Philippines Mission Trip

Time flies. It's so hard to believe it was back in November I applied for the mission trip to the Philippines with the organization Adventures in Missions (AIM). Feels like just yesterday. Regardless, as many of you know I will be leaving on June 30 and won't return until July 24. I have posted the link to the AIM website on the right side of the blog, feel free to take a look around the site if you aren't already familiar with the organization.

While many of you are aware of the trip, I thought this would be a good way to go a little bit more in depth as to the details of the trip. Here goes!

On June 30 Margo and I will be heading down to Gainesville, Georgia for training camp. It is at this same time that my team mates will be meeting up with us from different parts of the country. While I have not personally met them, I have communicated with them all and I am so excited for the first day of training camp and all the exciting new introductions!

We will then be in Georgia training and preparing for our ministry in the Philippines, along with worshiping together and completing numerous team bonding activities, until July 5 when we will board a flight to the Philippines!! We will be ministering in Cebu City until we return back to Georgia for debrief. This is a brief overview of the ministry description AIM provides for this specific mission trip to the Philippines:

"Temptation is great for young people in the Philippines. Opportunistic predators are all too willing to recruit impressionable kids into lives of crime or even slavery. You can help guide youth towards a path which leads to hope, meaning, and life. Your participation can make the difference between light and darkness-or perhaps even life or death. The primary focus of your mission is partnering with local churches in an effort to reach the youth in the community."

Chances are pretty good I will be editing this post with more information as time goes on and as I learn more about what we will be doing, but as for now that's all I have. I would definitely encourage you to take a look around the AIM website if you know of someone who is looking to go on a mission trip!

God Bless!