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Mission
Trips
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How
You Can Support St. Andrew's Mission Trips
If you
would like to support future mission trips, you
can donate by check to St. Andrew's Episcopal Church and put "Mission
Trip" in the memo line. The non-pledge offering at the services on
June 1, 2008 went into the restricted Mission Account at St. Andrew's.
This money helped pay for the trips by Thomas and Barbara. Any extra
monies donated will remain in the restricted account, as there is already
excitement among some members to be a part of a future mission trip. Any
and all donations are greatly appreciated.
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2009
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Noah
T. accompanied St. Andrew's delegation on a Mission
trip to Passportmissions
in Lynn, MA in July. In Noah's words:
"When I first
heard about the mission trip I had my doubts.
I mean an hour and a half of Bible study a
day. I
was a little taken aback.
But I knew if I went I would help people that
really couldn’t help themselves.
So I went.
When I got there, though, it was fun.
I mean it was really fun. The Bible study was
fun and very interesting.
It taught me God would give me as many re-dos
as I need. On
our way to our worksites I thought what 90% of our
population would think.
Work = no fun. That’s not what we were there for. We were there to be the messengers of God and to spread his
good will. It
turned out we would be painting and cleaning St.
Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Lynn.
When we got into the church immediately it
felt like a holy place.
There were many day programs at the church
that would keep at-risk kids off the streets.
All of the programs were free.
Just seeing all the smiling kids and knowing
you were helping these kids become successful was
better than any feeling that something fun would
give you. I
left with a new understanding of God and the urge to
do more about poverty and hunger."
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Noah T.
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2008
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Thomas Ward traveled
to the El Hogar school in Honduras from July 19-26, 2008.
Thomas was part of a group of 12 (9 youth
and 3 leaders) traveling from Church of the Epiphany, Winchester, MA, to
work in Honduras for 7 days. Begun as a school for
orphaned/abandoned boys, El Hogar school has now developed into three
"campuses" and started accepting girls two years ago.
There is an elementary school, a technical middle school and an
agricultural middle school, all residential.
Thomas worked on a construction
project, as they are planning another dormitory as the school continues
to grow. Money raised will buy construction supplies and school
supplies for the students. Thomas also spent time with the
students and enjoyed some great soccer games!
Click
here to read Thomas' recap of his trip.
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Thomas Ward
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Barbara traveled to Ecuador from August 15-25, 2008.
Barbara joined the Mission Leadership
Program through the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts. Barbara is
being trained, through a series of monthly meetings, to plan and lead
future mission trips. As part of the training, Barbara went ten days to Ecuador, as a member of a group of approximately 9 adults
visiting the brand new Episcopal Diocese in Ecuador and helped to build the first Episcopal chapel high in the Andes Mountains (she
was in one of the first groups of American missioners to visit this
underserved area).
In addition to building supplies, the
group brought gifts for the hosts and Bishop in Ecuador, as we begin
a new relationship with new members of our greater church, helping them
to know there are people who pray and support them, even though we live
differently, speak different languages and are many miles apart.
Click
here to read Barbara's recap of her trip.
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Barbara Ward
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