This Summer, I will be traveling to Guatemala for a mission trip with other juniors and seniors to spread the powerful message of Jesus Christ. While we are there, we will be witnessing to the local community and working with NEXT Missions to plant churches… all to build God’s glorious kingdom.

I am inviting you to be a part of our team. There are several things you can do to help.

First and most importantly, I ask you to be in prayer for me and my team as we prepare for the trip and travel to unfamiliar places. While we are there, we will definitely be tempted and pushed around by Satan because he hates what we will be doing there. Please pray for me that God prepare my heart for this week and that He will use me in ways I can’t even imagine.

Secondly, if God puts it on your heart to do so, I would also ask that you consider sponsoring me financially. I need to raise a little over $2000.00 for the whole trip. I am eager to do yard work, household chores, repair projects, dog sitting, or any other jobs you feel I would be capable of.

The Mayan civilization flourished in Guatemala during the first millennium A.D.. Because of that influence many people in Guatemala consider themselves Mayan first and Guatemalan second. Guatemala is rich in culture and diversity. There are over 23 distinct languages other than Spanish spoken in Guatemala, but Spanish is the primary language.

NEXT Worldwide partners with national coordinators Eli Larios and Jose Mazariegos to train leaders and plant churches in and around Guatemala City, Antigua and Chimaltenango. Eli, Jose, and a team of planters are working on the frontlines of planting churches throughout Guatemala, primarily where there is little or no gospel presence.