Lee and Staci Jarvis joined NLAI in 2007. They serve with at New Life Children's Home in Guatemala. Lee is a graduate of West Texas A&M Universtiy. He is the Assistant Director of Adolescents and Short Term Missions. The Jarvises have three children: Canon, Ainslee and Karis.
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Jasper & Latrica grew up in Brownfield and are from Lubbock, TX.  They have three grown children and six grandchildren. Growing up as high school sweethearts, they have been married for 37 years. Jasper & Latrica have been involved in short-term missions for 20 years. Jasper has been a home and commercial builder for 35 years. He has built churches, schools, homes, shopping centers, government buildings and done many remodeling projects. Jasper assists with new and existing building projects at New Life Children's Home in Guatemala. Latrica graduated from South Plains College with her Associates degree in Rehabilitation Psychology and from Wayland Baptist University with a bachelor's degree in Human Services. She will assist in coordinating child sponsorship. They are both granny & grandad to the children at NLCH. 

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Roblans and Jessi Mejia have just joined the NLAI family but have been serving in Guatemala since 2008. They started a ministry that uses soccer as its way to bring Christ to the youth that are at risk of becoming involved in gangs and drugs. As they are in the process of returning to Guatemala in 2019, they hope to also start a home remodeling business to be able to teach skills that will give young men and women employment opportunity in the future. Roblans and Jessi have been married for six years and have two little ones, Elijah and Rachel. 

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After serving as an intern at NLCH, Michelle "Shelly" Reeves, a graduate of Asbury University, moved to Guatemala in 2008. She teaches at New Life Christian School and recently began a class for deaf children, as part of the special education department, which is a great outreach ministry to the Villa Nueva community. 
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Upon graduating with a degree in business from Texas Tech University, Josh served as an intern at NLCH for 15 months. During this time, he felt God calling him to return full-time. He enrolled in language school in January 2014 and then attended the NLAI School of Mission in Fall 2014. Josh now serves at NLCH assisting the director with development and administration. He also oversees the computer lab for the children.
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Tommy and Marilyn Todd have been with NLAI since 2009, working at the New Life Children's Home in Guatemala. Tommy oversees the construction of new buildings and the upkeep of the existing ones. Marilyn handles the child sponsorship of the kids as well as assisting the director and other staff with anything that might come up. They are better known as "Papaw" and "Mamaw" and enjoy being grandparents to all the NLCH kids. Back in the US, the Todds have five children and ten grandchildren.
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