Oasis Camp: Recycled Trees
Lesson Plan & Workshop Leaders: Noe Chan & Angel Hernandez Read the Lesson Plan Details here.
Oasis 2026 Impact Report
Guatemala · July 2026 Oasis Impact Report Since 2015, Athentikos has partnered with Oasis Residential Home in San Lucas, Guatemala, walking alongside girls and young women who have found refuge after escaping abuse, exploitation, and other dangerous circumstances. Experience the Story Overview What happened At Oasis, girls receive legal advocacy, trauma-informed therapy, and the loving […]
Discovering Freedom – I AM ART Oasis 2026
Freedom doesn’t usually arrive in a single moment—it grows through relationships. At I AM ART Camp with Oasis Residential Home, thirty girls discovered courage, belonging, and hope through creativity, community, and God’s redeeming love. See how one week of shared stories, laughter, and art became a powerful reminder that freedom often begins one relationship at a time.
Freedom to Become: The Wooden Doll Workshop
Sometimes freedom begins with picking up a tool you’ve never held before. For many of the girls at Oasis Residential Home in the Wood Workshop, it was their first experience sanding, drilling, carving, and assembling a piece of wood into something entirely their own. At first, the unfamiliar tools felt intimidating. Progress was slow. Mistakes […]
Freedom to See: Finding Beauty in the Unexpected
Sometimes the hardest part of creativity is letting go.
When the girls in the Textures Workshop were asked to cut apart their finished artwork, one quiet participant discovered a powerful picture of God’s patience and transforming love. What began as torn paper became a reminder that our stories, too, are still being beautifully restored.
The Story That Continues : Ruth
Some stories are never meant to stay on the pages of Scripture. Each day at I AM ART Camp, the girls gather to hear the story of Ruth—not as a distant historical account, but as though Ruth herself were telling it. Through first-person storytelling, Scripture, and reflection, participants journey with a young woman who experienced […]
Faithfully Returning: Christa Fuentes
After more than ten years serving at Oasis Residential Home, Christa Fuentes has learned something unexpected: the most meaningful moments rarely happen while she’s teaching. A professional shoe designer from Guatemala, Christa has faithfully served with Athentikos for more than a decade, returning to Oasis whenever she can. She brings creativity, artistic excellence, and years […]