What are you doing this Summer? ~ Mission Trip to Navajo Reservation, Arizona

27 Jan

Pure Heart Bible Church in Kaibito, Arizona
June 22 – 30, 2012

The Navajo Reservation is the largest in the nation covering 27,425 sq miles with 300,048 people in N.E. Arizona, S.E. Utah, and N.W.New Mexico. 

Trinity Baptist will be serving Pure Heart Bible Church in Kaibito, Arizona by reaching out to their community through Bible school for the children, Bible teachings for adults, and construction work on homes. Kaibito, Arizona is about 30 minutes South of Page, Arizona near the Utah border.

Stan Patterson, the pastor, and his wife Maxine have served on the reservation since 1999. In 2004 they started the church with about 30 members, grew to 70 members while meeting in their home.  In 2010, they built the current church building.

Who can go? How many is on this team?
The trip is open to men and women, and families with children. We would like to take a team of at least 30 people to do construction work, and teach children, youth, and adults.

Anticipated Cost: 
$55/person for food and fuel.
$100/room for 2 nights
+ additional spending money mainly for food on the road. The team will probably have a meal or two in Page, AZ. Plus any sightseeing money that you would like to bring.
The team will be lodging at Pure Heart Bible Church.

HOME TEAM:
If you cannot go, but would like to be a part of this team, we have a HOME TEAM that will lead efforts to get our whole church involved by collecting donations for construction material and tools for the Navajos and their homes. 

INFORMATIONAL  Meeting on Sunday, January 29th at Noon in the Chapel.

Deposit Due on February 19th.

This will be our third year in a row serving the Native American tribes in Arizona.  There is a great need to serve the Navajo community in Kaibito. We need to support Pure Heart Bible Church in its efforts to reach its community for Christ. There are few churches that have served in this area. This would be a great opportunity not only to assist this church, but to learn how to prepare yourself as missionaries do when they enter into a different culture.  You will receive mandatory training on the Navajo culture, what to expect, how to communicate, and how to share the story of the Bible and Jesus Christ.  We also have opportunity to perform construction work and repair work on many of the homes.

You will never regret going. In fact, you will come back with a greater appreciation for God’s grace, and a larger heart to reach people of all nations. I strongly urge you to go if at all possible.

Contact for more information:  John Miller at John@trinitysouthaven.org or Jeff Summers at jsummers@trinitysouthaven.org

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