Impact Chiapas 2013 is only a couple months away;
July 27-August 4, 2013.
We will have an information meeting for those considering
the trip (and their parents) on Saturday, May 4, at 10:00 a.m. at the
Region Office in Centennial (9085 E Mineral Circle Suite 170, Centennial CO
80112).
Impact: Chiapas is a mission trip to the state of
Chiapas in southern Mexico. It continues our partnership with churches in
Chiapas that began more than four years ago.
Impact: Chiapas is a mission trip for youth (age
16+) and adults. We are limited to 16 people and are hoping to take 10 youth
and 6 adults, so space is very limited.
In Chiapas, we will be working with the Economic
Development Project, primarily building animal shelters and working on the
garden project. We will also work with the children of Chacacal. We are hoping
to take supplies to help them make puppets and to do a puppet program while we
are there.
This is not a vacation. The work we will be doing is hard
and it will be quite hot and humid in Chacacal. We will sleep on air mattresses
on concrete floors, use a very rustic baño (a.k.a. outhouse), and bathe in the
creek. For 12 straight meals, we will eat black beans and tortillas. (Black
beans and eggs, black beans and rice, black beans and pasta, black beans and
soup, black bean tacos, etc.) We will have some other vegetables, but their
primary diet is beans and tortillas. Therefore, that will be our diet for the
four days we are in Chacacal. We will have plenty of bottled water to drink.
This is not a cheap trip either. The cost will be
approximately $1700. This includes meals in Mexico, lodging, transportation,
air fare (currently $1000), and $250 per person for the project in Chacacal.
Are you being led by God to go?
If not, we need your help to get information to
youth and adults who might be interested in going on this mission trip.
If you need more information, please contact me at moldham@abcrm.org.
Your Co-laborer in Christ,
Mike Oldham
Ministry and Mission Coach
ABC of the Rocky Mountains
(303) 988-3900
