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New Dawning Guatemalan School Gallery

Russ Camp, retired Covenant career missionary to Ecuador, teaches kids to play the accordion.

Kids listen to story told in the school library told by Nancy Paff.

Lydia Phillips, a member of Community Covenant in El Cajon, California, paints a beautiful mural on the side of one of the school buildings.

Jack Shriver, member of Grace Covenant Church in Spring Valley, California, has made 11 trips to San Juan La Laguna and took the lead this year in rebuilding the school storage shed.

Felix Anselmo Hernandez, a graduate of the school and who now owns a restaurant in the village, says the education he received at New Dawning helped make his dream possible.

The family of one student who attends New Dawning School

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