Leslie's 2023 Mission Trip to Guatemala

I am thrilled to be heading back to Guatemala for the third time this June on a six-day mission trip to help local villagers living in extreme poverty. Our team will be working on construction projects for several families in desperate need and collaborating with a local pastor to provide shoes, clothing, personal hygiene kits, school supplies, and Bibles to dozens of women and children.

I have included a video with highlights from last year's trip to give you an idea of the projects we'll be doing, and I have included photos below for some of the families we're helping this summer. They live in shacks and shanties with dirt floors, holes in the roof, and missing walls. We will be shoring up the structures to make them safer and more weatherproof, and building additional spaces for cooking and sleeping at a couple of the locations. Our team also will be ministering to families through a small church outside the city and hosting a special dinner for them on our last evening in Guatemala.

Thank you so much for helping me be a part of this mission trip, and helping to bring the gospel to the four corners of the earth. This is my fifth mission in Latin America, and my third time going to Guatemala with members of The Branch Church. I am blessed and privileged to have another opportunity to be the hands and feet of Jesus, and very grateful for your support!

(This is where the grandmother cooks meals for the family. One of the projects is to build an enclosed kitchen with a roof and stove with a stovepipe to divert smoke and soot.)

(This family's home is built into the side of a mountain and the tires keep the wall from caving in.)

(The woman on the left is completely blind. We will be doing construction to improve the family's living conditions and bringing clothing, shoes, and toys for these and many other children.)