| Puebla, Mexico Mission Trip
2010
 This
June, FBC is planning a trip to Puebla, Mexico to serve with
our missionaries Tim &
Debbie Blycker, and the churches in this city. If you
are looking for a great way to start off your summer, please
prayerfully consider joining us. General information about
the trip follows, and an application can be downloaded here.
You can also join this event on Facebook by clicking on the
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Dates of Trip: June 4-12
Destination:
Puebla, Mexico
Located in the Puebla Valley, 80 miles southeast of Mexico
City, Puebla sits at an altitude of 7,091 ft. The population
in 2000 was 1,346,000. It is the capital of the state of Puebla
and one of Mexico's oldest Spanish cities, founded in 1531.
Legend has it that a band of angels appeared to Bishop Julian
Garcés, one of the founders, pointing out where to
situate the new city. Hence the nickname Angelopolis (City
of Angels). The locals are called poblanos. Established on
the main route between the port of Veracruz (the most important
port in Mexico) and Mexico City, Puebla was the principal
city of colonial Mexico. Puebla's appearance is the most European
of all the colonial cities, because it was planned from the
ground up by a Spanish city designer rather than being built
within an existing Indian community. More information about
Puebla can be found here.
Cost of Trip:
$1200
This cost is based upon an average $800 airfare cost, $325
for food/lodging for the week, and $75 for car rentals and
miscellaneous incidentals.
Items Needed
on Trip
This will be discussed in detail in one of our Team Meetings,
but the most important thing you will need initially is a
current US Passport. If you do not have a passport, you need
to begin the work of obtaining one ASAP. It can take up to
8 weeks to receive a passport after sending in the application.
Instructions and applications can be found online here.
What Will
We Be Doing?
 This
in large part will be determined by the individuals who are
going, and their gifts, skills and mission trip experience.
The following have been suggested as ministry possibilities
by our missionary in Puebla, Tim Blycker. We will definitely
be doing some form of evangelism whether that be door to door,
or some activity centered around kids. As with most trips
of this type, flexibility will be an asset.
- Some coworkers were recently able
to purchase a piece of property with the help of a major
donor, on which to do ministry. It needs lots of work. So
it is construction/building/fixing up related.
- Our little fledgling church of a
few months could always use help to hand out tracts. If
you want to do that, we could purchase several thousand
tracts with the World Cup Schedule on one side and the gospel
on the other. There are gazillions of types of tracts if
you choose to bring your own. If you wanted to have a conference,
we could do that.
- I have been praying daily for the
small little villages walking –distance from our place,
San Cristobal Tepontla, San Agustin Calvario, San Gregorio
Zacapechpan, and where we live in San Pedro Cholula. We
could do evangelism here.
- Puebla Christian School always needs
some help with painting, fixing, etc.
- If you want to go out to some little
village, we could arrange for you to do the preliminary
work of building a platform for the drill to dig a well
to provide water for the village.
Miscellaneous
The first thing that most people focus on when determining
whether they should go is the cost, rather than the prior
more important question - is this a place where God can use
me, and/or is nudging me to go? Please don’t
make the cost an initial determining factor in your going
on this trip. Pray about it first. God can provide
every penny of your expenses, and often this is the initial
faith stretching benefit of a short term mission trip. As
a church we will do fund raisers, and we will take special
offerings. You are highly encouraged to send out a support
letter to friends and family to raise support. These contributions
can be tax deductible, and include more people in the success
of this trip. |
