About

Joel & Abigail Gratcyk have been married three years and live in Chicago. They have done international short-term mission work several times with Fuel International in the past and would like to continue with such volunteer work. HelpSend.Us is their fundraising home for volunteer trips worldwide.

Joel was a full-time volunteer staff member at Fuel International from 1997 through 2005; traveling to international locations including El Salvador, Ghana, India and the U.K. These trips often included drama evangelism, medical clinics, business conferences, youth events, speaking engagements and humanitarian aid relief. He also did website updates, blogging and podcasts from various locations around the globe for the non-profit.

Abigail spent two and a half years as an au pair in Rotterdam, learning Dutch and experiencing a new culture. She picked the Netherlands as a place to be an au pair for a while after having done missions work with Fuel International in the Netherlands and the Dominican Republic.