I'm going to Guatemala!

I've recently been talking with the local Rotary club about a mission trip they have coming up to Guatemala. It looks like I will be going! Rotary International has teamed up with Refuge International and the Franconia Mission of the Mennonite Church to provide 4 million doses of a drug used to fight stomach worms to the children of Guatemala in an effort named "Adios Lombrices" or "Goodbye Worms". I am beyond thrilled and so very thankful that I will be a part of something so profound.

From Refuge International website:

Adios Lombrices! (Goodbye Worms!)

Worms? Worms will never make the news. They are not exciting like tsunamis or earthquakes, yet they are just as devastating. Worms are second only to malaria in their effects, representing 40% of global morbidity rates from infections. Research indicates that close to 70% of children in developing countries have more than one type of worm. Worms fill the bellies and steal the nutrients of children in impoverished countries worldwide, and Guatemala is no exception.

For more information, please click on the link above.