🇬🇹 Lifepoint Guatemala Construction Missions Trip
Saturday, January 6, 2024 to Saturday, January 13, 2024
8 day / 7 night mission trip to Guatemala
Estimated Land Cost: $1,900
Airfare: Individuals are responsible for purchasing their own international airfare after approval of itinerary by Orphan Outreach.
Estimated Total: $3,100
The range of costs are subject to change based on airfare, number of trip participants, trip itinerary or length of trip.
Trip Code: GU24-01LP
About this Trip
Join Orphan Outreach in serving children in Guatemala. This is an 8 Day/7 Night mission trip to Guatemala. This team will visit Chimaltenango.
About Guatemala
There are more than 370,000 children who are orphaned in Guatemala. 68% of all children in Guatemala live below the poverty line. Guatemala’s poverty is highest in remote areas with little access to quality education and good nutrition. 5,000 girls under the age of 15 become pregnant every year, and 8 out of 10 women are victims of abuse or exploitation. 75% of all children attending school in Guatemala will drop out after sixth grade, and only 4% will graduate from high school.
Orphan Outreach responds to the needs of orphaned and vulnerable children in Guatemala in five ways. We provide safe, nurturing support for young adults as they leave traditional residential care and navigate the transition to independent living. We provide restoration and security to children whose lives have been ravaged by neglect, abuse, and exploitation. We invest in community outreach programs that strengthen and preserve families in high-risk, impoverished areas. These programs provide nutritious meals, access to Christian education, quality counseling and mentoring, and urgently needed medical care. We equip students and their families with the resources needed to continue their educational journey through junior high and high school. We provide Christ-centered therapeutic support for children and young adults with disabilities.
Team Leaders
Amy Norton – Amy is Co-Founder and Sr. Vice President of Strategic Partnerships at Orphan Outreach. She has a Doctor of Jurisprudence from Texas Tech University and while practicing law, worked as a Guardian Ad Litem for children in Dallas County. She also worked as a court appointed special advocate for abused children. She has managed and developed domestic and international orphaned and vulnerable children, adoption and ministry programs for 30 years. Amy served 13 years at Buckner International. She was Director at Buckner, leading the development of Buckner's international programs including international adoption, missions, and orphan care ministry. She and her husband were the first international adoption for Buckner, beginning their policy of special needs children adoption. She developed and managed the Shoes for Orphan Souls program for Buckner, which has grown to provide millions of children around the world with a new pair of shoes. She was a founding board member of the Christian Alliance for Orphans and has continued to be actively involved. She began the missions. program for Buckner and led the first mission team in 1996. She has lead many mission teams over the past 27 years and traveled extensively overseeing the in country staff and programs for Buckner and Orphan Outreach. She and her husband have an adopted son from Russia and two biological children.
Jeremy Copeland – Jeremy has been involved with orphan care since 2002. He left his job working with residential camping with special needs children to work full time with Buckner International to coordinate international mission trips to serve orphaned and vulnerable children. Jeremy joined Orphan Outreach as the Manager of Mission in 2019. He then stepped in to include managing the Orphan Outreach Sponsorship team in 2020 during the beginning of the COVID pandemic. He enjoys connecting mission teams and sponsors with opportunities to serve.
Accommodations
The team will stay in hotels close to the ministry sites. The land cost is based on double-occupancy rooms with bathrooms. If you would like to have your own room, there will be an additional cost. Please email missions@orphanoutreach.org if you have any questions.
Trip Itinerary
This itinerary is subject to change
Saturday, January 6, 2024 – Depart USA; Arrive Guatemala City, travel to Antigua
Sunday, January 7, 2024 – Worship local church, sightseeing, shopping...
Monday, January 8, 2024 to Friday, January 12, 2024 – Work at the new CCC Montessori location
Saturday, January 13, 2024 – Depart Guatemala to USA
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*Orphan Outreach Mission Trip Baggage Policy
All mission trip participants are responsible for the cost of their checked baggage. For the most up to date baggage allowances and fees, please check with each airline you are traveling on.
Plan on bringing all luggage home with you even if a bag is empty. Please ask before leaving behind a bag in your country of service.
Occasionally we may ask trip participants to carry humanitarian aid and items needed for ministry in country. This would be on a volunteer basis and any cost for the bag would still be your responsibility.