Washington Group

Nancy, the chair of our board

The group served breakfast to 100 kids at the dump in Tijuana

We squished the group in our car

The group went to town to buy furnishings for a new house

Eight years ago, Nancy Ekrem cornered me at church and said that she wanted to be a leader on the mission trip. It was my first at Lake Forest Park Church. Her son, Greg, was going on the trip and so I made sure that it was OK with him. And then said yes! That was the start of a beautiful friendship!

Our first trip was to La Mision. And we both fell in love with the community. Nancy has continued the relationship with La Mision through visits with her family for Easter, special events, and even sent Greg, her son, down here for weeks at a time during the summer to serve and eat.

That is why she is the chair of our board. She truly loves the people here and sees the need for us to partner with the church to serve the community.

This past weekend, she brought a small group of people to serve once again. They were such a blessing to us and the community. They helped to furnish a house, fed lunch to our congregation after church, served breakfast to children at the dump in Tijuana, and worked on the church.

We spent the nights talking about breathing new life into our faith and had a special time of communion.

This group is a reminder that you really need to come down here to experience what we are a part of. The community, the joy, the worship. You will fall in love with it.

Think about coming down to visit us. Whether you bring a group, or just want to come for a long weekend to get out of the winter, we would love to talk to you about it.