Greeting Card and Matted Print Sale Fundraiser

Guatemala Mission Trip Fundraiser

Greeting Card and Matted Print Sale
Sunday’s in Heins Hall 8am-12pm
March 7th, 14th, and 21st

Cards $2.00 each
Boxed Set of 12 Cards $24.00
8x10 Matted Prints $10.00
11x14 Matted Prints $15.00

Types of pictures available: Local Flowers/Nature, Flowers from Guatemala, Architecture including some from Guatemala, Michigan Lighthouses, cards and prints with Scripture.

100% of the Funds will go directly to the 2010 Mission Trip, all cards and prints have been donated to the team.

We will accept Cash and Check. Checks need to be payable to “Faith Lutheran Church” and on the memo line “Guatemala Mission Trip 2010”

We will also be collecting donations of items needed for the trip on these dates. Please see our donation flyer for more information or the team website www.faithmissiontrips.com

Project JOEL

This years team will be working with Project JOEL while in Guatemala. Lutheran Hour Ministries in Guatemala started Project JOEL about 9 or 10 years ago. Here's a little background information that we recieved from Rebeca DeFranco in Guatemala:

Project JOEL
This is a program of integral and preventive education that is based on a solid Christian conviction. It promotes moral values and guides youth/students to be aware of the negative things of the world and of the influence that these things may have over their lives. Also, it encourages them to handle and face social and group pressures, so they will be able to take better decisions and learn healthy lifestyles. This program is developed in public elementary schools and high schools throughout the country. Since the program started 9 years ago, more than 42,000 students have participated and LHM has received an award from the Guatemalan Government for the work done through Project JOEL.

This year we will be traveling to many schools in Guatemala City and Santiago Zamora. We will be visiting several class rooms at these schools helping to promote Project JOEL and teaching these kids how to have a love filled home.

1st Mission Trip Meeting

Well we had our first meeting yesterday. We have a total of 11 team members, it was great meeting the new team. Everyone seems pretty excited about the mission trip. We voted on colors for this years team tshirts, our shirts will be Teal and Orange this year. Dorothy has offered to design the shirts for us, we're excited to see what she comes up with. We're planning on taking pictures of the team at the next meeting for our website, then everyone can put a face to the names listed on the site. We are hoping to be able to post more information about our trip after the next meeting or two. I will end this post with the two bible verses chosen by our team for the this years tshirts.

I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Philippians 4:13

Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God's grace in its various forms. 1 Peter 4:10

Shannon Kleman