Follow along with updates from our Panama Mission Trip Team!

This March, a team of our summer staff, led by two of our full-time staff members, will head deep into the jungle near David, Panama! Together, they’ll serve alongside local missionaries and share the Gospel with indigenous communities. Our prayer is to spark excitement for following Jesus and strengthen the work already happening through the local church.

We can't wait to see what God does through this team!

SATURDAY

Our team landed safely in David! We have already witnessed the Lord’s faithfulness in having a hand over our travel and the people we have met. We have another long day ahead of us as we will be hiking into the jungle. Continue to keep us in your prayers as we begin to minister to the people in Hacha over the next few days!

MONDAY

"Dear friends and family, this is Mackenzie Medina and Maximus Martinez. We just wanted to share about how God has been moving recently in this trip. We have befriended the people of Panama and had the opportunity to speak God's Word to them. We hiked from home to home to spread the Gospel and hand out Bibles. Many people fell down while hiking, but everyone is safe. The children here are so joyful and so full of life. Seeing them play and have so much innocence is so sweet to see. They get so excited to play with us and seeing them learn the games we teach is just so awesome. Please pray for us as we go through this week. Thank you to everyone who supported us!" - Mackenzie and Maximus

TUESDAY

"Hello again friends and family! This time around it’s Eric Gonzalez and Emma Gratland. Beyond grateful for what God did yesterday and we wanted to share how He has continued to just show Himself so abundantly. This morning, the rain had hit us a bit but that didn’t stop the joy of the Lord that was within. Every kid, teacher, parent and leader had so much fun participating in each activity. Fast forwarding after lunch, we grouped up and started heading towards other huts in the village. First, we stopped at local classrooms at the school and had the privilege of sharing the Gospel. We got to pray over the students, pray over their families and even their animals. After the classrooms we hiked up to this one hut. We got to share the Gospel with these 3 strong wonderful women, one of them already being a believer, 2 of the other women believed but through a different religion. We asked the question “if today were your last day how confident are you that’d you’d go to heaven?”. 2 of them very doubtful about where their salvation lied. We walked them through more of what salvation is and we even had the opportunity and blessing of leading them in a salvation prayer! 2 souls now confident of what their eternity looks like and praise Jesus for that!! Leaving the hut, our team was just so encouraged, so overflowed and in complete awe of how the Lord moved! We finished the night by sharing testimonies, by sharing what encouraged us throughout the day and just how thankful we all are to just be here, being the hands and feet of Jesus. With tomorrow being our last day, we’re still so expectant for what Jesus is going to do. We just ask you guys continue to pray over our team's safety, health, minds, and hearts as we hike to a new village. We are blessed for you to be on this mission with us, and we are praying for you guys as well!" - Eric and Emma

WEDNESDAY

"HOLLAAAA FRIENDS AND FAMILY!!!
It’s Emme and Jackson reassuring all you worried parents with our sign of life through this blog!! Today was our last day with the kids so we spent the morning playing games and got to do Gospel beads with them!!! Every student was presented the Gospel and received a bracelet with various colors that signified a different part of the story. We said 'hasta luego' to the kids and after lunch journeyed to the next village. There, our team split up with some leading a women’s Bible study, a men’s Bible study, and played games with the children!! The children there also received Gospel bracelets, and we had lots of fun (and falls) playing duck, duck goose! On our way back to Hacha, one of our guides ushered us to a home for a man that needed prayer. Although Jordan was the only one that went into the home, a group of us fervently prayed for this man and felt the Spirit move!! TOMORROW!! We journey back out of the mountains so POR FAVOR pls pls pls pray for safety, good weather, and stable ankles while hiking back!! We are so confident in the seeds that were planted and although we might not see the fruit of it, by faith, we are confident the Lord will continue to move!!! SEE Y’ALL SOON!!!" - Emme and Jackson