{"id":48695,"date":"2021-06-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-18T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nazarene.org\/news\/mujer-de-guatemala-compitiendo-en-los-paralimpicos-de-2021\/"},"modified":"2021-06-18T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-06-18T05:00:00","slug":"mujer-de-guatemala-compitiendo-en-los-paralimpicos-de-2021","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/nazarene.org\/es\/news\/mujer-de-guatemala-compitiendo-en-los-paralimpicos-de-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Mujer de Guatemala compitiendo en los paral\u00edmpicos de 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ericka Violeta Esteban, una mujer joven en el Programa de Hu\u00e9rfanos de Ministerios Nazarenos Compasivos, representar\u00e1 a Guatemala en los Juegos Paral\u00edmpicos de 2021 este agosto en Tokio, Jap\u00f3n.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Cuando Esteban ten\u00eda 6 meses, cay\u00f3 de la cuna y estaba en un coma durante un mes. Sufri\u00f3 de un trastorno de par\u00e1lisis cerebral llamado monoplegia en su lado izquierdo, que ha hecho dif\u00edcil su movilidad. Durante varios a\u00f1os, Esteban estaba inscrita en escuelas regulares pero a menudo tuvo que retirarse despu\u00e9s de unos meses debido a las convulsiones que sufri\u00f3. Sin embargo, en 2007, las cosas cambiaron para ella cuando fue admitida en el Programa de Hu\u00e9rfanos de Ministerios Nazarenos Compasivos.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>El programa me ha ayudado con la comida, la medicina y el efectivo que he usado para pagar mi tarifa de autob\u00fas para ir a la capacitaci\u00f3n, dijo Esteban.<\/p>\n<p>A partir de agosto de 2010, se le proporcion\u00f3 apoyo para chequeos y medicamentos gracias al programa Ni\u00f1os con Diferentes Abilidades. En 2011, Esteban comenz\u00f3 a asistir a terapia en el <i>Hospital Regional de Occidente<\/i>, donde comenz\u00f3 a ver el progreso manifestarse en su amor por el dibujo.<\/p>\n<p>En 2016, se inscribi\u00f3 en la <i>Escuela Xelaj\u00fa<\/i>, una instituci\u00f3n para ni\u00f1os con necesidades educativas especiales, donde el aprendizaje se proporciona adaptaciones curriculares para que personas como Esteban puedan sobresalir. Gracias a esta escuela, descubri\u00f3 que era muy buena corriendo.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ericka Esteban\" data-align=\"right\" data-caption=\"&lt;encoded_tag_open \/&gt;em&lt;encoded_tag_closed \/&gt;Ericka Esteban (center) celebrates 1st place&lt;encoded_tag_open \/&gt;\/em&lt;encoded_tag_closed \/&gt;\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"6269f5f2-973f-47d3-86c1-64b471aeb810\" src=\"https:\/\/nazarene.orghttps:\/\/nazarene.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/inline-images\/Ericka%20Inset.png\"><\/p>\n<p>El a\u00f1o siguiente, Esteban particip\u00f3 en varias competiciones atl\u00e9ticas dentro del pa\u00eds. Logr\u00f3 colocar entre los tres principales, gan\u00e1ndole una oportunidad de representar a Guatemala en el pa\u00eds vecino de El Salvador, donde gan\u00f3 dos medallas. Al final de 2018, Esteban viaj\u00f3 a Nicaragua, y en &nbsp;2019 represent\u00f3 a Guatemala en Lima, Per\u00fa.<\/p>\n<p>Esteban recibi\u00f3 a Jes\u00fas y ha participado activamente en las actividades de la iglesia. Fue bautizada el 20 de mayo de 2018 y se ha ofrecido como voluntaria como gu\u00eda para el grupo de ni\u00f1os en VBS.<\/p>\n<p>El 21 de mayo de 2021, Esteban viaj\u00f3 a los Estados Unidos para una competencia, y en agosto representar\u00e1 a Guatemala en los Juegos Paral\u00edmpicos en Tokio.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Nunca imagin\u00e9 ir a todos esos lugares, dijo. Estoy muy feliz de representar a Guatemala, y tengo a Jes\u00fas en mi coraz\u00f3n. Va conmigo a todas partes a donde voy. Me ha dado fe y la esperanza de continuar confiando en \u00c9l.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"ncm.org\" target=\"_blank\">Ministerios nazarenos compasivos<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o_p><\/o_p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ericka Violeta Esteban, una mujer joven en el Programa de Hu\u00e9rfanos de Ministerios Nazarenos Compasivos, representar\u00e1 a Guatemala en los Juegos Paral\u00edmpicos de 2021 este agosto en Tokio, Jap\u00f3n. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27450,"menu_order":0,"template":"","news-categories":[],"news-region-taxonomy":[],"news-tag":[1506,1395,2336],"class_list":["post-48695","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-tag-guatemala-es","news-tag-mesoamerica-es","news-tag-ministerios-nazarenos-compasivos"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mujer de Guatemala compitiendo en los paral\u00edmpicos de 2021 - 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