Some individuals in need are more local than others, however the distance doesn’t always determine the commitment. There is one local student that is ready and willing to travel great distances to make a difference.

Grace Beecher, Boyertown Area Senoir High senior, has seen firsthand the positive effect church missions have had on impoverished countries. Two years ago Beecher traveled with a family friend to Guatemala, while there the two took part in building a house.

A year later, Beecher could not wait to do it again. Still too young to go alone, Beecher’s family only agreed she could go after church members recommended Adventures in Missions—an organization with more than one hundred thousand missionaries and many members of Beecher’s own congregation had traveled with the organization in the past for missions around the world.