About Our History

Mount Sinai Evangelical Mission Church was founded.

Mount Sinai Evangelical Mission Church planted a church in El Gorión, a community neighboring Magdalena.

Kara Denton went on a three-week mission trip to Guatemala. On that trip, Kara learned about life overseas and what the face of poverty looked like. God instilled in her a deep love for the people of the country and gave her a vision of helping the children through education.

In 2011, Kara was a senior at Greenville college. God called Kara to complete a ministry internship in Magdalena, Guatemala during her spring semester. God opened many doors and with the partnership of a local church, Mount Sinai Evangelical Mission Church, Kara started Mount Sinai Christian School. The school began as a preschool. After she graduated that May, Kara moved to Guatemala, starting Tapestry of Love Ministries. Mount Sinai Christian School (MSCS) finished its first year with 14 preschoolers. Kara also married her husband Mario, a pastor and teacher, who serves as a missionary alongside her.

The following year, MSCS expanded to include kindergarten. The 2012 school year ended with 34 children. Tapestry of Love Ministries started the child sponsorship program to help support the students. Our missionaries began working with the youth group at Mount Sinai Evangelical Mission Church. The ministry also completed its first community service project by helping with construction on a local home. Our first individuals came to serve in Guatemala.

The school served preschool, kindergarten, and first grade in 2013. 54 children attended MSCS this year. We began working with Colegio Hebron and secured Christian curriculum for our students. Mount Sinai Evangelical Mission Church planted a church in Mixco, a community near Guatemala City.

There were a total of 94 children at MSCS in 2014 as the school added second, third, and fourth grade. Tapestry of Love had its first mission team travel to Magdalena, Guatemala.

MSCS ministered to over 104 children ranging from preschool to eighth grade. Mount Sinai Evangelical Mission Church began holding medical clinics. Mount Sinai Church planted another church in Sólola near Lake Atitlan. Tapestry of Love hosted its first intern, Bethany.

In 2016, the school went up to tenth grade. MSCS served 108 children. God also opened the doors for us to start working with the local public schools and sharing Christ with the students in those school. TOLM’s first intern, Bethany, became the Stateside Missionary and began serving as the Administrator & Sponsorship Coordinator.

TOLM was able to minister to over 100 children and families. It was during this year that TOLM became a legal independent nonprofit and 501c3.

TOLM served 118 children from preschool through eleventh grade. In 2018, MSCS also had its first student graduate. The ministry was also able to build a house for a local family.

This year, TOLM is ministering to over 100 children and their families. The Guatemalan staff expanded to be able to serve the growing school and ministry. One of the teachers, Cindy Méndez, transitioned into serving as a TOLM missionary in Guatemala. TOLM also holds a women’s group which meets every two weeks and includes a devotion and financial education. In addition, the ministry is supporting two tenth graders that are continuing their education in vocational programs and first college student.

2020 was a year of unexpected hardship, pain, and sadness. Due to COVID-19, the country of Guatemala went on lockdown, countless Guatemalans lost their jobs, people were starving, and families were placing white flags outside their homes as a symbol they had nothing left. As a ministry, we trusted God and changed how we operated. Our teachers adapted and became creative as school went virtual. We were able to give out over 100 food baskets. Construction also began on the Ministry Expansion Project.

In 2021, it was the second year of the pandemic and COVID-19 was spreading throughout the beautiful country. We continued to serve children and families in rural Guatemala. The students of MSCS began to attend school in a hybrid format, both virtually and and in-person through a block schedule. In the midst of the unknown, we placed our faith in the Lord, trusting Him to open doors to better serve the people of Guatemala.

Our students finally returned to in-person school in 2022. Partnering with Mount Sinai Evangelical Mission Church, we started a nutrition program for children in Chirijcruz, one of the communities where a church had been planted. We also hosted our first mission team since the pandemic had begun. As a ministry, we experienced moments of great joy, including the completion of chicken coups, and when 9 young people gave their lives to Christ. There were also moments of deep sorrow when two of our students tragically passed away. Despite everything, we focused our eyes on Jesus finding hope in Him and pursuing the vision He had given us of reaching Guatemala for Christ.