For the first time in Esperanza’s 20 year history, we are excited to announce two open enrollment vision trips this summer!

Already convinced? Sign up here!

Still need some convincing? Allow me to introduce myself, I’m Allison, Esperanza’s International Trip Coordinator! Let me tell you a little bit about why we host trips…

To put it simply, microfinance can seem very abstract.
These people (somewhere) get loans (somehow) and then they succeed (some way)…

The whole concept can seem a little… removed, impersonal, mysterious.

Esperanza hosts visitors to remove the mystique. We visit bank meetings and see our Associates gather, pray, worship, learn, and make loan payments. We spend time in the communities Esperanza serves learning about the many ways our loan programs can lessen the burden of poverty.

Visitors are profoundly impacted by experiencing the power of what God is doing here in the DR through Esperanza. Here is what some of them have said about their recent trips!
​​”I’m 50 years old, and I’ve never been on a mission trip.  Although I didn’t originally set out to travel back to the Dominican Republic, and I never intended to teach sewing or cook over a wood fire, God put me in a perfect position with the help of Esperanza.  Dios es bueno todo el tiempo! (God is good all the time!)”

-Shannon Smith, February 2016 (pictured above)

​​”Both the spiritual and physical impact of Esperanza seemed to be felt deeply. I loved to see how Esperanza not only served as a source of financial partnership and loans but also as a support system filled with people who love and care about each other.”

-University of Richmond, Global Health Program, November 2015 (pictured above)

 

​​”Every time I participate in one of these trips, I always feel like the people I am serving are having a bigger impact on my life than 

I am having on theirs. I always feel like I am the one receiving the charity”

-Dr. Kris Heap, Smiles for Life, March 2016 (pictured above)

Consider this your formal invitation.

We invite you to come, to see, and to believe.

Now are you convinced? Click here to sign up!