The Guatemalan Adventure

So here's the latest with us:

We're going to GUATEMALA this summer!

We're very excited, but we need to raise A LOT of money.

PRAY FOR US!

Below is our fundraising letter:

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Dear Friends and Family,

We are very excited to tell you about a short-term summer mission trip we have joined with Valley Community Church and Beyond Partnership Ministries. Our team will be based in rural Guatemala City, and we will be there from July 11^th through July 22^nd. Throughout the trip, we will be ministering in a Vacation Bible School program and also working on the construction of a church building for the local congregation.

We have been praying about this trip for several months, and I believe that this will be a powerful experience for my kids, especially at this stage of their lives. They have such tender hearts for the Lord, and they are eager to serve Him—both of which I want to encourage.

Currently, we volunteer in random service projects around our community, such as tutoring at the Bakersfield Rescue Mission, and Sally Jayden has had wonderful service experiences with her Girl Scout troop as well. But this mission trip is obviously a much bigger step in faith for us, and it is especially exciting for me because I haven’t done this type of international mission work since I was in high school.

However, we cannot accomplish this task alone, so please join us with your prayers. We are praying specifically that God will give us strength and boldness, and that He will be preparing the hearts of those on our team and those in the Guatemalan community where we will be serving. We are confident that God will do amazing things while we are there.

We are also asking you to be a part of this mission trip by investing in our lives and in the lives of the people we reach in Guatemala. During the next three months, we will be working very hard to raise the finances to go. Any amount that you could donate would help significantly.

The total cost of this trip will be $2,000 per person ($6,000 for the three of us), which includes all of our expenses: airfare, accommodations, food, and training.

If you would like to donate to our Hewett family mission fund, it is a tax-deductable donation payable to Valley Community Church. In order for you to receive a tax deduction for your donation, please do not write our name on your check. Instead, simply enclose a note, specifying that your donation is going toward the Hewett Family Guatemala Mission Fund, and place that note in the envelope with your donation. Mail all donations to

Valley Community Church

4455 Del Valle Parkway

Pleasanton, CA 94566

Thank you so much for your consideration. Your prayers and support are greatly appreciated, and we are looking forward to returning with deeper faith and life-changing stories to share!

God bless you,

Rebecca, Seth, and Sally Jayden Hewett