Steve serves on the Board of the Bellevue Breakfast Rotary Club where he is currently President. He has served in many capacities, including Secretary, Sergeant at Arms and Club Service over the past 15 years. The Bellevue Breakfast Rotary Club assists needy families on a local, interstate and international level. See their web site for further information about the Bellevue Breakfast Rotary Club (www.bbrc.net). Steve currently serves as President of the Kirkland Networkers (www.kirklandnetworkers.com). Kirkland Networkers supports many businesses with business leads and business development in the Greater Seattle Area. He serves on many other non-profit Boards, including the local Board of the YMCA.

Steve is also active in his church, and served as an instructor and Supervisor from 1995 - 2003 in the organization known as Bible Study Fellowship International (www.bsfinternational.org).

In 2000, Steve and a team of 5 others went on a mission trip to a Romania Orphanage. This trip was an extension of several prior visits made by Dr. Michael Hyodo DDS, who has been successful in establishing a dental clinic at an orphanage in Botosani. That orphanage is supported by the Hand of Help Ministry, founded by Dimitru Duduman and his family many years ago. During this trip Steve and Mike and their team continued dental mission as well as direct assistance to the neediest of people in the Botosani area, including the funding of buildings, land, farm animals, food and clothing to provide immediate relief as well as long-lasting benefits. Botosani is a city of 100,000 people, with an unemployment rate over 80% and average wages of $80/month. Inflation has run rampant with the exchange rate jumping 2500% in the past year, therefore the $20,000.00 USD in support from various organizations and individuals went a long way to help the people of Botosani and the surrounding communities. To see some of the photos from the 2001 Mission Trip click here.

In May of 2002 Steve and a team of 6 others traveled to an Orphanage in Perm Russia to build a dental clinic and explore the implementation of an internet cafe to employ the orphans. To see some of the kids that they are going to help click here.

In March 2003, Steve traveled with a group led by Skip Li (founder), they visited the village of Trapichitos, Guatemala. Trapichitos, which translates to “the place of the Little Sugar Mills,” is one of 16 villages in Guatemala, El Salvador, and Nicaragua supported by the Agros Foundation (See photos by clicking here and visit www.Agros.org). With 12 million people, Guatemala has been racked by a civil war and 5 million of the population is living in poverty. There’s not much land for ownership. It’s a problem of disproportionate ownership. Agros buys land and sells it back to the farmers and helps them develop plans for their new land. Prior to Agros coming to Trapichitos, there were 82 families living on only 35 acres of land. The foundation was able to purchase 635 acres and to raise support for 56 families at $2,000 per year per family. Already, the community is planting a coffee plantation and working to increase their cattle herd. Agros’ goal is to end rural poverty by directly assisting partnerships between Agros villages and other organizations to achieve the purchase of land, which will be sold back to the villagers when they’re able to pay. His group departed March 20 with plans to visit an additional two villages beyond Trapichitos that will need support as well.

More on the trip to Trapichitos, Guatemala.

On February 18, 2005, BBRC members Steve Lingenbrink and Curtis Cummings, along with their daughters Sarah Lingenbrink (10) and Ciara Cummings (8), headed off with a team of eight others to the village of Xeucalvitz, Guatemala. Xeucalvitz is in the high country of northern Guatemala in the Ixil Triangle, more than 10-hour drive north of the airport they flew into in Guatemala City. The Team was organized by Mike and Kelly Yukevich of Agros International. The purpose of the trip was three-fold:

1. To revisit the village that Steve and Terri Lingenbrink had become the “champions” of in 2003 to raise the funds necessary to purchase land and rebuild the entire village.
2. To complete a road up to the village.
3. To plan for the future water project and education project components of the Village.

More on the trip to Xeucalvitz, Guatemala.

Since then Steve and his family have returned multiple times to the village of Xeucalvitz. They continue to support and champion the cause of the people of Xeucalvitz. If you are interested in supporting a village or a child please contact Steve directly steve@lingenbrink.com.