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Prayers of Solidarity Requested

By Suzanne Rumsey, LA/C Program Coordinator

Those who have visited the PWRDF 50th anniversary website recently will remember reading about PWRDF partner, Miriam Iquique who is the coordinator of the Ecumenical Women’s Network (REM) in Guatemala. Together with other women weavers of her organization, Miriam was commissioned by PWRDF to weave stoles for sale through the website as part of our 50th anniversary celebrations.

“We do not all serve for everything, but we all serve for something.” Miriam Iquique

Miriam Iquique serves for very many things. She is the 39-year-old mother of nine children. She is the coordinator of the Ecumenical Women’s Network (REM) of the Conference of Evangelical Churches of Guatemala, a PWRDF partner organization. She is a Maya K’aqchikel woman who carries with her stories of life and death, struggle and hope witnessed first-hand as she grew up in the midst of the violence of Guatemala’s 36-year civil war. And Miriam is a weaver.