Every year Wesley takes both domestic and international mission trips over Spring Break and in the early weeks of summer. Trips have been set for 2008. Please join us in prayer as we prepare to go out this spring and summer!
Spring Break Trips
Costa Rica
Bill Bush, Jill Henderson, and Nick Wilbur will lead a trip to La Fortuna, Costa Rica from March 8-16. We will be working with Jorge and Norma Vargas who pastor a local church. We will be restoring an abandoned church building, conducting VBS for kids and joining the church in prayer, worship & outreach to the community. The cost of the trip is $1200 per person.
England
Adena Bowen, April Roland, and Micah Thomas will lead a trip through Adventures in Missions to London, England from March 7-15. Through prayer walks and ministry to the youth, elderly and homeless in Southhampton, you will have the opportunity to breathe new life into a place that desperately needs it. There will also be opportunities for repair work, painting and creative prayer & worship at famous sites in both cities. Be prepared to proclaim your faith to people who speak your own language! We will stay mostly in Southampton (where the Mayflower set out for America!) and spend some time in London. The cost of the trip is $1800 per person.
Honduras
Drew Curtright and Michelle King will lead a trip to Sigatepeque, Honduras from March 9-16 to work with Destino del Reino (www.destinodelreino.org). They will be leading VBS, ministering in the villages and working on some light construction projects. The cost of the trip is $1200 per person.
Jamaica
Bob Beckwith, Stephen & Christina Byerly, Caren Dilts, David Hemingway, and Catherine Spearman will lead a trip for freshmen & freshmen leaders only from March 8-15. They will work with YWAM Jamaica in Montego Bay (www.ywammobay.com) They will lead morning devotions in the schools and work on projects from laying concrete to repainting a school. There is something for everyone, plus you get to know Bob and your fellow freshmen! Cost is $1200 per person.
Los Angeles
Wade Bennett, Jason Dixon, and Morgan Rogers will lead a trip to the Dream Center, March 8-15, in Los Angeles, California (www.dreamcenter.org). The team will minister to people of all ages, races and walks of life in several parts of the LA area. There will be opportunities to work with the homeless and runaways as well as inner-city residents. The cost of the trip is $1000 per person.
New York
Daniel Francis, Ashley Plant, and Elise Reynolds will lead a trip to New York City in partnership with students from the BCM, March 7-16, to work with Street Life Ministries. There will be opportunities to work with the homeless, street outreach and evangelism. Cost is $600 per person.
Summer Trips
India
Lindsay Allgood, Christie Cooper, and Tate Welling will lead a trip to India from May 11-28. They will work with a former Wesley student who now has a children’s home of over 40 kids whom she is raising up to love Jesus. The focus of the trip will be intercession for India & the home and spending time hanging out with the kids. Cost of the trip is $2500 per person.
Mozambique
Holly Avera and Jeremy Malone will lead a trip to Maputo, Mozambique and Kirk Armour and Laura Phillips will lead a trip to Beira, Mozambique to work with Heidi Baker’s ministry, Iris Ministries (irismin.org). The trip will be May 13 - June 3. The team will work mainly with children in orphanages. There will be opportunities to lead small groups for the kids, love on children in the baby house, lead children’s church, and participate in outreaches in the dump and African bush. June 1st is a holiday in Mozambique called Children’s Day so we are very excited about being a part of the celebration! The cost of the trip is $2600 per person.
New Orleans
Daniel Francis and Rebecca Griffith will help lead a long weekend Katrina Relief trip to the New Orleans area May 14-18. This trip will be in partnership with other Wesley Foundations from all over Georgia. The cost of the trip is estimated to be around $100.
Peru
Dana Hernandez, Julia Clarke, Ben Gentry and Alan Sell, will lead a team to Huancayo, Peru from May 11-22. They will be working with an established missionary family, Arthur and Mary Alice Ivey (www.iveymission.org). The trip will be focused on discipleship and evangelism among Peruvian young adults and children. The cost of the trip is $1600 per person.
Scotland
Lisa Bourgeois, Alex Gapud, and Kelly Quarterman will lead a trip to the Hebrides Islands off the west coast of Scotland from June 11-26. They will work with local churches in intercessory prayer, a youth camp aimed at mostly high school students, and possibly partake in religious education in the schools. The emphasis of the youth camp will be worship, messages, and testimonies as well as sports, especially football (soccer). Come be delighted with local delicacies and the beautiful scenery of the island landscape! The cost of the trip is $2000 per person.
God’s Heart for the Nations
“Declare His glory among the nations!”
Psalm 96:3
The whole earth is full of God’s glory. Creation all around declares it (Psalm 8, 19, 29, 33, 65, 104). But the eyes of so many people in the world are shut. They can’t see His glory. There are 6.5 billion people in the world today and only 2.1 billion of them are Christians. That leaves 4.3 billion non-believers in the world. Of those 4.3 billion non-believers, 2.1 billion of them have never even heard of God . . . they are considered unreached people. “Unreached people” describes those who have no feasible access to the gospel. Not only have they not come to Christ, they have not even been evangelized.
The whole earth is full of God’s glory. Creation all around declares it (Psalm 8, 19, 29, 33, 65, 104). But the eyes of so many people in the world are shut. They can’t see His glory. There are 6.5 billion people in the world today and only 2.1 billion of them are Christians. That leaves 4.3 billion non-believers in the world. Of those 4.3 billion non-believers, 2.1 billion of them have never even heard of God . . . they are considered unreached people. “Unreached people” describes those who have no feasible access to the gospel. Not only have they not come to Christ, they have not even been evangelized.
“How, then, can they call on the One they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the One of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them?”
Romans 10:14