle school education from this center.  L.A.C.E.S. (Latin American Christian Education Services) in a U.S. 501 3c establisd specifically to manage their work in Guatemala.
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“Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds” Romans 12:2a NRSV Andrew Loveall was born in Bartlesville, OK and spent most of his years growing up in and around Tulsa, OK. Andrew grew up in the church as his father was a Christian Church minister. Currently, Andrew is the Executive Director of LACES the U.S. charity started to manage donations for Escuela Integrada and President of the Board of Directors. He is also the Treasurer of the Guatemalan Before moving to Guatemala in 2000, he held several management positions in varied companies. His last position was as a regional service manager for a German robotics company. Andrew is a layman who is committed to the proper teaching and preaching of the Word of God. He mentors countless young men as his own life was changed through mentoring relationships. His passion is for believers to live according to both the “primacy of the mind” and the “supremacy of the heart". |
"But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us." 2 Corithians 4:7 Rebecca Loveall was born and raised in Rockford, IL where she grew up attending an Assemblies of God church. She has a BA in Economics and Russian Area Studies from Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois. Before moving to Guatemala in 2000, Rebecca worked as a software consultant in the manufacturing industry. She now heads Escuela Integrada,the Guatemalan non-profit organization and manages over 30 Guatemalan employees. In May 2010 she graduated from Wheaton College Graduate School with a Master's degree in Clinical Psychology. These studies were undertaken in response to the large number of trauma cases encountered with the students and their families. She is also interested in context appropriate spiritual formation and will be participating in on-going research to meet those needs. |
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