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 One
week can transform your life and impact hundreds. Travel on your
Christmas, spring or summer vacations to build a church, teach children,
hold evangelistic meetings or run a clinic.
 For
church building trips: Check with your local conference or contact
Marantha at www.maranatha.org
or call 1-916-920-1900. (Check out their Ultimate Workout for ages
14-18 or their Annual Family Project. Opportunities updated bi-weekly.)
For medically focused trips check
with:
- Canvasback at 1-800-793-7245 or www.canvasback.org
(Ships sharing medical & dental help among the Micronesian
islands.)
- Loma Linda University: www.llu.edu/llu/sims/
(Monthly trips to Mexico to provide clinic and health education.
3-9 week overseas trips June-September or during Christmas
and Spring vacations.)
For development type programs:
Contact ADRA at www.adra.org
or (301) 680-5160.
For evangelism and health:
Check out the Total Health Expo with The Quiet Hour at www.thequiethour.org
For a variety of possibilities:
www.outpostcenters.org
for 60 supporting organizations in 27 Countries. You can also contact
Mission Island
for more information on mission possibilities.
Especially for teens: For trips to Mexico with Adventist
Mission Team www.adventyouth.org.
Your mission trip can dramatically impact your relationship with
Christ. You can also help many others catch a vision for God and
service. To heighten your experience read the Maranatha Guide
to Adventure, a handbook, video and set of games to help you
before, during and after your trip. Written by Steve and Debbie
Case it's available at (916) 920-1900.
Are You Going on an Ordinary Vacation? Does Your Job Take You Overseas?
Spice up your trip with a mission flavor:
- Ask the General Conference for a list of churches or missionaries
where you'll be traveling. Call (301) 680-6667.
- Contact the churches or missionaries for what they might need
and take it.
- Learn all you can, help all you can, and watch for opportunities
for further service.
- Read: Vacations with a Purpose, by Chris Eaton &
Kim Hurst, David C. Cook Publishing
- If you meet someone on the trip who shows an interest in
knowing more about God, connect them with their local Bible correspondent
courses. You can find out the address and contact point for most
places in the world through the General Conference at www.gc.adventist.org
under Personal Ministries.
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