Mission Trip 2016: Colombia

Hello everyone my name is Katie Cardenas. Currently, I am the youth  director at Alexandria Spanish Seventh-Day Adventist Church. Our mission is to UNIFY our youth and GUIDE them to a relationship with Jesus Christ. While we do this, we hope to RETAIN our current youth by leading them to a deeper connection with Christ. We are also determined that through Christ we will RESTORE our youth that have left the church back to the Light. It's simple right? UNIFY, GUIDE, RETAIN, and RESTORE!  As my team and I were brainstorming different ways that our youth could experience Chirst at another level, we immediately thought well lets have a few week of prayers throughout the year and get heavily involved  in outreach. While this is  something we have incorporated into our year's plan, we need something bigger. We needed something that  would make an impact in our youth's most important years. While I was hesistant at first, I could not surpress what the Lord was pressing me  to do.  I sugguested a  mission trip.  My team immediately expressed their excitement and so the planning began.

As you may already know planning a mission trip in general has it's challenges. It takes time, effort, and lots of prayer! Planning  a mission trip for a  group of young students is more difficult, since the majority of them are not employed due to their full-time student status.  The cost of this trip may be a challenge for their parents.  That is why we have  decided that all donations received will be distributed evenly among the young men and woman that will be going. As a team , we will be fundraising at our church and in our community. We have faith that God will provide us with all that we need and more whether it's through generous donations through here, local sponsors, or our local fundraisers. God is in control and He will provide! 

TRIP DETAILS:
We will be taking 15 young men and woman to Tauramena, Casanare, Colombia this July! This trip will take place between July 3, 2016- July 17, 2016. During this trip, our youth will engage in the following areas: evangelism, children's ministry, and a construction project. There is a great need for the love and grace of Jesus to be shared in Colombia. This trip will include evening evangelism meetings and Vacation Bible School programs and basic English programs at two sites, and a church construction project.  We invite you to help these young men and  women share the love of Christ with the people of Tauramena, Casanare, Colombia.

*NOTE:
We have been able to minimize the cost of this trip due to the help  that has been extended by family and brother/sisters (church) in Colombia. We have been offered the minimal fees in order to make this trip possible for our youth. The  total cost of this trip will be $19,500 which includes the following:  the construction project, flights, lodging, food, travel expenses, traveler's insurance, outreach materials, and t-shirts.  We have divided the cost per person to $1,300. 

If you would like more information please feel free to contact at us! We would be glad to answer any questions!

Thank you for your time and donation! 

God bless you!


"Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.” Joshua 1:9 NKJV