SUMMER 2024
Thanks so much, Youth in Mission, for this opportunity.
I enjoyed every second in El Salvador. I met all the people in which we made the houses for. Down below are some pictures I took of me and my Life Teen missionaries making the house. It was a great experience. I changed as a person due to this trip and hope to continue going to these trips because I really felt everything in deep my heart. I can’t thank you guys enough for all this and to my Youth in Mission Corporate Sponsor, North Georgia Timber, for sponsoring my YiM scholarship; and I attached a photo of me wearing the Youth in Mission T-shirt they got me to wear on my mission trip.
Love all you guys and take care,
Rodolfo Reyes, St. Thomas the Apostle Life Teen, Smyrna GA
SPRING 2024
Youth in Mission,
Thank you so much again for your generosity in giving me the opportunity to serve in Costa Rica back in March. It was a truly life changing experience, and I hope to continue living out mission in my daily life.
May God bless all of you and your families! Let me know how I can continue to pray for you!
Poco a poco,
Lizzy Niswonger
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(Since our time in Costa Rica, the chapel that we helped work on has been finished, and the community was able to celebrate their first Mass there on Divine Mercy Sunday! I have attached pictures of that as well!)
SPRING 2023
Youth in Mission,
thank you so much for donating money towards my trip and providing funds for me to be able to go to Nicaragua this year. I wanted to tell you a little bit about my experience on this. Throughout the week I saw God move and do such powerful things. One of the families my group went to visit had 8 family members and one bed. It wasn't even a bed, it was just the metal springs that the bed sits on and they had a few shirts over the springs to make it a little more comfortable. The family told us that they would each take turns sleeping at night. This absolutely blew my mind. With some of the bless money we had brought with us we were able to bring this family a bunk bed, two mattresses, a crib, blankets, toys, cups and plates, and two food bags. Watching the joy on their faces as they saw us walking up to their house with actual beds for them to sleep on was so incredible. That was just one of the many amazing stories of what God did that week. The Joy of these people who have little to nothing is crazy to me. They want you to come into their house and just talk to them about their lives. They want us to hold and love on their kids. They are so welcoming and always have the biggest smiles on their faces. Throughout our trip we had 30 people give their lives to Christ! Your donation allowed me to be a part of all the amazing work God did through me personally and the people of Nicaragua. Once again thank you so much for allowing me to be a part of it all!
Here are a few pictures that highlighted my trip!!
Thank you,
Carson Hampton
