Timeline

November 6th - Interest meeting and sign up for trip

November 20th - meeting
Mr. Porter will be available as notary

December 4th - meeting
Support letters
7pm parent meeting @ Hope

December 19th - Application complete and submitted
Discipline agreement complete and submitted
$150 deposit to reserve trip spot

January 8th - meeting

January 22nd - meeting

January 30th - $500 due
Apply for passport
Begin immunizations (Hep A, Hep B, and all childhood immunizations current)

February 5th - meeting

February 19th - meeting

February 27th - $500 due
passport copies due

February 28th - Ecuador concert 6-11 pm (tentative date/time)

March 5th - meeting

March 19th - meeting

March 20th - $500 due

March 21st - leadership training

March 22nd - team training

March 29th - team training

April _____ - Travel nurse consolation (typhoid immunizations, learn food and hygiene precautions)

April 2nd - meeting

April 16th - meeting

April 17th - $500 due (all remaining funds)


April 30th - meeting

May 14th - meeting

May 25th-27th - VBS planning and purchasing
Compassion days planing and purchasing
Practice of songs, skits, and VBS craft activities
Packing donations

May 27th - send off party

May 27th-28th - Ecuador girls and guys night

May 31st-June 15th - ECUADOR TRIP!!!!!

ok the PAYPAL button is on!! click on it, to the left and you can donate to help me get to Ecuador!!!

Low down on the missions trip :]

I hope as you are reading this your all in good health and enjoying the wonderful holidays. I would like to just take a moment to tell you about an opportunity that God has blessed me with recently. There is an organization in my school called Meager Rations, and they are a mission’s organization. They do a lot of things for our school and the community. Each grade at Hope sponsors a child through Compassion International as a part of Meager Rations. One of the huge parts of this group is the mission trip they take each year to Ecuador. God has given me the opportunity this year to be a part of this trip and I am so excited. We get to visit all of the Compassion children that we sponsor, as well as work with two churches in Quito. We leave May 31, 2009 and return June 15, 2009.

As most of you know participating in any kind of ministry costs money and there is honestly no way that I can cover the total cost. The trip is roughly $2,000. If God puts it on your heart I would be sincerely grateful to receive your donations. However, considering the economy I understand that this can be a burden, but what we need most importantly is prayer. Please pray for our team, our leaders, and that God will prepare our hearts and the hearts of the Ecuadorians.

While I am in Ecuador I will be continually posting pictures and blogs!

As of now, I am in need of $150 dollars by December 19, 2008 to reserve my spot for this trip.

I am continually amazed by the way that God has blessed my life and given me opportunities like this. Thank you so much for taking the time to read this and I hope your year has been blessed.

If you want to send a check please email me for further detail!