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Missions:
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Resurrection en Mexico, 2009
Schedule:
| 1/25/2009 |
First meeting |
Introduction |
| 2/22/2009 |
Second meeting |
Deposit Due ($100.00) |
| 3/29/2009 |
Mexico Lunch |
All-hands activity |
| 4/5/2009 |
Final Meeting |
All Fees Due |
| 4/21/2009 |
Leave for San Diego |
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| 4/28/2009 |
Return to Seattle |
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Reminder:
Lutheran Border Concerns is
recommending that all team members have a valid passport for
re-entry into the United States. If you do not currently
have a passport, we recommend that you make your application
as soon as possible to avert any last-minute issues
in the approval process.
Official Homeland Security
policy can be found
here.
Cost estimate:
- Team Deposit of $100.00 per person is due by
February 22, 2009. Please write a check to Resurrection
and designate it for "Mexico Team". Place all payments
in the offering plate
- The total team contribution is $550.00 per person,
including airfare.
| Cost breakdown: |
| Vehicle Rental |
97.00 |
| Airfare |
239.00 |
| Food |
40.00 |
| Lodging |
84.00 |
| Materials |
90.00 |
| Total |
550.00 |
- Scholarship money may be available for Resurrection
Youth. This is normally reserved for youth who may not
be able to otherwise afford the costs involved in the
mission trip. See Chuck Schwanke if you would like to be
considered for a possible scholarship.
Airfare:
All team members are responsible for securing their own
Airfare. We want to be in San Diego by 11:00 AM on April
21st. You should plan your return trip to Seattle so that it
leaves
no earlier than 3:00pm on April 28th.
Preferred flights:
Southwest 735 - April 21, 2009 - depart Seattle @
8:15 AM
Southwest 61 - April 28, 2008 - depart San Diego @ 5:35
PM
Or:
Alaska flight AS 480 - April 21,
2009 - depart Seattle @ 9:25 AM
Alaska flight AS 485 - April 28, 2009 - depart San Diego
@ 3:05 PM
Fund Raiser:
- Taco Lunch March 29, 2009 at noon
- See sign-up sheet
- Thrivent matching funds
Other Opportunities:
- Advertising - we need a cool poster
- T-shirts?
- Project Supply List
- Announcements and Newsletter Articles
Forms for this year's trip (all team members):
Team application form (pdf)
Medical release form (pdf)
Packing list and Mexico "awareness" (pdf)
Additional forms required for youth (under 18)
Requirements for youth to attend mission trip
(pdf)
Travel authorization to foreign country
(pdf)
(two forms, must be notarized
before departure)
Contact John Green or Tim Gerken for more information.
Resurrection en Mexico, 2008
This year in Tijuana we:
- repaired gutters and downspouts in the student
center
- put on a fresh coat of paint in student center
great-room
- installed a chair-rail in the student center
great-room
- replaced the ceiling fans in the student center
great-room
- fixed some major electrical wiring issues in the
student center
- mud and tape pastor Romillio's new house
- took pastor Bladimir and family to Ensenada
- ate a bunch of tacos
Resurrection en Mexico, 2007
This year in Canyon del Saenz we:
- installed gutters and downspouts in the student
center
- built some nifty and very sturdy picnic
tables
- painted the big toy
- visited Ensenada with Bladimir and family (and
Moises!)
- ate a bunch of tacos
Resurrection en Mexico, 2006
This year in Canyon del Saenz we:
- repaired and re-hung the ceiling fans in the
sanctuary
- finished the addition on Pastor Bladimir's house
(insulation, sheetrock, mud and tape)
- moved a huge pile of dirt from the upper part of the
lot to behind the new retaining wall below the garden
- re-painted the exterior of Bladimir's house
- installed new kitchen cabinets and double sink for
Sylvia
- fixed up the plumbing on the back of the house
- disassembled the big toy and re-assembled it on top
of the hill (where we moved all that dirt from)
- painted the big toy
- oh, yeah, we ate some tacos, too
Resurrection en Mexico, 2005
This year in Canyon del Saenz we:
- removed the roofing material from over the
classrooms
- re-roofed both the sanctuary and classroom sides of
the building
- re-roofed the storage shed
- tiled and grouted the showers and floor on the
women's bathroom
- set two toilets
- painted the big toy
- installed a fence
- mudded, taped and painted the sanctuary
- installed ceiling fans
- ate some tacos
Resurrection en Mexico, 2004
This year in Canyon del Saenz we:
- swapped the sanctuary and classrooms
- painted the big toy
- ate some tacos
Resurrection en Mexico, 2003
This year in Canyon del Saenz we:
- built a storage shed over the bathrooms
- painted the big toy
- ate some tacos
Resurrection en Mexico, 2002
This year in Canyon del Saenz we:
- installed sheet-rock and insulation in Bladimir and
Elya's houses
- painted the big toy
- ate some tacos
Resurrection en Mexico, 2001
This year in Canyon del Saenz we:
- painted the big toy
- replaced the floor in one of the classrooms
- built 8 church pews
- ate some tacos
Resurrection en Mexico, 2000
This year in Canyon del Saenz we:
- built and painted a big-toy
- poured a basketball court (at el Redentor)
- ate some tacos
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