You Encourage Us to Continue Learning

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September 28, 2022

My name is Matthew, and I am 9 years old.

I live in Guatemala and attend the Outreach360 Virtual English Academy on a full scholarship.

I want to be an architect in construction when I grow up. I also want to be able to speak the English language and share it with others.

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I thank my teachers with all my heart for teaching us English and new things every day. Although it is difficult, you encourage us to continue learning.

I have learned a lot and grown by understanding and speaking English. When I started, I didn't know much, only colors and numbers from 1 to 10. Now, little by little, I can understand, and I hope to speak more fluently.

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Thank you very much for your support so that I can continue learning. I hope you continue to support us to learn since it has been of great help to me.

Thanks to the visitors as well. You help us to have an idea of what we want to be in the future, and to be able to choose. My favorite session was when the builders visited us. It was my favorite because I like to build, and I learned to say: "What do you want to be?"

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Our names are Héctor and Lidia, and we are Matthew’s parents.

You have inspired our son to see his dreams and enlightened him to see his goals.

Our son comes out very excited when someone visits them or they teach him something new. He is more curious and is highly motivated to learn more every day.

We appreciate all the effort and are very grateful, since our son now understands the English language much better. It is a great opportunity in his learning.

Thank you to each of the teachers for your patience and dedication. Furthermore, we thank the sponsors and donors from the bottom of our hearts because the scholarship has really been of great help and, for our son, a blessing.

We deeply appreciate every one of you for the support.

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Written in Spanish by Matthew, Héctor, and Lidia. Translated by Outreach360.

Matthew joined the Virtual English Academy in September 2021. He is an excited student who seeks out extra ways to get involved.