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Reflections on the 2010 Youth Guatemala Mission Trip

On June 21, six youth, two parents, two young adults, and one youth director took off for a 10-day mission trip to Antigua, Guatemala to work with the God’s Child Project and Asociacion Nuestros Ahijados—two nonprofits that work together to support the poorest of Guatemala’s families.  In their 10 days, they gave out food to 225 mothers, distributed clothing to over 300 women and children, served food at a homeless shelter, sang their hearts out at a retirement home, and completed two houses in three days in the pouring rain.  Even though the work was tough and seemed endless, everyone returned back to Sammamish receiving far more from those around them than they could ever give.  Here are just a few of the stories, lessons learned, and memories.  Thank you to this wonderful congregation for your generous support, unending prayers and faithful partnership. (More...)

On April 11, 2010, members of Sammamish Hills Lutheran Church voted to establish a Sister Church Relationship (SCR) with Songea Lutheran Parish in the remote, poor south of Tanzania, East Africa. When an SCR is established, two congregations in very different parts of the world agree to work together, learn from and assist one another over a period of years. Many mutually beneficial opportunities arise to strengthen and deepen discipleship, advance the spread of the Gospel, work beside people striving to improve their lives, and care for those in need. (More...)