For nearly nine months, we have been dreaming of this trip. Since the snow was piled high, we have been raising funds. Now summer is here, school is out, and twelve youth and three adults are packing their bags for eight days in Guatemala.
We will be staying at the Antigua headquarters of Saint Paul-based nonprofit Common Hope, whose mission is to educate children and empower families living in poverty. Already six of our families have begun sponsoring children through Common Hope, and their pictures and stories move us. Imagine a family of seven living on just $150 a month.
In Antigua we have several days to get oriented to the city, explore some of the amazing natural and social history of the place, and then we plunge into days of service, exchange and conversation with youth and families that Common Hope serves.
Please keep us in your prayers!
We are: Pastor Pam Fickenscher, Brenda Froisland, Erich Martin, Samantha Aamot, Vance Anderson, Ty Arnold, Kellie Asher, Sophie Breen, Anna Caspar, Carly Crist, Grace Gerloff, Natalie Hanna, Andrew Merriam, Camille Pinckaers, and Nora Steinhagen.
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