Los Gozosos is a children's home in Guatemala that serves disabled orphans and children from families who cannot meet their very special needs.  The goal of Los Gozosos is for each disabled child to reach his or her full potential wrapped in the warm embrace of our caring family. 

Our Home is specifically for disabled orphaned children rejected by homes for normal children AND children whose impoverished families cannot take care of them because of their special needs. 

God loves them and has a wonderful plan for their lives.  To us it means their days should be filled with hugs and kisses, fun activities and learning, caring personal attention and real advancement in life skills. We make the Gospel message clear and teach them the Word of God as the guidebook of life, providing a clean protected environment where they can grow  healthy in every way.  We want our children to become productive adults with a strong personal relationship with Jesus Christ.

Our School is for children who cannot gain access to an education in the over-crowded Guatemalan public school system due to their disabilities or the ridicule of other students.  Some of the children have severe hearing or vision deficits, microcephaly, learning disabilities, hydrocephaly, cerebral palsy, autism, Down syndrome, attention disorders or sensory integration difficulties. The school provides kindergarten through sixth grade, with adult education being added soon.

​Los Gozosos provides a secure, loving environment with personal attention to each child’s individual needs where they learn at their own pace.  Our children receive physical, speech, and occupational therapy guided by licensed therapists then repeated by our nannies each day. 

Our students participate in Bible and English class, as well as learning the local Mayan dialect, Cakchiquel, and all the loveliness of the local indigenous culture.