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Foreign Missions Fund
Honduras &
Haiti
2008: Funds in the
Restricted Mission Trip Outreach Account currently exceed $5000. Each
year the Foreign Mission committee schedules and implements a Bingo
game, with net proceeds going to the restricted account. In previous
years, Saint Barnabas sponsored two mission trips per year with
parishioners making up the teams and funds from the restricted account
were used to purchase needed medical supplies. However, in early 2007,
the efficacy of shortterm medical missions was questioned prompting the
committee to re-evaluate these trips and look for an alternative
project that would be safe, meaningful and long-term. In other words, a
significant commitment in the area that would truly help those in need
instead of a quick fix that basically encourages dependence on the
arrival of mission teams.With these goals in mind, parishioner Jerry
Ernest traveled to Honduras with ACTS Honduras in January 2008 in order
to assess available projects and gather research regarding viability.
We hope to have a project available in the near future at which time
mission trips
will resume.
2007: $500 A monetary
donation was made to Christian Service International in support of
parishioner Susan Horton’s sister, Nancy Smith, who is doing missionary
work in Haiti. |
