Deadline approaching for Summer mission trips to Guatemala

The January 31st deadline for Summer mission trip applications is approaching fast! We still have space for families or teens to join a team traveling to Guatemala City for the week of June 27th - July 4th. The cost of this trip is $1900 including airfare.

This team will include a family team (parents and kids ages 10+) and a teen team (teens ages 14+), but adults of all ages are welcome! We will operate as one big team at for meals, travel, and housing, but our focuses of ministry will be different and individualized for each group.

Team members can choose which area of ministry they would like to concentrate based on their interests and skills, and both teams will help with light construction on our new building.

Family team: Focuses on teaching art to our kids at Casita Adonai, incorporating lessons about God and His love for them. The week will end with an exhibition of art from the students. Whether you consider yourself an artist or not, you will teach (and learn about) much more than just art!

Teen team: Focuses on partnering with the teens of our partner church and conducting outreach in the community. We will work to clean and repair a local park and host an evangelistic sports camp for kids in the community.

God already has great things planned for this week! Apply by January 31st if you feel called to join us.

http://www.carolinespromise.net/life-changing-mission-trips

“Who told you that?”

This is my second mission trip to Guatemala. Last year was an eye-opening and humbling experience for me. Last year I was very nervous about coming and had an overall negative attitude. This year I felt I was being called to come and went in with a more positive attitude. I chose this week to come, because this year I was coming without my mom and brother and I knew both of the leaders, Ruth and Jacey. It turned out the week I chose to come, we were going to be doing a girls retreat.
We arrived Friday around lunchtime and headed from the airport to Delmi’s so we could get settled in and get lunch and rest before we headed to Shama, a camp in Gerona. We prepared for the girls arrival, some of us helped with decorations and some of us decided to get to sleep early.

Waking up Saturday morning, I was anxious for the girls to get there. I was nervous that I wouldn’t be able to make an impact on the girls or that the language barrier would keep me from helping out.

Then, one of our team …

Will you help Florecer to purchase sewing machines?

Caroline’s Promise artisan group, Florecer, is growing!

Thanks to our new friend, Meredith Ferrell, the group has several new products to make, requiring higher quality sewing machines. We would like to be able to purchase 6 quality sewing machines. The average cost for each machine is $500. We have raised $510 to date.
Changing the world doesn’t mean giving hand outs. Changing the world means providing jobs, training, education, and sharing Jesus. By partnering with us to purchase sewing machines, you become a world changer. You are making an impact on an artisan’s life. It gives her work. Work gives her income to feed her children and pay tuition and gives her dignity. Worth and dignity. Partnering with us to provide sewing machines brings worth and dignity to women, children, and families living in an impoverished country. Be a world changer!
You can donate here. We appreciate your support!

Things Change for a Reason

Meetings, Dates, Deadlines: us humans spend so much time trying to control the time given to us on this Earth, that we become obsessed with making sure everything goes according to plan. However it's only when things take an unexpected turn and we are forced to leave our comfort zones when God is able to get to work.
This year's trip to Guatemala was by no means similar to the year previous in the aspect of scheduling. Last year was pretty smooth sailing with minimal obstacles diverging us from our plan. This year however was completely different. While the purpose of this trip was to help and interact with the kids in Gerona, God decided that he wanted us to help at the Church as well. Even on the very first day that our team arrived in Guatemala our plans changed. What was originally going to be a rest day to acclimate ourselves, turned into us moving 900 cement blocks up to the third floor of the church. However I believe that God had those blocks delivered at that time fo…

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