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Resurrection International Missions 2010 Serving Opportunities:
Resurrection Acts 1:8Missions (RAM)— International
“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be My witnesses in Houston, in all Texas and the USA, and to the ends of the earth.” Acts 1:8 adapted
MAZAHUA TEAM—July 17-24, 2010
Location: Mission Mazahua, Mexico
Mission Mazahua is located in a beautiful mountainous area in the State of Mexico about two and one-half hours northwest of Mexico City (85 miles from the international airport). We are located at an altitude of nearly 10,000 feet above sea level. The altitude isn’t that difficult and provides cool temperatures. Your lungs will get used to it. Good news—our summer highs are 70’s!
Dates: July 17-24, 2010
Particulars:
Service Opportunities:
Wheelchair distributions and seating at the Mission Mazahua site and/or in local communities; work with local churches through community outreaches and worship; light construction and painting at wheelchair recipients’ homes; and interaction with local community—children and adults.
Lodging:
Mission Mazahua is located in an ex-hacienda built in 1718, which has been reconstructed for our ministry programs and for Christian retreats. Most sleeping areas are dormitory style. The buildings are rustic, not unlike most campgrounds in the US. There is no central heating (and air-conditioning is not needed). We have hot water (most of the time). There are showers and toilets, some within the dorms, some at a short distance centrally located for more than one dorm. While electricity and water normally work, there might be some times when there isn’t one or the other or neither. Be prepared for the unexpected.
Meals & Transportation Included:
WAP provides all ground transportation from and to the airport and throughout the week. All meals are carefully prepared from the kitchen on-site. This is the second time for us to send a Team, but TMP has successfully coordinated many Teams here over several years.
RAM Teams sent to serve with TMP since 2003:
2003—one Team (Mazatlan, Mexico)
2004—two Teams (San Salvador, El Salvador)
2005—two Teams (San Salvador, El Salvador)
2006—two Teams (Mazatlan, Mexico)
2008—one Team (Mission Mazahua, Mexico)
2009—one Team (Mission Mazahua, Mexico)
Sign up begins Thursday, February 18, 2010, at 7:00pm at our RAM International Missions Information Meeting (in Fellowship Hall).
Our Team is limited to 20 participants.
Sign up by:
March 7, 2010
$100 Deposit Due:
No later than March 7, 2010
Chili/Gumbo Cook-Off Fundraiser:
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Team Training Meetings Required:
March through June (various dates determined by each Team)
Total Trip Cost per Participant:
~$1200 (may be a little more or less depending on TMP grounds fees, and airfare at time of booking)—Fundraisers with Team participation will be held to reduce cost to individuals (i.e., Chili/Gumbo Cook-Off). Individual balance due by June 1, 2009.
World Access Project—Philosophy:
Throughout the world, there are tens of millions of people with various disabilities who cannot afford the basic equipment needed to obtain mobility, and thus to participate as active members of their communities.
The causes of these disabilities are varied: disease, war, land mines, and accidents. In many cases, they are the members of loving families… but families who are simply too poor to afford the needed equipment. In many developing—or “third world”—countries, a simple wheelchair can cost more than a year’s wages. This is why The Mobility Project came into being. World Access Project continues this philosophy and exists to serve disabled people living in poverty throughout the developing nations of the world.
World Access Project is a non-profit humanitarian organization, committed to serving people with disabilities who have a wealth of unique gifts to offer their community, but have been hindered from doing so by poverty and the resulting lack of even the most basic mobility aids.
But more importantly, we are a group of individuals who all share a common passion. And we exist to serve individuals… valuable wonderful individuals with a bright hope and a future! We would love for you to meet them, and us!
The Mobility Project—History with Resurrection:
Resurrection Lutheran Church and our RAM Teams have been supportive of The Mobility Project since 2003 when we first contacted Steve Oliver about our interest in serving an outreach mission endeavor in an international setting. That was the year we began mobility aid collections from the Houston area through Resurrection. PUSH, International and now World Access Project have become off-shoot organizations from The Mobility Project (now a part of Hope Haven).
Wheelchair Collections:
Resurrection Lutheran Church is one of the mobility device collection centers in the USA for Hope Haven (formerly The Mobility Project), PUSH, International, and World Access Project. Wheelchairs, walkers, canes, and crutches in any condition (even parts) are collected at the church and shipped to refurbishing centers for future distribution to the poor in many locations around the world. Wheelchairs can cost more than a year’s wages and would be impossible to own in many countries. They are given with no strings attached to those encountered by this organization.
