ABCRM Mission Trip to Thailand
Hosting Missionaries: Chuck & Ruth Fox
Estimated cost per person: $2000
Limit of mission team participants: 8
Trip application deadline: November 21, 2008
Contact Mission Leader-Kerry Hassler (kerryhassler@comcast.net) for more information
Needs:
- The "Ban Huai Namkhum Phattana" Akha village near Chiang Rai, Thailand needs a clean water supply for the 99 men, women, and children who live in its 19 households.
- The Chiang Rai "Family Learning Center" (FLC) Christian international school for English-speaking K-12 students needs help with teaching and administrative staff assistance
- The Chiang Rai New Life Center (NLC) is in need of volunteers who can teach Akha women sheltered there various crafts skills, as well as possibly teaching them English.
The 2009 Thailand Mission Trip will give you the opportunity to:
- Work with Church Fox, Akha villagers, and in-country Thai volunteers to construct and Akha village clean water system.
- Work with Ruth Fox to provide assistance to Chiang Rai FLC teachers and staff.
- Work with Ruth Fox to teach crafts and/or English to Chiang Rai NLC Akha women.
- Stretch your life to use your talents and abilities by helping people in need.
- Strengthen your relationship with Christ through Bible study and prayer.
- Make new friends and build lasting relationships with ABCRM mission team members and in-country people you meet.
Trip Requirements
- Age 18 or over
- In good physical condition if helping to build the clean water system
- Have teaching, story-telling, and/or crafts skills if helping with FLC or NLC projects
- Flexible and willing to try new things
April 19-25, 2009 
ABCRM Mission Trip to Murrrow Indian Children's Home
Hosting Missionary: Joan Brown
Estimated cost per person: $225 (plus meals and incidentals)
Limit of mission team participants: 8
Trip application deadline: February 16, 2009
Contact Mission Leader-Jenita Calton (mjmjpack@vcn.com) for more information
Participants will have the opportunity to assist the Murrow Staff in providing for the spiritual, physical, and emotional need of the children by:
- Work to maintain the 17 acres Murrow is situated on.
- Assist with general building maintenance such as painting.
- Perform repairs and maintenance on tractors.
Participants will also be able to:
- Investigate the cultural heritage of Native Americans by visiting the local museums.
- Enjoy the beautiful wildflowers of Oklahoma at their peak.
- Strengthen your relationship with Christ by fellowshipping with other team members and the children at Murrow.
Trip Details
- Leaver early afternoon on Sunday, April 19 from ABCRM office
- Return late evening on Saturday, April 25
- 4.5 days to work on site
May 9-16, 2009 
ABCRM Mission Trip to the Bahamas
Hosting Missionaries: Daniel & Estela Schweissing
Estimated cost per person: $1600
Limit of mission team participants: 6
Trip application deadline: February 9, 2009
Contact Mission Leader-Richard Schweissing (rschweissing@msn.com) for more information
Purpose:
Emmaus Haitian Baptist Church has only a sanctuary with a small crowded lean-to in the back. Children come to the after school program because their parents do not speak English and cannot help them. They must use the seats of the pews as desktops for writing.
Haitian immigrant women with noskills come to a sewing class and set up sewing machines on tables no larger than TV trays in the aisles. Estela and Daniel carry the equipment and supplies for both programs back and forthe from their residence each day.
The 2009 Bahamas Mission Trip will give you the opportunity to:
- Work with others to contstruct multi-use pews that can be converted to tables during the week for both seing classes and after school programs. If time permits cabinets will be contsructed for storage.
- Stretch your life to use your talents and abilities by helping people in need
- Strengthen your relationship with Christ through Bible study and prayer
- Make new friends and build lasting relationships with ABCRM mission team members and Haitian immigrants in the Bahamas
Trip Requirements
- Age 18 or over
- Able to do carpentry (building multi-use pews), staining, and/or job clean up tasks
- Flexible and willing to try new things
Watch for more experiences to come. ABCRM is hoping to travel on 5-6 mission experiences in 2009.
