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Short-Term Mission Trips
Short-term mission trips have been known to impact the trip-goers more so than the beneficiaries. Find out for yourself how God can open your eyes by taking advantage of one of these exciting missions opportunities.


2009 Opportunities
 

TPCC is offering life-changing short-term mission trips in 2009. From Central America to Austria, God has something you can do for His Kingdom. After reading the descriptions below, pray about where God would like to send you!

General information that applies to all trips: $100 deposit is due 90 days prior to departure. Balance in full is due 30 days prior to departure. Cost of passport is not included in trip price. Final prices will be announced once the group is ticketed.

CHE Overview
June 16 and 19
6 to 9 p.m.

Community Health Evangelism (CHE) may be a new concept to you.  On Tuesday, June 16, and Friday, June 19, from 6 to 9 p.m., TPCC will offer a CHE overview.  Whether you are contemplating taking a mission trip this year or are just curious, everyone is welcome.  To register click here.  For more information, contact Brian Smith at btsmith@tpcc.org.

Nicaragua
June 20 to 28
Approximate cost: $1,350

• Work with special education teachers in the Rey Solomon and Joshua 1:8 special education classrooms doing teacher training, program development, student evaluations, interacting with special needs children, conducting special church services, and more.
Team Leader: Jill Sima, 317.769.4243 or jillsima@tds.net


China
June 25-July 6 $2,375; June 22-July 10 $3,265
Approximate Cost: $3,500

• Teach English in a school for children of migrant workers. Activities include helping the children learn to understand and speak English. This supplements their formal English classes in school. This is part of a larger program to reach out to the communities of migrant workers in large cities.
• Opportunities also exist to conduct business seminars for the Chinese management team of a large manufacturing facility.
Contact: Brian Smith, 317.769.5557 or btsmith@tpcc.org


Haiti
July TBD
Approximate cost: $1,350

• Continue Community Health Evangelism (CHE) training: facilitators, hosts, and hostesses are needed for leadership training of local Haitian leaders.
Team Leader: Rick and Mary Berger, 317.334.7300 or rab01bsa@msn.com


Mexico
July 11 to 18
Approximate cost: $1,000

• Build homes for the homeless. Build relationships. On average our team is able to construct threes homes during the trip.
You often work side-by-side with the family who will move
in when it is completed.
Team Leader: Jose Lopez, 317.945.8040 or lopez924@mac.com


Nairobi, Kenya
September 22-October 2
Approximate Cost: $2,200 for basic trip; $2,700 for safari extended trip

• Urban poor outreach in the slums of Mathare Valley.
• Activities may include medical teams, drama teams, VBS teams, home visits and working with communities of people living with HIV/AIDS, discipleship and leadership training, construction teams, prayer walks, prayer teams, sports teams, and IT work.
• This work involves coming alongside communities trained in Community Health Evangelism (CHE). People are beginning to know who they are in Christ and are identifying resources and problems to be solved. This is a very dynamic ministry among 800,000 of the poorest of the poor in the Mathare Valley. Individuals and communities are being transformed by the power of Christ.     
Team Leader: Garry and Linda B., 317.578.2700 or contact via btsmith@tpcc.org



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769.5557 or btsmith@tpcc.org

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