Matamoras Trip #12 Needs YOU! October 17-21, 2007

Buenos Dias, Amigos!

I am the new Murfreesboro District Program Coordinator and will be taking over Nan Zoller's work organizing the District's Mexico Mission Trips.

The next scheduled District Mission to Matamoras, Mexico (trip #12!!) will be October 17-21, 2007.

The trip cost is $600 per person and covers transportation from Nashville to Houston, Harlingen, TX, then via bus to Mexico. Lodging will again be provided dormitory style by El Buen Pastor Iglesia. The fee also covers insurance and food in Mexico. You must pay for your own meals enroute.

We are requesting a deposit of $350 (due by August 8th) to secure a place on the mission team. The balance of $250 is due August 20th. There will be two orientation meetings scheduled with dates, times, and locations TBA.

If you are unable to participate in the October trip please remember there are still ways to participate. Help underwrite the cost of someone else's trip, be a prayer partner for a missioner, or organize your own church to provide funds to purchase Bibles, vitamins, construction and medical supplies.

As each of you know, this trip is designed to be a 'first taste' of international mission work. While we engage in construction work, medical aid, and evangelism in colonias (neighborhoods), the goal of the trip is to familiarize participants with the serious economic and social issues surrounding poverty in Mexico rather than a rush to complete a specified construction project. There is always more that we can do for others and additional work to be done there in Matamoras, but this trip is a starting place and not an end. Join us -again-or send a friend!

If you have further questions or concerns please call or e-mail and I'll be happy to address them. I can be reached at 615-893-5886 (District Office) or by e-mail at heidi.geib@vanderbilt.edu.

Thank you again for your faithful witness to and participation in the Matamoras, Mexico Mission Trips.

Dios te bendiga!

Heidi Geib