Trip Highlights

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Our team is home from El Salvador. This is the highlight video from the week we spent with Pastor George, the area's churches, and the families whose homes we went to repair.

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The Trip

Rebuilding Homes for Families in Need

From July 11–17, 2026, our team traveled to El Salvador to come alongside Pastor George and the area's churches — this year with a hands-on focus: repairing the homes of in-need families connected to those congregations.

The community is poor, and these homes fall far below the standards most of us know. Walls are made of corrugated metal — and in some cases, plastic tarps. Roofs leak. Structures need reinforcement to stay standing through the rainy season. Yet the families are proud of what they have, and they are deeply loved by their local pastors.

The goal was simple: make needed repairs that keep families safe and dry, and in doing so, show them tangibly that they are loved — by the church and by Jesus. The homes below were identified by Pastor George across three of the area's churches before we went; he recorded a short walkthrough of each so we could see the conditions and plan the work.

The Homes

The Three Homes We Went to Repair

Before the trip, Pastor George identified some of the most in-need homes across three of the area's churches and recorded these walkthroughs for us. In each short video he walks through the home and describes the condition and the repairs it needed. These walkthroughs are what shaped the plan our team carried into the week.

House 1 The outer shell was badly rusted and rain seeped in during storms. The main frame was still sound — the work was mostly new roofing sheets and replacing the worst sections. It sits near Pastor Mike's church, where past teams added the front porch.
House 2 The home of a member of Pastor Alfredo's church — dirt floor and plastic sheeting for walls, with water coming in during storms. The need was solid walls and new roofing sheets.
House 3 · Most Urgent Home to members of Pastor Herbert's church and the largest of the three. Pastor George determined this house was by far the most in-need home in the neighborhood — it needed roofing sheets and the most structural work.

Our 2026 Goal

The Goal Was Met

Praise God — we reached our goal before the team left. Thank you to everyone who gave and prayed. It was a blessing to watch God provide every dollar and open the doors for this trip.

$21,500 raised
$21,500 goal
100%

🎉 Goal reached — thank you for your generosity!

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From the Field

Photos of the homes Pastor George scouted show the conditions our team went to repair. Photos from past trips (2023–2025) show why this partnership matters — and what your giving makes possible.

The Homes — Scouted by Pastor George Before the Trip

A small corrugated-metal home in El Salvador with a rusted exterior and a rough cut-out window, one of the homes scouted for the 2026 repairs
One of the homes — rusted metal walls and a makeshift window.
A home with corrugated metal walls and a plastic tarp serving as part of the wall, in a rural El Salvador yard
Plastic tarps stood in for walls on this family's home.
A heavily rusted corrugated metal roof with exposed wiring, in need of replacement and reinforcement
Rusted roofing that let water in — a top repair priority.
The underside of a sagging metal roof held up by rough timber posts, showing structural weakness
Roof framing that needed reinforcement to stay standing.

Why We Go Back — Past Trips, 2023–2025

A Pleasant Grove team member holding a young El Salvadoran child on a village street
Loving people, one family at a time.
Team members handing out supplies to children beside a church banner in El Salvador
Coming alongside the local churches and their kids.
A Pleasant Grove team member playing soccer with children on a grass field in El Salvador
Building friendships through children's ministry.
Team members working outdoors alongside local children on a hillside in El Salvador
Serving side by side with the community.
Two team members preparing food together in a church kitchen in El Salvador
Hands busy, hearts willing.
A team member kneeling on the grass with a smiling young child in El Salvador
The relationships are what keep us coming back.

"Let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth."

Will You Keep Praying?

Keep These Families in Prayer

Thank you for praying our team there and back. Please keep praying: for the three families and their homes; for Pastor George, Pastor Alfredo, and Pastor Herbert and their congregations; and that every repair would keep pointing to the love of Jesus. The week of July 11–17, 2026 is behind us — the families are still there, and so is the work God is doing among them.

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