TRIP DATES: July 5-13, 2026

UPCOMING DATES

  • Sun Apr 19 — T-shirt sale (after both services) Wear shirt on 4/19!

  • Sun May 3 — 50% of Team Funds Due

  • Sun May 17 — Taco Lunch (after both services) and Team Meeting

  • Sun June 14 — Last Team Meeting

  • Sun June 14 — 100% of Team Funds Due

  • Sun June 28 — Commissioning in both services (wear shirts for team photo)

  • Sat Jul 4 — Packing Party at 10 am (Room 2). Bring PASSPORT and fully packed checked bag for weighing and distributing donations. We’ll leave both locked in Room 2 overnight. Keep your backpack with you.

  • Flight info coming SOON! 99% confirmed: Departing Sun July 5 — Returning Mon July 13

EXPECTED INDIVIDUAL EXPENSES

  • BEFORE: Site donations and purchasing Host Gift (aprx $20 per site)

  • AIRPORT: Food (likely one meal both days)

  • Baggage Fee - $100 (hoping to cover with support)

  • Spending money ($75-$100)

Spending Money Breakdown

  • Potter ($5 per piece)

  • Shopping day

  • Excursion ($20) and Banquet ($20) (hoping to cover with support)

  • Extra food/drinks on excursion

  • Snacks at base ($1 each)

Funds raised above/beyond what is needed:

  • 1st Priority: cover SI Nicaragua Staff and Families meals at banquet (Aprx $500)

  • 2nd Priority: baggage fees ($1800)

  • 3rd Priority: team costs for excursion and banquet ($720)

  • Anything left: donated to SI Nicaragua. Typically funds are used to cover their annual staff retreat.

Training Meeting #5: Sun MAY 17

  • Taco lunch sale after both services (need volunteers to sell drinks. If anyone wants to bake cookies, etc. to sell for dessert let me know!)

  • Brief meeting following 2nd service sale to cover ice breakers and logistics

THINGS TO DO BEFORE NEXT MEETING:

  • Finish raising support - follow up with those who have and have not donated. Turn in money to Shari any Sunday (in an envelope with your name)

  • Watch Helping Without Hurting Part 5

  • Come up with an Icebreaker activity that you can use in your site. Be ready to share at May meeting.

previous meeting notes

Training Meeting #4: Sun APR 12

  • Come ready to share your story (see below)

  • Come ready to discuss Helping Without Hurting Part 4

  • Bring passport for copies if you haven’t already

  • Bring any donations you have collected (50% of total team funds due: Sun May 3. We are currently at about 48% overall!)

    WHAT’S YOUR STORY?

      • When sharing your testimony:

        • Keep it focussed on what GOD has done.

        • Keep the language simple (for your translator)

        • Keep it brief (5 min)

        • Avoid slang and idioms.

        • Speak slower than normal.

        • Include pauses for translation.

      • How to write your story

        • Before Jesus (what you believed, what you struggled with, what avenues you tried to find peace, how you felt inside, etc)

        • How I Met Jesus (who shared with you, what you learned about Jesus, what you decided)

        • Life Now (how has your life changed?) 

        • Invitation to Hope

      • Other ideas:

        • How have you seen God’s faithfulness in your life?

        • How has God carried you through a difficult time?

        • What gives you hope for the future?


Training Meeting #3: Sun MAR 15

  • Bring passport for copies

  • Bring any donations collected

Training Meeting #2: Sun Feb 15

TRAINING MEETING #1: JAN 18

THINGS TO DO BEFORE NEXT MEETING: