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I’m writing to share an opportunity that I believe God has put before me this summer. I will be going on my first mission trip to El Salvador. The team that I am going with has assisted this community by bringing fresh water to more than 10K people, providing dentistry services, working with women to equip them to form microenterprises, visiting homebound elderly, and the new exciting project, developing young leaders in El Salvador.
From August 10-18th, myself and a team of more than 20 men and women and more than 15 teenage volunteers will be serving and assisting the Buen Samaritano Church in Las Delicias, San Martin, El Salvador. The teenage leaders will be joining students with local middle schools for a Community Youth Leadership Conference conducted by school, community, and church leaders. The program involves a formal leadership training course, team building exercises, bilingual language development, daily applying what learned by serving the community, a soccer tournament, and awards ceremony for those who finish the program.
Along with the leadership conference, I will spend a large amount of time ministering to the single mothers and women in the community. As single mother myself, sharing my testimony of trials and joys is important to encourage and empower these women. We will be providing mini-sessions regarding breast cancer awareness, parenting resources, playing with the children in the community, home visits, and leading a support group for alcohol/addiction.
As the vision pulls together over the next few months, I would like to ask for you to partner with me. The most important is prayer. We need people to pray for the team-- for safety, and that we can learn and truly make a difference in someone's life. Second, I'll need to raise money to cover my own expenses for this trip. The trip will cost $1,600, this includes meals, lodging and airfare. In addition to prayer and financial contributions I am requesting donations of the following:
1) Sample size items of women’s facial crèmes, lotions
2) Soccer balls (deflated) and/or pumps
My hope is that God will lead you to do one or more of these things. At the end of this trip a suit case full of clothing, soccer balls, Life Recovery Bibles (Spanish), Big Books (Spanish) and miscellaneous toys for the children will be left for the community of Las Delicias to enjoy. I am excited to see where God will use me as I share His love with the people of El Salvador.
I'd love to share any information or answer any questions, please give me a call 714/309-0808. Also please check out http://www.enlaceonline.org. This is the organization that I will be serving with.
In His Service,
Carmen
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