Lizzee Leslie

Hi my name is Elizabeth (Lizzee) Leslie and I am extremely fortunate to be a member of Team Bangladesh. I am both thrilled and terrified as to what is going to come, but I know that God is calling my team and we are here to answer.

Let me tell you a little about myself:

I am a freshman Political Science/Pre-Law major at Azusa Pacific University and I am loving it!

I grew up in the wonderful rainy state of Washington

My family consists of the two most amazing parents Christie and Laurence, two older sisters Candice and Anna, and a younger brother Spencer ( and four dogs.)

Doing a mission trip has always been in the back of my mind, something that I have often "thought" of doing but never really something I would act upon. But something changed in me, I don't feel as if I was "called" to join a team and I certainly didn't just wake up one morning and say "I am signing up for a team today!". So what was the reason for my decision to go? A broken heart, my heart was broken for victims of sex trafficking, my heart was broken for a country and its people that I knew very little about. For my heart to be broken like that was completely new to me and I couldn't just ignore it. Unlike others God didn't call me to go, He broken my heart so badly that I didn't have a choice but to go.

But this trip isn't about going and "helping" these people, it is about working along side them in hope of creating a better life for them, simply we are there to serve them in anyway we can. This trip is one that will change my life, I don't know how but I know that it will. This is going to be a long, sometimes hard and sad journey and I want to share it with you.

Smile Big,

Lizzee