Dear friends and family,

Thank you for taking the time to learn more about my upcoming missions trip and the opportunity to help support me in my fundraising efforts.

It's been on my heart for the last few years to step out of my comfort zone and serve others in a meaningful way. I've felt a calling to go on a missions trip but being a stay at home mom to two girls this wasn't realistic. With the support of my husband, Jeff, and the girls being older  I feel I am now able to fulfill this calling.

Through a ministry at my church called Hear the Cry, I will be traveling in July for a week to Managua, Nicaragua and serving at La Villa Esperanza, a home for at-risk, adolescent girls. These girls face the threats of hunger, emotional distress, and sexual attack. By providing for these girls emotionally, spiritually, physically, and relationally, La Villa provides an opportunity for young women to break the cycle of generational poverty that they are often born into.