Camas High School junior and competitive swimmer, Luke Albert, is currently raising money to fund a weeklong church mission trip to Mexico. His plan is to dedicate a week of service in Mexico from April 2-7, and so far he is about half way toward reaching his goal.

“I heard of it back in the middle of January during one of our announcements (at church) and knew that was something I wanted to do, but wasn’t sure if I could get the money or if that’s what God had in store for me,” said Albert, who’s won numerous awards for his swimming achievements. “So I prayed and heard that he wanted me to go and that he’d take care of everything for me. Of course I still had to do some of the work though.”

The Camas youth felt impressed to go on a mission trip in the summer of 2014, when he listened to a guest speaker address his congregational youth group, called Generation Grace, or G2.

Then, last summer, Albert attended a Foursquare campout in Eastern Washington, where he started to envision the service that’s he currently planning for.

“So I started to get more and more involved in the ministry and just had to do whatever I could to go on this mission trip,” Albert added. “The purpose of this mission is to go down into Mexico and do whatever the missionaries stationed down there need us to do. It’s also about growing relationships with the people there and telling our story and how God has affected our lives is a part of what we’ll be doing. Like I said before I’ve been looking into this since mid January and have been planning it since about February 23.”

Albert is grateful to everyone who has donated so far.

To learn more, and donate to this cause, visit: https://www.gofundme.com/sf7qppg