Team Soren
Homes, Hope and Healing
What is Team Soren?
Team Soren was started by the family of Soren Wysockey-Johnson as a way to honor and remember him through service and connection. Soren died in 2020 at the age of 15, just at the start of the pandemic. His death devastated his family and his many friends and left an enormous hole in their lives. To heal from that loss and honor his memory, his parents and sister decided to take friends and family to Nosara, Costa Rica to build homes for housing-insecure people of that area. We didn’t know it at the time, but that trip was the start of Team Soren.
​Every year since 2021, we have returned to Costa Rica with a group of 20 people. So far, close to 100 people have joined us on this trip. Half the group are young adults, who are the age Soren would be. The other half are, well, older.
How is Your Contribution Used ?
Currently, each house costs $10,000 to build, and we raise money to build two each year. Mercy Homes Ministry is an extremely lean operation with virtually no overhead. Your contribution goes directly to cover the building costs of the homes: Concrete floors, walls, a roof, wiring for electricity, windows and a door. More than a structure, we are giving our partner families a permanent home they can be proud of. ​​​​​
Team Soren is a 501(C)(3) non-profit corporation.