By Keith McNeill
A painting by Clearwater-based artist Irene Gouchie will soon be on its way to a place of honour in a mission building in Guatemala.
“Linda Brierly saw a sketch I had done in the Red Umbrella (a faith-based craft store in Clearwater),” Gouchie said. “She really liked it but she thought it was too western. She commissioned me to do a Guatemala version to go in the Shekinah centre.”
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Upper Clearwater residents Linda and Bill Brierly have been working as missionaries with the Mayan Pokomchi tribal group in Guatemala since 2000. In 2004 they started the organization Hope of the Pokomchi ASOSAP.
One of their latest projects has been the Shekinah education centre in the town of San Cristobal, said Bill Brierly.
The word Shekinah comes from Hebrew and means “the presence of God is here,” he explained.
The education centre hosts a variety of programs for young people, artisans, those suffering from chronic diseases, nurses in training and church leaders.
Name of the painting is “La Oracion,” which means “the prayer” in Spanish.
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