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Two years ago, my school announced their first-ever mission trip to France. I eagerly submitted my application.
Unfortunately, since I was the youngest applicant at 15 years old, I was not accepted. This year, however, I applied again, as excited as ever, I was selected as 1 of 21 students to travel to serve on a team of youth and adults in France from July 1st to 19th, 2015. It is my senior year of high school and will be my first time traveling overseas. I have waited for this trip for 2 years, and now is the opportunity it so close! But I need your help.
I would like to take this opportunity to share with you the ministry planned on this trip and ask you to consider supporting me in this mission trip. In France, our team will have three primary missions:
Mission #1: Encourage the French church. Evangelical believers in France make up less than 1% of the population. The attractive English component of our bilingual kids Bible camps means that families who might not otherwise send their children to a church camp are open to doing so. The church we minister to in Marseille saw an 80% increase in their children’s ministry after the Bible camps began. Our TPS (The Potters’ School) team of students and adults leads two weeks of full day camp, including songs, crafts, Bible stories, games, and more.
Mission #2: Encourage the international church. The church in Marseille is made of believers from over twenty different countries, including faith-workers from different English-speaking countries. In the past, the teams have served in Marseille, Montauban, Nice/Saint Paul de Vence, Lyon, Aix-en-Provence, and Narbonne, each time moving on when a local group is able to take over the summer ministry project. TPS brings ministry resources to these churches that are not always available to them in France, and extra hands to multiply the outreach impact.
Mission #3: Reformation History. To understand the religious history of France, we begin our trip with two days in the Cevennes Mountains, historic stronghold of French Protestantism. We study the “desert” period that the Huguenots faced during persecution from the French crown. We also learn how secularism has become the dominant belief system in France.
I ask for your prayers but also that you would consider how you might support me with finances and other material needs. I must raise $3,300 to cover my own expenses for this trip. You can make a tax-deductible donation that will go entirely to funding me and this team’s work by sending a check made out to “The Potter’s School” with a note enclosed stating my name and that it is for the France 2015 trip. You may send checks directly to:
The Potter’s School
France Trip 2015
8279 Raindrop
Way
Springfield, VA 22153
NOTE: THE TAX-DEDUCTIBLE FORMS ARE ONLY AVAILABLE VIA CHECK AND SNAIL MAIL TO THE POTTER'S SCHOOL ADDRESS. PAYMENT THROUGH FUNDRAZR CANNOT RECEIVE A TAX-DEDUCTIBLE FORM.
In fact, I would prefer that the payment system of Fundrazr not be used and instead that any donations be sent via snail mail to the above address.
I am thrilled to be called as part of this team and its work. Thank you for sharing in my joy and for considering joining my prayer and support team! I look forward to reporting back to you how God was glorified in France when I return.
Sincerely,
Shannon Wade
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