Barb O’Connell - Interpreter

November 2019 – I was a Spanish teacher here on Washington Island, an island off the thumb of Wisconsin for 38 years.

When I retired in 2011, I joined the team in January of 2012 and have worked as a translator with them for the following 8 trips. I also became GMRP’s financial secretary.

The main founder of this mission, Doug Hansen, is also from Washington Island and had been trying to recruit me for years. I just needed to retire to have the time to do it.

Whenever I would take my students on trips to Mexico or Costa Rica, I would feel so sad that there was no way I could help the needy people we saw. I now have a way to help, and am grateful to the founders and team members before me who established this awesome mission.