The members of our congregation identified our need for a new global mission partnership with shorter travel distances and opportunities to invest in justice-focused mission work. After two years of discernment, in 2018 we decided to initiate a new partnership in Guatemala. Our connection is with a network of young adults who work in grassroots, holistic ministry in their local communities. These brothers and sisters focus on creating new, local opportunities for Guatemalans that can alleviate poverty and hopelessness and help to deter migration. Some of the exciting avenues our partners are exploring to create change in Guatemala include a formal entrepreneurship program, an income-generating water treatment plant, and one-to-one ministry with families.