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Missions 2010 | Missions 2009 | Missions 2008 | Updates from Lupita | Ishmael, our World Vision Child!
OUR GOD IS GREATER...  You are invited to experience the greatness of God as the Firstborn over all creation, the Head of the Church the Sustainer & Reconciler of ALL! Share the miracle we lived from our trip to Mexico this past Holiday season (Colossians 1:15-20)! 2011 Mission Slide Show by Phil Wong From December 27-December 31, 2011 - the Baja Mission Team of 64 youth and adult volunteers piled into 5 vans, and in 4 days built 4 homes for 4 families while serving the beloved disabled children at Casa Gabriel, and delivering donations to the local villages and throwing one huge worship event with La Hermosa Church at Campo Esperanza. Praise the Lord!
And that's just a taste of what God has in store for us on this journey... We're looking for youths and families and adult volunteers to partner with in becoming one giant team empowered by love and faith to make things happen and serve the church and families down in Baja Mexico! Let's share the good news to all, in what we say and what we do to glorify our God in Heaven! TRIP ITINERARY 
Below is a day by day summary. For complete details, download the PDF below! Please remember that some details are subject to change, in regards to minor timing issues, and depending on the amount of work done per day!* Tuesday, December 27th: Morning departure, afternoon work begins, evening meeting for teaching, worship songs and sharing * Wednesday, December 28th: Work continues, Teaching continues, Songs of worship, Sharing * Thursday, December 29th: Work continues, Teaching continues, Songs of worship, Sharing * Friday, December 30th: Work is completed, Evengalism event with La Hermosa Church and Baja Bound * Saturday, December 31st: Morning gathering of thanksgiving, presentation of the homes and departure. We return home. Vocational Bible School Teachings 
Vocational Bible Studies are teaching lessons specifically aimed at children of all ages! Our volunteers will assist the primary teacher and/or translater from Baja Bound Ministries by loving, playing with and spending time with the children of the orphanage. Teams will rotate!* VBS Lessons will be available at the team meetings! BLOWOUT EVANGALISM EVENT This year... we have so may new blessings in the villages that we can use! We have power lines, storage on site for materials, and a unqie open space in the center of the village. And as God leads us, we're going to try and celebrate it with a major event to boost the local church! We're going to either build a temporary stage or wheel one in and celebrate the new homes and friendships by sharing the Word right there on site on Friday evening, with songs of praise from our team band and the bands from the local church. We're going to share the Gospel from the stage from multiple speakers of our team, and the local church. We're going to celebrate with the families on the streets with dancing and praise to the God who is truly... GREATER! Learn more, ask questions and pick up an application!
WHAT DO I NEED TO DO TO JOIN THE TEAM? * STEP 1: Pray about it! Ask God if this is something He wants you to do! * STEP 2: Talk with your parents, mentors, leaders and pray with them about it! * STEP 3: Download and print out the application in your preferred format, complete it and write your support letter. Remember that your application and support letter should be done together! See the application packet for help with your support letter! * STEP 4: Turn in your application to your youth leader, and send out your support letter! * STEP 5: Attend all team meetings and events! * STEP 6: Spread the word, share what you are doing, keep sending your support letter! * STEP 7: Give thanks and praise to God for how He's working in your life! Thank Him for who He is, what He has done, what He is doing, and what He is going to do! You're a part of it! HAVE QUESTIONS? Contact Christopher Jahng at 310/877-3148 or Email Me! FORMS YOU CAN DOWNLOAD: * Missions Trip Application Form 1) Word Doc for editing - www.youthjourney.org/downloads/BB-MissionTripApplication.doc 1) PDF for download & Review - www.youthjourney.org/downloads/BB-MissionTripApplication.pdf * Traveling in Mexico (Safety/Maps) * Baja Bound Group Orientation Form * Chris' Mission Trip Support Letter LABOR DAY HOME PREVIEW TRIP:
Our annual weekend trip is back on Labor Day weekend from Sat. 9/3 to Mon 9/5. Space is very limited as we visit the villages and serve the local church and Casa Gabriel while preparing for the house builds in Winter. Limited space granted by prayer and special request. For info, contact Chris. 
On Memorial Day weekend, we visited the beloved children at Casa Gabriel, and serving with our friends at Baja Bound Ministries and Chepultepec Church under Pastor Escobar! A truly amazing weekend as a team of 28 youth and adults from JCC, TPC Joy and Newsong LA combined efforts to serve by assisting with roofing repairs at the location, delivering donations for the local villages, but most importantly, spending time with the kids.* A story from Casa Gabriel - Chelle, a 21 year old girl who is bedridden, lives at Casa Gabriel with her 19 year old sister Elle in a wheelchair, and a 17 year old girl named Sonia also in a wheelchair. At night, when the kids can become scared, during storms or due to recurring nightmares, some of the other kids and these sisters will crawl into one another's beds to protect each other. The children rally around one another in the dark, crawling over beds, across floors, lifting themselves and each other up on the raised beds to lay with one another in an effort to comfort each other in the darkness. Some, when scared, will lay with Chelle, who is one of the older residents in the home, for their own protection. * Their love for one another, is beyond imagining. The effort it must take for these children to reach one another, without the use of their own legs, is not only a dark reality of the fear that can consume them, but also a testimony of the shared love and desire to fullfill the needs of the other. * Gabriel House is a not-for-profit Christian residential home dedicated to the total care and rehabilitation of profoundly handicapped children and children with immune deficiency disorders. Gabriel House strives to extend hope and dignity to the children at no cost to their impoverished families. For information on our partner, the Gabriel House in Mexico, visit CLICK HERE! For photos from our trip.... * Memorial Day Weekend Trip to Baja part 1 - Click Here! | * Memorial Day Weekend Trip to Baja part 2 - Click Here! |
