General Info

Why Guatemala?
I first went to Guatemala last year (2012), having never been out of the country on a mission trip. I had the most incredibly life-changing time of my life. I have fallen in love with the country and people of Guatemala so I'm looking forward to going back again.

What am I doing?
Our team will be partnering with a local medical mission organization, going out to rural villages around Guatemala City to provide medical, dental, and vision care to the impoverished people in these communities. We will also minister to them spiritually, praying for and with them in counseling stations that will be set up along with the medical clinics.

How can you help?
Most importantly, prayer! Please be in prayer specifically for our team's travelling safety, for unity of spirit, and that we would be used in a mighty way as an instrument of God's love and peace to bless the people of Guatemala. If you are interested in helping support my trip through prayer, please sign-up to join my prayer team by clicking here.

Update: Praises! I have raised all the financial support needed to cover my travel, lodging and food expenses during the trip.
If you are still interested in helping support the trip financially, all additional donations will either go toward funding other members of the missionary team or will be used to bless the local ministry in Guatemala. You may make an online tax-deductible donation through the Mandamiento Nuevo Mission Support fund at the National Christian Foundation by clicking here

What are the details of the trip?
Local Ministry Partner in Guatemala: Medical Missions Ministries
Dates: August 3rd through 10th 2013
Team Size: 17
Church Affiliations: North Point Community Church, New Covenant Bible Church, Tapestry, Redstone, East Cobb Presbyterian, First Baptist Woodstock, Hightower Baptist, and others
Location: Guatemala City and surrounding departments

Sunday, July 29, 2012

Days 1 & 2

Saturday, July 28th:
First thing to be done upon arrival was to unpack and sort the team crates to prepare for the clinic day trips.  We brought about 450 Spanish bibles, hundreds of children's flip flops, and loads of medical/dental supplies: 



Sunday, July 29th:
Off to Antigua for church held at Hotel Casa Santo Domingo. The service was awesome with some familiar worship songs in Spanish.  I got pretty emotional when they played a video with Tomlin's God Of This City and I envisioned coming back to Guatemala someday with Paxton.


After the service, this man, named Christian Lopez, came over to me and prayed over me. I speak very little Spanish, but I could discern he was praying for my family and for the work I would be doing during the week to share to gospel. Thank you Christian!


From church back toward GC to spend the afternoon at Casa Aleluya. These precious little ones adopted me and drew me into a marathon game of tag. Each girl chose a picture of Paxton from the ones I had with me. Luisa directly below chose a picture of Amy, Paxton and me taken the night before I left for the trip, and Jenifer chose one of Paxton and his Grampa from several months ago.






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Location: Guatemala City, Guatemala

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