Ever considered a Short-Term Mission Trip?
Listen to what two team members from our recent Haiti trip had to say about the experience.
Laura Micucci:
Haiti, I love to go…I hate to leave. I find it difficult to write this because over a month later I am still trying to “process” it all. They say life is hard in Haiti. I’ve heard that Haiti is the poorest nation is the western hemisphere, most Haitians don’t have clean drinking water, are short on food, and don’t have shoes, at least not adequate ones. But you will never meet a more loving people, especially the kids. Perhaps it’s because there are so many of them and so few adults to love on them. Haiti’s population is 80% children. Haitians – I’m captivated by their children, drawn in by their worship of God, amazed at their strength, in awe of their faith and in wonder at their will to survive.
God has used Haiti to change me in so many ways. I am in awe of Him.
Renie Swartley:
St. Francis said “Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary, use words.” Mission trips are my opportunity to follow in Jesus’ footstep as He shows me His people and His world. It gives me an awareness of God’s grace, mercy and love, through, for and with, me. It reminds me that in Matthew 25:40 Christ said “The King will reply, ‘I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of theses brothers of mine, you did for me”, and in Luke 12:48 “From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded: and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked.” AND, I get to see the world, one mission trip at a time….
On that trip in December our team of 18 was able to screen 550 patients and supply rice and beans for 270 families. We taught English to orphans and quarried rock. We worked hard and felt used by God. We became a team and learned how to be God’s hands and feet.
This is the stuff that mission trips are made of. Maybe God is calling you to be a part of the next one. Why not review the list of proposed trips and take the self-evaluation and then contact Kathy Nomides kathy.nomides@branchcreek.org with your questions or to let her know you’re in.