The 14-year-old music prodigy who left his home in Guatemala for Los Angeles
The 14-year-old music prodigy who left his home in Guatemala for Los Angeles
ChrisAnna Mink
and Vanessa Wilson
on May 21, 2015 @ 6:30 AM
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Marvin Velasco, 14, sings and plays the keyboard at San Juan 3:16 Church in Los Angeles, California. The parish became Marvin's safe haven after
he made a solo journey of more than 2,000 miles from Guatemala to the US last year.
(Charlie Magovern)
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LOS ANGELES — The tiny storefront church is located in a dingy strip mall in Mid-City Los Angeles. A faded poster on the door displays in Spanish the biblical passage John 3:16: For God so loved the world, that He gave his only begotten son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
Above the front window, a vibrant yellow banner announces nightly services, a stark contrast to the neighboring tattoo parlor, Caribbean seafood market and medical marijuana dispensary. Customers buying pot are regaled with Spanish hymns pouring from the small sanctuary of San Juan 3:16.
LOS ANGELES — The tiny storefront church is located in a dingy strip mall in Mid-City Los Angeles. A faded poster on the door displays in Spanish the biblical passage John 3:16: For God so loved the world, that He gave his only begotten son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
Above the front window, a vibrant yellow banner announces nightly services, a stark contrast to the neighboring tattoo parlor, Caribbean seafood market and medical marijuana dispensary. Customers buying pot are regaled with Spanish hymns pouring from the small sanctuary of San Juan 3:16.
More:
http://www.globalpost.com/article/6555527/2015/05/20/14-year-old-musical-prodigy-who-walked-guatemala-himself-and-found-us
Good reads:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1016122933
