Mexico mission trip with Crossroads
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For continued updates on our mission trip please check out my blog, This Present Moment, or send me your e-mail address and I'll keep you up to date.
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See below to learn more about the photo*
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Hello all! To my friends and family thank you for taking part! To my friends-to-be (codenamed:strangers) thank you for coming by, my name is Dylan Wilkinson!
For those who don't know, as of this past Sunday (8/23/15) I have officially joined the Mexico mission team at Crossroads Community Church for this year's annual trip to Heromosillo, Mexico and surrounding areas.
Our team is now at 42 people, including 10-ish (by my precisely astute reckoning) doctors and nurses forming a mobile clinic team that will head out to surrounding villages. Other areas of service on the trip include: support for the mobile clinic such as settup, organizing patients, and assisting the pharmacy staff; child care for families attending the mobile clinic; door-to-door outreach; teen ministry; construction; and prison outreach.
What group I will be in has not yet been decided. There is a high possibility I will join the clinic's child care group helping with games, lessons, facepainting, making balloon animals and other fun stuff. However, I am interested in stepping out of my comfort zone for service on this trip; for now we'll just need to wait and see where the Lord has me and what's in store.
Perhaps worth noting, because of the changing needs of each day regardless of which group I or the others are assigned to we may be shuffled from one group to another to fill holes or special needs or just give someone a chance to try serving in a way they never have before. (:^D YAY! / yaaaay? D^,: breaking out o' dem comfort zones)
The cost of this trip is $1200/person, including airfare; some of this goes towards the transport of medical supplies and other equipment to Heromosillo, separate from our flight. (The boxes of vaccines don't really fit in our luggage. ;^)
I have already put forth $300 towards the trip from my savings. This covers the initial deposit of $200 as well as part of the first payment. Each payment is $250, the due dates are listed below. Payments are spaced out so that our entire team's airline tickets may be purchased all at once, ensuring we fly together and arrive together.
Deposit due July 17th - PAID
1st payment due August 7th - $150 OWED (Yes, I joined the team a bit later than most.)
2nd payment due August 28th - $250 OWED in 2 days
3rd payment due September 18th - $250 OWED
Final payment due October 4th - $250 OWED
Our team will leave for Hermosillo Saturday morning, October 17th
We will return Sunday night, October 25th
Frankly speaking, I COULD pay for this trip out of my savings. . . however, that would be more than half my savings, put finally purchasing a car on pause once again, and possibly remove any chance of my moving out in this next year.
And at the age of 23 I'd really like to finally start driving. Juuuuuust saying. . .
So, that said, I'd like to ask for your support on this trip; if you think this sounds like a totally awesome thing then please take part with your prayers and donation! :D
(prayer suggestions below)
Support can be sent electronically through this site right here! For those unfamiliar, this is a crowdfunding site. This site will never add additional charges to your donations. The amount you choose to donate will be the one and only charge to your account.
Alternatively, if you would like to make your donations tax deductible see below. (I will be regularly updating this page and make note of any donations received outside of GoFundMe.)
Checks may be sent to:
406 NE 122nd Avenue
Vancouver, WA 98684
Or offered in person (contact me via e-mail at [email redacted] if you'd like to get in touch.)
Donations can be tax deductible IF (notice the big "IF", please):
1. Checks are written to Crossroads Community Church
2. My name (Dylan Wilkinson) is on an attached piece of paper or post-it note so that the church knows to who's account the donation should be credited. DO NOT write my name ON the check. (This is a Very Important Point)
3. Donations are mailed to me (see above) so that I am fully aware of my payment status and who all I have to thank. ;^)
4. (optional but super cool) Include your e-mail address so I can keep you updated about what's happening and tell you directly about the trip afterwards.
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THINGS TO PRAY FOR
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- That God will be glorified by this trip
- That we would be filled and walking with the Holy Spirit
- For God to show Himself in a mighty way
- That God would raise up laborers
- Boldness and courage as we communicate the truth
- For the believers of Hermosillo and for their pastors and leaders
- For the people of Hermosillo
- For unity among team members and our brothers and sisters in Hermosillo
- Spiritual, emotional, and physical health
- Spiritual growth for all members of the team
- Effective translators
- Protection for our loved ones at home
- That God lead us to people who are "ripe" for the harvest
- Many opportunities to share the Gospel
- That God will open the hearts of many
- Understanding of God's grace and assurance
- Effective follow-up of new believers, that they would grow deepin their relationship with God and Christ
- That they and us would be filled with and heed the leading of the Holy Spirit
- Traveling mercies
- Victory over SAtan
- Protection from governmental interference
- Financial support both for myself and the other team members
Send me an e-mail at [email redacted] if you would like to be kept up-to-date on continual prayer needs!
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*To be clear, this will be my first mission trip to Hermosillo, Mexico. I took this photo in La Angostura, El Salvador during my 6 months with Potter's Field Ministries in the IGNITE365 program. We and a short term missions team from Rochester, NY were organizing a day program for PFM's after school group while some of our guys did construction work.
