Mission Team Send-Off

Last night our church had a send-off for the mission team!  Here are just a few pics from the evening.

 We heard a short message and prayed for the team.

Each of the team members shared personal prayer topics for the trip, as well as prayer requests for the team as a whole.

 
Thank you for your continued prayer support!!!

Mission Team prayer requests:
1) For God to be glorified & honored in and through everything they do
2) Traveling safety - God's protection over the team
3) Health - no sickness, exhaustion, stomach problems or injuries
4) Communicate the gospel clearly (the students will be teaching the VBS lessons and activities in Spanish)
5) Victory wherever they go and in every situation

Additional personal requests:
1) To be open/flexible in schedule; to not limit God but trust Him; to be engaged & energetic every day
2) To love freely with open, compassionate hearts and serve others first
3) Nothing may hinder God's work through them
4) Unity within the team

Mexico Mission Team 2012!

God bless you as you travel and touch lives for His kingdom!  

Love God well, love each other well, and love those you meet well!

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"Expect great things from God; attempt great things for God."

-William Carey

Water for Mexico!

Today we had our last official fundraiser for our mission trip. What did we do? Like last year we went to Rockville and sold ice cold water for $1. We want to thank God for providing us the perfect weather and for opening up people's heart to be generous. It may have looked sketchy selling water on the streets, but many people eagerly donated and bought water! Without God's providence, we would not have been able to sell all the water we had bought.

Advice on selling water: posters are a must. 

Thank you for your continual prayer support!

Count down: eight more days until Mexico!

VBS Prep

It's sweltering hot outside right now (98 degrees F to be exact!!), but our team is inside, away from the heat, and working hard in our VBS groups.

VBS topics for Mexico 2012:
God's Love
God's Power
God's Hope

We've split up into different teams and are collaborating to create mini-messages, games, crafts, and skits. Sounds like lots of fun - and it is - but it's also lots of work and organization. We're thankful for this time to work together and encourage each other.

Enjoy a few photos from today's prep!

Mexico countdown: 10 days!

iPad Raffle Winners!

Again, we want to thank everyone who supported our missions team by participating in the raffle.

We are sorry for the late notification, but here are the winners:

first place (the new iPad): *drum roll* Paul Lim!
second place ($20 Target gift card): Faith Choi
third place (movie ticket): Rebecca Forbes

Congratulations!

Update: We will be officially leaving for Mexico in two weeks. We will be there from July 1st ~ 9th. Please keep us in your prayers!

Ipad Raffle Update

Hello everyone!

Thank you to everyone who has shown such generous support of our team! We are so grateful for each one of you!

Just a quick update - we know that some of you may be logging onto our blog tonight looking for the iPad raffle winner.  Unfortunately, due to the youth softball tournament today, we will not be able to post results until tomorrow.  (We will be drawing the ticket during our youth group Sunday service.)  We so apologize for the inconvenience!

See you tomorrow! :)

For Narnia.

This week we focused all of our energy and time into practicing the skit (The Battle). When we first watched it, it was hard to concentrate on all the details and understand what exactly was going on. But once you see what it's about, it's pretty cool. Plus the skit music is from the The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe! Practicing the skit is really fun and we all act pretty silly and laugh a lot because it's the only way to stay awake haha. I wonder what Esther thinks as she watches us from her laptop from wayy across the room. She's probably on tumblr or facebook lol. We've been rehearsing for a couple of weeks, but we're far from ready.

1. We all break character and laugh whenever Adam washes his face or pets the Lion or...well basically anything he does haha
2. Satan acts creepy. Really really really creepy, but not evil.
3. The Mary, Joseph, and Teenage Jesus trio doesn't have that "family chemistry" down quite yet 
4. The tree doesn't exactly look like a tree
5. The baptism of Jesus is...
6. We haven't started the third part of the skit yet

I'm afraid our antics are leaving our dance teacher frazzled and slightly stressed. Thank you Mary for teaching us and being so patient with us! 

Fundraisers so far:

• Date Night - A night when couples can drop their kids (ages 0-12) off at the church where we will provide babysitting services so they can have a night out
• Apple Ipad Raffle - With each raffle ticket purchase, you have a better chance of winning the newest ipad! Only $5!
• Service Auction - Need a babysitter? A photographer? A musician? Come to our service auction!

Side note #1: Sarah L. Park's dad's birthday past recently! Happy 60th birthday! 

Side note #2: I feel like this should be our Mission's cheer. Yep, we should definitely shout that before boarding the plane.

Win the new iPad!!!

Hi everyone!

Fundraising for this summer's mission trip has officially begun, and we are so excited to announce this new fundraiser!  

Each of the team members will be selling raffle tickets for 5 bucks each.  What could you win?

the NEW iPad  (16GB)!  The color choice is yours.

There is NO limit to the number of raffle tickets you can purchase...and the best thing is, 100% of the money from the raffle tickets will be used toward purchasing supplies (school supplies, soccer balls, and materials for Vacation Bible School) for the children we will meet in Chiapas, Mexico.

Please see one of the team members or leave your name & email address in a comment below if you are interested in purchasing a raffle ticket!  

The drawing will be held on June 16, 2012 and the winner will be announced here on the blog...so don't forget to check back in! :)