“My wife told me about the Colony and made me a proposition. I would go and see if it would work for us. If I didn’t like it, we didn’t have to move there. If I did, we would apply.” He laughs. “Well, here is the result.”

Frenely and Marjory are two peas in a pod and spend many afternoons singing and dancing in the kitchen, like mothers and daughters do.

For as long as she can remember, twenty-year-old Yoselin Marleny Flores Pineda has been connected with Habitat for Humanity Guatemala.

“It feels good to have our own house and our own privacy. My youngest son has a lot space to play and grow.”