On June 17 our team of 14 high school and middle school students along with 5 leaders left for Ipala, Guatemala. They’ll be there for 10 days serving in practical ways and building relationships with other young people from Ipala. It will be a life changing experience for this team as well as another important step in our developing partnership with the people of Ipala. This trip is something we are doing as a whole community. The team are part of us all and we have all contributed to the trip through our prayers, our words of encouragement and the incredibly generous way in which we have given funds. I want to thank you for all this overwhelming generosity. The trip would simply not have been possible without it. Thank you! 

I also want to encourage you to continue to pray for the team and stay in touch with their progress in Guatemala. Sign up on our website to receive email updates and to view the team’s blog where they’ll be posting daily updates and photographs (whenever they have access to the internet). Here’s how to do this.

1. Click this link to access the group. There you can see any updates that have been posted.
2. If you would like to receive email updates and you already have an account, log into the website and click "Join" in the upper right hand corner.
3. If you don't have an account click this link to request one.  Fill out the form and wait until your new account is activated (it may take a few hours or up to a day). Then, start back at the beginning of these instructions.
4. Once you've logged in, click on the Join link for the Guatemala Partnership Trip group.

Thanks so much and may the team and everyone they encounter experience the love and grace of God beyond anything they could ever imagine!