Juarez Short Term Mission Trips

2017 Planning Guide - October 18-21

“And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ…”

This passage from Ephesians is never more real to me than when the walls of a family’s new home are going up in Mexico. What a tangible example of God’s love—visible in the dimensions of much-needed shelter! That he would use us to be his hands and feet in the building process—what a privilege.

Thanks so much for considering being part of the mission trip to Mexico.

There are some details and logistics to consider, of course, but above all else—the big question is: Does God want you to go? That important piece makes everything else fall beautifully into place.

The plan is to build a home, hold a food outreach, attend a local church service, do a prayer walk, visit an orphanage, and basically love on and support the community. Each October trip also includes all these things plus we’ll open the medical clinic.

Below are the details…please contact me if you’d like to participate.

Quinn Anderson
quincyjoyanderson@gmail.com
cell: 303.668.8221

Email Quinn for More Info on How to Participate

What to Pack

Clothes.

– Casual clothing for travel, hanging out at the team center, food outreach, etc.
– Work clothes for the job site. Jeans, work shoes appropriate for construction/old tennis shoes, work shirts, gloves, (for working with tar and paint,) and maybe a hat. We recommend jeans both days. (These clothes will get trashed, so consider taking old and worn-out clothes for working.)
– Dressier clothing for the church service (khaki pants, etc. for men and skirts/pants/capris for women…)
– All clothing should be modest and respectful.

Personal tools. Each person should pack…

– a hammer
– a nail apron
– safety goggles
– a 3” or 4” wide inexpensive paintbrush
– roller brush, roller pan, and a small trim brush
– work gloves
– dust mask

Other.

– toiletries
– sunscreen
– personal medicine
– camera

During the Trip - What to Expect

Day 1

We meet at the Harvest Christian Center in El Paso, Texas, at 2:00 p.m.

1345 New Harvest Place
El Paso, TX 79912
915.585.9934

Those who are flying will be picked up at the airport by Missions Ministries and will be taken to the church to rendezvous with the group. We will leave our cars at Harvest Christian Center, load up our personal stuff, load up any donated items, and board the Missions Ministries vans. (The mission has an arrangement in place for leaving cars at the church.)

From there we’ll head to Wal-Mart to grab any last minute necessities like water (and Diet Coke and Oreos) and a few more housewarming gifts.

After Wal-Mart we board the vans again, and we’re on our way. We enter Mexico through the Santa Teresa, New Mexico, border. After the border process we have a 20- to 30-minute drive to the team center. When
we arrive at the team center we eat dinner, unload, and get settled.

Day 2

We wake up early, have devotions, eat breakfast, and head off to the job site and/or clinic. We work all morning, go back to the team center for lunch, and we’re basically finished with building for the day. The afternoon will be spent hanging out, taking a tour of the colonias, helping in the clinic, and/or hanging out with some local kids at an orphanage.
Dinner is at the team center.

Day 3

Same morning as day two, only we finish the home and hold the dedication. (Huge highlight!) After lunch we head off to hold the food outreach at a local church. After the food outreach we eat dinner and then head off to attend a local church service.

Day 4

We wake up early, have devotions, eat breakfast, and load up. We board the vans and head back to our vehicles in El Paso, tired and happy.

For Medical Clinic Volunteers

When the construction crew heads to the job site, you head for the clinic. The clinic is usually open from 9-5 both days, with a break for lunch with the rest of the team.

Accommodations

The team center is very comfortable. Teams are fed like royalty and are well taken care of by the staff. Each room is large enough to accommodate five people. (One regular set of bunk beds, and a
second bunk bed with a larger bed on bottom.) It has a dresser, an alarm clock, its own bath, etc.

Bedding and towels are provided. Soap and shampoo too. The complex of rooms form a square, and in the middle is a common area where teams hang out at night and in the afternoon. There’s also a
four-square court, a basketball court, and a playground. It’ll be your home away from home.