MISSION TRIPS
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Serving the Lord through mission work….
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Since 2002, the Christian Church of Villa Park has been sending mission teams out for one week each year to serve as Christ’s hands and feet in areas were help is needed.
Over 40 different people have served on one or more of the mission teams over the last 9 years.
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MISSION TRIP 2010. This year’s Mission Trip took us just a short drive away to Northwest Indiana. We once again were joined by friends from Austin Blvd. Christian Church in Oak Park, Illinois and by First Christian Church in Paris, Illinois and had a total of 20 team members. 5 of the 20 members were going on a mission trip for the first time.
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We worked with Lakeshore Area Regional Recovery of Indiana (LARRI). LARRI was established specifically to assist homeowners in Northwest Indiana in recovering from floods that occurred in the area in the summer of 2008. Working with LARRI was a great experience – we had great living accommodations, they had plenty of work lined up for us, there were work supervisors for each work site that had construction knowledge and provided direction, and plenty of work materials were available.
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Our jobs took us to sites in Munster, Gary and Lake Station, Indiana. We had different teams who worked on different sites. Together we completed repairs on 4 existing homes, painted a community center, and drywalled a new home under construction being built to replace one that had been damaged beyond repair in the flood.
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Thank you to all of the members of our church and the other churches who provided financial and prayer support.
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Not sure what it would be like to go on a Mission Trip? See some of the comments below from members of Mission Team 2009….
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“All the families were very grateful to our team for the help. It gave me a great sense of satisfaction to be able to participate in this work and I feel blessed that the Lord used me for His purpose.” Minni
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“It is amazing to look back, not just this year but at all our mission trips, to see how many ways God uses us.” John
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“After 3 mission trips I realized that after a while it’s not so much about the work (even though it is a vital element of our mission work) but more about the people and the relationships built albeit in one week.” Kailash
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“Once again, I believe God called us to be where we were, when we were.” Betty
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Here is where we have served…
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2009 to Waterloo, Iowa – Our work was through a mission station established by the United Church of Christ following floods and a devastating tornado that hit the area in 2008. Two work crews worked at various sites throughout the county during the week to make needed repairs caused by flooding and tornado damage.
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2008 to Chauvin, Louisiana – Working with Bayou Grace located in the bayous southwest of New Orleans, we help to rebuild the entire back half of home owned 89 year-old Mr. Isaac and his wife, Miss Carrie, who was also elderly and wheel chair bound.
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| 2007 to Chauvin, Louisiana - Working with Bayou Grace, we did repair work on 4 different homes that had been damaged by floods brought on by Hurricane Rita. |
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2006 to Metairie, Louisiana - One year after Hurricane Katrina, we were assigned to the Disciples Mission Station in Metairie, just outside of New Orleans, and spent a week cleaning out a duplex of 3 feet of mud and ruined family possessions (wearing white suits and respirators) to prepare the home for mold remediation and eventual repairs. |
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2005 to Cosby, Tennessee - Working with Disciples Home Mission’s F.A.S.T. program, we did repair work on several homes in this impoverished area. The F.A.S.T. program includes some orientation to the culture of the area and what has caused the cycle of poverty.
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2004 to Duluth, Minnesota - We spent a week amidst the poor and homeless of Duluth, doing work for a number of social service agencies.
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2003 to Buffalo, New York - We put on a week-long vacation Bible School at a summer day camp in the inner city of Buffalo.
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2002 to Harlan, Kentucky - We worked on building of a new home for a grandmother named Barbara who had never been able to own her own home.
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