Mission Trip to El Salvador and Honduras 2011

8/7/2019 Mission Trip to El Salvador and Honduras 2011

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Freely you have received; freely give.

Important Trip Dates:Trip Dates: July 13th23rd

El Salvador Ministry Days July 13th, 17th 23rd Honduras Ministry Dates July 14th17th

Team Deadline Dates:

Trip sign up & $600 deposit (non-refundable because an airline ticket will bepurchased) April 13

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Trip money due June 15th

Team Meeting Dates (1pm 2:30pm):

Sunday, April 10th Sunday, May 15th Sunday, June 13th Sunday, July 10th (packing, organizing, and final preparations)

Trip Costs: $700 plus airfare(Probably right around $1250 in totalpray for cheap airfare!)

Other Important Details: Make sure your passport is up to date. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that you get

some vaccinations Hepatitis A & B and Typhoid.
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Freely you have received; freely give.

The dates for this summers mission trip are July 13th23rd. Once again, well be working withSOS

Ministries ministering to orphans, encouraging pastors & elders, leading a youth conference,partnering with wonderful El Salvadorian and Honduran churches, and much more. This trip is

open to both teens and adults.

In El Salvador, the main area we will be ministering in is around a city called Rosario de La Paz,which is located in the province of La Paz; and, as usual, we will also be going to HaciendaGrande, Honduras (just outside of Copan) for several days of ministry.

Over the past 8 years, SOS Ministries and our church family have formed strong relationships with

our Christian brothers & sisters in this area of El Salvador; and for the past five years, the samething has been happening in this region in Honduras. This is exciting stuff! God is doingwonderful things and the Kingdom is advancing in these poverty-stricken areas! Come be a

part and see for yourself!

The cost for this trip is $700 plus airfare (which is usually around $550). A $600 deposit is due onApril 13th and the rest is due on June 15th. So, one thing you need to get started on ASAP is yourmission support letters. These are letters you send to family and friends asking them to help out

financially with the trip. Your support letters need to be mailed out with a return envelopeaddressed to Grace Christian Fellowship with your name written in the bottom right corner.

Please do not hand out your support letters and envelopes to random church members, mailthem or give them directly to your family and friends. Our church will have an opportunity to

give through offerings to this trip and we do not want to take advantage of them!

And please don't be swayed by the cost of the trip...if the Lord wants you to go, the money will

most definitely come in! Just be diligent to get those support letters our ASAP! And be praying!This is going to be a wonderful, God-honoring trip!

The $600 deposit is due April 13th!(Non-refundable tickets will be purchased that week.)
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Sample Letter

(The italicized letters must be included in your letter!)

Dear Bill Gates

God has graciously given me a wonderful opportunity to go on a short term mission tripthis summer. A group from our church, Grace Christian Fellowship, consisting of teens

and adults, will be heading to El Salvador & Honduras. The main city/area will be

ministering in is Rosario de La Paz, El Salvador which is located in the province of La Paz;and we will also be going to Hacienda Grande, Honduras (just outside of Copan) for

several days of ministry with a number of new church plants. Our entire trip will last for11 days, leaving on July 13th and returning home on July 23rd.

The organization we will be working with is S.O.S. Ministries and our trip will be lead byMichael Schadt (S.O.S. missionary/founder). We will be very busy on this short trip as we

participate in a number of activities including: ministering to the local children in thevillages, construction of a playground in Zacatecoluca, El Salvador, putting on a youthconference in Rosario, bringing much needed supplies, and assisting the local churchesin Hacienda Grande.

As one would expect, there is a cost in participating in such a trip. We are currently

raising funds for the trip and would greatly appreciate your financial support. Every littlebit helps! If you are moved to assist financially, please make your check payable to

Grace Christian Fellowship and return it in the enclosed envelope. To adhere to IRS

requirements and to receive tax credit, please do not place my name anywhere on the

check.

If I, for any reason, am unable to travel on this mission trip, your contribution will be used

to assist someone else going on the trip and you will still receive tax credit. If you have

questions regarding our trip or donations, please contact the church office at (727)584-

1015. If you are unable to give financially (and if you are able to give), your prayers for

our trip would be much appreciated.

We are expecting wonderful things to take place on this trip to El Salvador & Honduras,both in the lives of those to whom we are able to minister to and in the lives of those

from our church who are going. I pray for the Lord's blessing upon you and I would alsolike to thank you in advance for your financial and prayer support as the Lord so wouldlead you.

Sincerely,

Rev. Heath Watson

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Mission Trip to El Salvador and Honduras 2011