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moral limits, the division of intellectual and manual work needs to be transformed\u2019.136 The co-pastor of the ESH in its book 40 Virtudes que lo Har\u00E1n Triunfar (2002) analyzes the necessity to change the Guatemalan mentality. He thinks that a change of values is fundamental so that Christians and all of the Guatemalans can leave poverty. He affirms that it is important to strengthen the good virtues and to identify and eliminate bad habits for healthy development of a society. He indicates that the class of values and inherited habits determines the type of people and societies. He asks,\u000AMany have asked why there is a great difference in well-being between the countries that were colonized by the English and the countries conquered by the Spaniards and Portuguese. Well among the most important causes of these differences are the cultural factors that characterize the actions of the people: The individuals\u2019 and societies\u2019 habits, customs, principles, and values and beliefs make them more or less productive beings, in integral sense of word (2002: 12).\u000AThroughout his work he specially contrasts the values of the Ladino cultural legacy with the Anglo-Saxon one in the United States. He emphasizes that values like excellence in work, the frugality, order, hard work, the rational use of time, integrity, and the value of work, among others, must be cultivated and spread among the people to transform their mentality. Finally he claims, \u2018We must all allow the word of God, the ethics and the morals of these virtues to help us change voluntarily the social paradigm in which we live so that we can leave our children a better future\u2019 (2002:12).\u000AIt is not just about changing some values but a paradigm shift needs to occur (Caballeros 2002: 131-134). Some NPL insist on the necessity of \u2018teaching people to be just\u2019 (L3IVF) and \u2018changing ideas through the gospel\u2019 (L3ESH). They emphasize the urgent need of \u2018transferring the biblical principles society\u2019 and \u2018teaching good principles to children such as purity and ethics\u2019. The Evangelical Christians can emerge to compete within the sphere of culture. For them the bible is the starting point. It is through \u2018preaching that people and families can be transformed\u2019. For that reason the laity link value changes with conversion.\u000A136 \u2018\u00BFC\u00F3mo Alcanzar el \u00C9xito Integral?\u2019 conference given by Lic. Magda de Garrido in a seminar run by the iglesia la Familia de Dios church. Hotel Tikal Futura, June 14th 2003.\u000A286\u000A