Please be on the lookout for any unused mobility devices that can be brought to the church and recycled to those in need. Donation receipts can be given from the church. If cards are completed and attached to the wheelchairs when donated, a thank you photo will be sent to the donor showing the recipient seated in the chair they gave.
Contact the church office or our Collections Team Leaders: Jack Waters, Ron Robinson, and Scott Brodie, for more info or to join the Collections Team.
BELIZE TEAM—July 31-August 7, 2010
Location: Belize, Central America
The nation of Belize is located on the Caribbean Sea, bordered by Guatemala and Mexico. CAOM is located in Ladyville, next to the Belize International Airport. Our Team will work in various parts of Belize and specifically this year in the community of Double Head Cabbage.
Dates: July 31-August 7, 2010
Particulars:
Service Opportunities:
This year once again we will work with Pastor Dinsdale Thompson and the congregation in Double Head Cabbage and others. We may also connect with some of the work of Peg Wolfram in Ladyville and/or teach in Belize City.
General plans (subject to change):
Sunday: worship at Doublehead Cabbage, team preparation.
Monday through Thursday: VBS and construction (mornings); work with women of community and painting (afternoons); possible teaching (evenings)
In addition: possible connections with CALMS work on Wednesday and Thursday afternoons.
Lodging:
Lodging will either be at the Embassy Hotel Tower or the River House. Rooms feature single and double beds with private bath, air-conditioning, television and both locations are very secure. Neither place is like an “American” hotel…very nice for missions, but not vacation accommodations. Showers receive hot water through a special “heating unit” on the shower head.
Meals & Transportation Included:
Our fees include room, meals, local transportation, and the building supplies we will need. There are additional fees for our off-day trips.
This is our third consecutive summer to serve with C.A. Outreach Ministries.
Our Team is limited to 18 participants. Participants who sign up will be split up to work with: 1) children (VBS); 2) women in the community (afternoon time); 3) building/painting and other work; 4) teaching opportunities in the evenings.
Sign up begins Thursday, February 18, 2010, at 7:00pm at our RAM International Missions Information Meeting (in Fellowship Hall).
Sign up by: March 7, 2010
$100 Deposit Due: March 7, 2010
Chili/Gumbo Cook-Off Fundraiser:
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Team Training Meetings Required:
March through June (various dates determined by each Team)
Total Trip Cost per Participant:
~$925 (may be a little more or less depending on CAOM fees, and airfare at time of booking)—Fundraisers with Team participation will be held to reduce cost to individuals (i.e., Chili/Gumbo Cook-Off). Individual balance due by June 1, 2010.
—CAOM Philosophy:
C.A. Outreach Ministries desires to touch every part of a person’s life with the Lord Jesus Christ in Belize. The Plan is to do this through evangelism, medical assistance, education, housing, agriculture, and training.
—History:
Outreach Ministries, later incorporated as Central America Outreach Ministries, Inc., began in 1975 with God’s call to Christian businessman John Collier, through a miraculous deliverance from an otherwise fatal airplane crash in Belize, Central America (see his book Two Minutes to Live). John made a total life commitment to God, giving Him a blank check on the rest of his life. As a result, John moved to Belize, Central America on faith with $100 a month support to reach Belizeans for the Lord and work with groups and team ministries from various parts of the world.
God has led John to help plant churches around Belize, and to work in the southern jungles with the Maya, Kechi, and Garifunas. Doors were opened in the early 1990’s for a ministry outside Belize City at the Embassy Mission House and Hotel, which now encompasses team ministry, a Christian library with several branches, Christian trade schools, Bible studies, Christian musical and dramatic presentations, and a program for high school and college credit in international studies.
Believing the Lord called him to work specifically with mission teams coming to Belize, John has sought to help individuals and groups find specific areas where they would like to minister through C.A. Outreach Ministries, Inc.; such as, evangelism, teaching, conferences, libraries, Vacation Bible Schools, orphanages, and local schools. CAOM also operates trade schools in which local people can learn skills to make a living, such as sewing, baking, construction, cabinet making, and agriculture.
C.A. Outreach Ministries, Inc. is a non-profit, US tax-exempt Christian organization and a registered Belizean NGO (National Government Organization).