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See below to learn more about the photo*
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Hello all! To my friends and family thank you for taking part! To my friends-to-be (codenamed:strangers) thank you for coming by, my name is Dylan Wilkinson!
For those who don't know, as of this past Sunday (8/23/15) I have officially joined the Mexico mission team at Crossroads Community Church for this year's annual trip to Heromosillo, Mexico and surrounding areas.
Our team is now at 42 people, including 10-ish (by my precisely astute reckoning) doctors and nurses forming a mobile clinic team that will head out to surrounding villages. Other areas of service on the trip include: support for the mobile clinic such as settup, organizing patients, and assisting the pharmacy staff; child care for families attending the mobile clinic; door-to-door outreach; teen ministry; construction; and prison outreach.
What group I will be in has not yet been decided. There is a high possibility I will join the clinic's child care group helping with games, lessons, facepainting, making balloon animals and other fun stuff. However, I am interested in stepping out of my comfort zone for service on this trip; for now we'll just need to wait and see where the Lord has me and what's in store.
Perhaps worth noting, because of the changing needs of each day regardless of which group I or the others are assigned to we may be shuffled from one group to another to fill holes or special needs or just give someone a chance to try serving in a way they never have before. (:^D YAY! / yaaaay? D^,: breaking out o' dem comfort zones)
The cost of this trip is $1200/person, including airfare; some of this goes towards the transport of medical supplies and other equipment to Heromosillo, separate from our flight. (The boxes of vaccines don't really fit in our luggage. ;^)
I have already put forth $300 towards the trip from my savings. This covers the initial deposit of $200 as well as part of the first payment. Each payment is $250, the due dates are listed below. Payments are spaced out so that our entire team's airline tickets may be purchased all at once, ensuring we fly together and arrive together.
Deposit due July 17th - PAID
1st payment due August 7th - $150 OWED (Yes, I joined the team a bit later than most.)
2nd payment due August 28th - $250 OWED in 2 days
3rd payment due September 18th - $250 OWED
Final payment due October 4th - $250 OWED
Our team will leave for Hermosillo Saturday morning, October 17th
We will return Sunday night, October 25th
Frankly speaking, I COULD pay for this trip out of my savings. . . however, that would be more than half my savings, put finally purchasing a car on pause once again, and possibly remove any chance of my moving out in this next year.
And at the age of 23 I'd really like to finally start driving. Juuuuuust saying. . .
So, that said, I'd like to ask for your support on this trip; if you think this sounds like a totally awesome thing then please take part with your prayers and donation! :D
(prayer suggestions below)
Support can be sent electronically through this site right here! For those unfamiliar, this is a crowdfunding site. This site will never add additional charges to your donations. The amount you choose to donate will be the one and only charge to your account.
Alternatively, if you would like to make your donations tax deductible see below. (I will be regularly updating this page and make note of any donations received outside of GoFundMe.)
Checks may be sent to:
406 NE 122nd Avenue
Vancouver, WA 98684
Or offered in person (contact me via e-mail at [email redacted] if you'd like to get in touch.)
Donations can be tax deductible IF (notice the big "IF", please):
1. Checks are written to Crossroads Community Church
2. My name (Dylan Wilkinson) is on an attached piece of paper or post-it note so that the church knows to who's account the donation should be credited. DO NOT write my name ON the check. (This is a Very Important Point)
3. Donations are mailed to me (see above) so that I am fully aware of my payment status and who all I have to thank. ;^)
4. (optional but super cool) Include your e-mail address so I can keep you updated about what's happening and tell you directly about the trip afterwards.
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THINGS TO PRAY FOR
------------------------------
- That God will be glorified by this trip
- That we would be filled and walking with the Holy Spirit
- For God to show Himself in a mighty way
- That God would raise up laborers
- Boldness and courage as we communicate the truth
- For the believers of Hermosillo and for their pastors and leaders
- For the people of Hermosillo
- For unity among team members and our brothers and sisters in Hermosillo
- Spiritual, emotional, and physical health
- Spiritual growth for all members of the team
- Effective translators
- Protection for our loved ones at home
- That God lead us to people who are "ripe" for the harvest
- Many opportunities to share the Gospel
- That God will open the hearts of many
- Understanding of God's grace and assurance
- Effective follow-up of new believers, that they would grow deepin their relationship with God and Christ
- That they and us would be filled with and heed the leading of the Holy Spirit
- Traveling mercies
- Victory over SAtan
- Protection from governmental interference
- Financial support both for myself and the other team members
Send me an e-mail at [email redacted] if you would like to be kept up-to-date on continual prayer needs!
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*To be clear, this will be my first mission trip to Hermosillo, Mexico. I took this photo in La Angostura, El Salvador during my 6 months with Potter's Field Ministries in the IGNITE365 program. We and a short term missions team from Rochester, NY were organizing a day program for PFM's after school group while some of our guys did construction work.
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Organizer
Dylan Wilkinson
Organizer
Vancouver, WA