Dear Wild Haven Wonder Warrior Family and Friends,

THIS July 20th through 28th, 2024, our FAMILY of 4 will be serving with a team through an organization called Go Love in Iquitos, Peru. As many of you already know, this organization is close to my heart because I am so passionate about their mission to provide life-changing care and a safe home to orphaned and abandoned children who have suffered extreme trauma through abuse and poverty. I am so excited that God has opened these doors to our whole family as I have been praying for over 10 years for an opportunity for us to serve in a capacity that aligns “soul well” with my calling and our Wild Haven & Co. mission and vision (stated on our homepage).

During these ten days in the Amazon jungle, our “Wild Haven 4 Go Love, Peru” team will be:

• serving local street children, 
• providing medical relief in poverty-stricken areas, 
• serving in anti-trafficking efforts, and 
• being the hands, feet, hearts, and minds of Christ in sharing the gospel and Good News of Jesus while loving the orphaned and abandoned children in Go Love’s care through several activities and days we have planned with them. 

The facts are, as a result of extreme poverty, physical and sexual abuse, and ultimately a very broken family unit in Iquitos, 1 in 12 children in this city are abandoned or orphaned which leaves them fighting for their lives in the streets. It is very common to see these children:

• begging for food and money in the streets, 
• stealing, 
• selling products of small value, 
• selling their personal “services” just to earn money for food that day
• extremely malnourished, suffering in unimaginable conditions - 63% of the population live without at least one basic need being met (clean water, shelter and food) and barely surviving
• 70% of the population is without access to Primary Education, and as a result are illiterate without any means to get out of the detrimental cycle of poverty and slavery 

We will be serving children who come from these devastating realities and praying to bring them hope and access to better resources for healing.

My reason for writing to you is to ask for your support as our family serves God through this mission opportunity and with hopes to partner with Go Love, Peru in future anti-trafficking, trauma healing services, as well as service provider trauma sensitive training and retreats. Most importantly, I ask you for your fervent prayers. Please pray that God will prepare not only the hearts of the young children in Peru, but also my heart and the hearts of our team members as we prepare to share the love of Christ in a place of immense spiritual darkness.

I also ask you to pray about supporting us financially. In order for Wild Haven & Co. to fully fund our mission trip to serve alongside Go Love, we are currently asking for $8,860. If you feel led to give in this way, your tax-deductible donations of any amount can be made by entering your email below! 

If you prefer to mail a check, you may make it payable to "Go Love" with my name (Trish McCall) in the memo line. Please include your email address on the check for your receipt to be sent for tax purposes. 

Please mail checks directly to the address provided below: 

Attn: Go Love 

2608 Cozy Cove Dr.

York, SC 29745

$6,000 in donations must be received by May 1, 2024 and the remaining $2,860 in donations must be received by July 1, 2024 for a total of $8,860 in order to be applied toward airfare and on the ground trip expenses in Peru.

I am believing that this is an opportunity for our family to witness the power of prayer and to watch God show out in ways they've never known through His provision and protection. I am believing God WILL answer our prayer warring supporters' prayers for getting us all to Peru to see His gracious hand as we serve in new ways as a family... paving the way for the future of Go Love AND Wild Haven to bring a "peace of heaven" to earth through our serving.  

Thank you so much for your support in advance. I can’t wait to see what God is going to do in Peru! I am excited to send pictures and updates after I return from Peru to those of you that helped make this possible. It is so humbling to have your support and be able to walk this journey together. If you have any questions or would like more information, please schedule an appointment with me using the Calendly scheduling link below. I would love to share more with you about how I became involved in this opportunity … and how you can get involved in future excursions with Wild Haven if you are interested in joining us in person next time we Go Love, Peru ... because I am already praying for God to make plans and provide for a next time too!!!

Sincerely,

Trish McCall & our "Wild Haven 4 Go Love Peru" Crew!