...Mission San Luis Rey was built on June 13, 1798. It was nicknamed “King of the Missions”. San Luis Rey is the18th mission in the mission chain. It was named after St. Luis the 9th, King of France. San Luis Rey is located in Oceanside, California. It was founded by Father Lasuen. San Luis Rey’s church was very interesting to learn about. The church is the tallest building in the mission. The windows are high to prevent thieves and to make the walls stronger. The church was very important to them because it was a place to pray and to have mass. Mission San Luis Rey has a magnificent bell tower. They bells would be rung to signal morning and night and to announce daily events such as lunch and dinner. They would also be rung for celebrations, warnings, and in times of mourning. There were once was 8 bells in the bell tower but now there are only 4 bells. Kitchens at this mission were not convenient like the ones we have in our homes today. They used the kitchen for cooking and preparing the meals. The indoor kitchen was a smoky room with holes in the top of the roof so the smoke could go out. The Indians at the mission ate atole. They served tortillas at almost every meal. I wish I could have seen the worker’s quarters. Fortunately, I learned that unmarried women and girls 8 years or older lived in a dormitory which was called a momjero. Men lived in similar buildings. The men slept on mats on the floor or on benches. Married workers lived with their...
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...Cultural Knowledge I want to prepare a group for a medical mission trip to Honduras. I have had the opportunity to personally visit this country on a mission in the past and learned much about the culture here. This country is located in Central America. There are some cultural practices and information one should be aware of before going. The primary language spoken here is Spanish. There are at least nine different ethnic groups that live in the country. It is considered a very poor country and access to healthcare is very limited especially for people not residing in the city. Healthcare is paid for by the individual or the family. If one cannot afford care they do not go to the doctor. Families often treat illness using home remedies and herbs that grow in the area. It is not uncommon for people to be illiterate, so special care should be taken when educating patients. The primary means of making a living for most of the country is farming. Everybody in the family participates and does their share of work. Catholicism is prominent here but there are other religions as well. “A firm handshake is the basic greeting, and people shake hands again when they part.” (Read more: http://www.everyculture.com/Ge-It/Honduras.html#ixzz3IAf2p1vq (Links to an external site.))....
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...Out of all of my memories throughout my life, I think my mission trip to Guatemala would be the most memorable. It has to be the most memorable because I experience a lot of new things while being in a different country. Since I have barely ever been out of the state of Indiana, let alone the country until the past summer. Never had I ever been on a plane, never been through an airport, and never did I expect to get sick because I went too long without food. Of course since it was my first plane ride I was terrified, I held my mother’s hand while I said a little prayer. My mom was the only one out of her, my dad, and me that had ever been on a plane. She laughed because my dad was more worried than I was. My dad got the window seat, while I had the aisle seat....
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...provides welfare is just one example of how even the less fortunate Americans are privileged. The United States was founded on freedom which is the greatest privilege of all. Many countries aren't as privileged as America as I found out when I went on a mission trip to Honduras. Honduras is considered a third world country which means that they are poverty stricken. The mission trip lasted for about three months and during that time I learned that not everybody has it as good as America. The first thing I noticed beside the scorching sun and humid air when I...
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...This summer, I had the opportunity to go on a mission trip to Louisville, Kentucky with my church. There were nine high school kids that ventured, along with two chaperones, and our church’s youth pastor. We left on a Friday and drove two vans down to Saint Louis, Missouri, where we stayed in a hotel right across the road from Six Flags. *On Saturday morning, we took a shuttle over to the amusement park and rode as many roller coasters and water rides as our bodies could handle. To end the day, we cooled off in the water park and stuffed ourselves full of pasta at an Italian restaurant downtown. As I lay in bed that first night, I had no idea what was in store for me during the next six days. Sunday morning we all attended church and continued to drive the remaining five hours to Louisville. Upon arriving, we found out that there were three church groups on this mission trip. At first, everyone was shy and clung to who they knew, but this didn’t last long. On day one, we received our small groups, which included a mix of high schoolers from all three...
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...DRA. This will be my first time participating in a mission trip in all my MCC carrier. I am taking this opportunity to tell you about my service to my parish and my school. I have worked many volunteer jobs at my local middle school, Our Lady of Lourdes, and I have the position of being given a responsibility as a young adult has changed mine completely. OLL is like my second home and I have grown very fond of the old and new teachers at the school. They trust me with helping their students and making sure that the teachers understand the problems of students because sometimes I am asked to help with the conflicts at the school since I have also gained the trust of the students. Volunteering my time has taught me leadership skills and interactive skills with adults. Not only at OLL do I speak highly of the school but at MCC I have learned that if I see someone new to the campus that it is my job as a student to talk highly of both schools and the Catholic education system....
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...Imagine being subjected to the solitude of the mountains, going a week without a proper toilet, clean water, or even cell service. Walking miles upon miles, in seemingly hellish temperature just to do something for someone else. Welcome to my journey last February. Roughly a year ago, I endured a week-long Mission Trip in Guatemala. First reading that thoughts probably came up along the lines of "oh that's neat, but what's so fun about that?" For one second, stop thinking about whatever you're thinking and picture this. A hot, quiet day with the sun beating down on your skin. You're sitting under a luscious green tree trying to find as much shade possible while you watch everything go on around you. Children, barely clothed and barefoot laughing...
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...Sharne September 26, 2015 Youth Ambassador Mission Trip I would like to participate in this year’s mission journey because I have always been interested and participated in some form of community service, whether it is with my school, the church, or a non-profit organization. I truly believe that helping others and giving back to the community is what truly makes a person “good”. Being on the trip will enable me to display the Christian qualities such as helping and interacting with others from different cultures. It would be an amazing feeling to meet other Christians from around the world and learn how they worship as a Christian. To take part in the mission trip would also allow me to help my church and my community. I will be able to help my church by sharing what I have acquired on the trip and use that information to improve it’s ministries. It can be the ministries I am already active in or other ministries that can get insight on what I did to make those improvements. I think the most important thing I can share with the congregation would be the strong Christian qualities that I gain from this trip. I can help my community by just sharing God’s love with not only the youth in my community, but everyone in general. I can also help improve my community by affiliating with non-profit organizations to utilize what I have learned on the trip and the skills that I possess...
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...“...a stranger and you welcomed me..” During my spring break, I went on Appalachia Mission Trip, to East Bank, West Virginia. On the car ride there, I was just thinking. What am I do here? Why did I sign Up? Who was I going to meet? Etc. That all went away, when I had Chick-Fil-A for lunch and everything was all good. Passing through Appalachian Mountains and seeing how small the town was. That scared me a little, because I thought that this is where we are going to work. The roads aren’t big enough to do two lane traffic. So, we get there in the warm Virginia spring. Mountains all around us and in every direction. The pastor, welcomed us with open arms and invited us in where we are going to be staying for the week. The next day,...
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...On this trip God has revealed to me a lot about myself and what I am capable of doing if I let him have control instead of relying only on myself. This mission trip really helped me to give control to God for example I always get nervous when it comes to speaking about personal maters or praying in front of people who I don’t know but after a couple days in Guatemala I told myself that I would give all my worries and insecurities to God. It was after I did this that I realized that only relying on my own strength was preventing me from serving others to my full potential. Proverbs 3:5 says “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding”. I also learned a lot from the people at the orphanage in Guatemala just...
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...Normally, I love walking around airports gleefully going from airplane to airplane. Normally, I’m not in a hectic third world country and I don’t have dozens of spiders crawling all over me. The entire time in the Central American country, Nicaragua had felt like a rollercoaster. This moment was definitely one of the scary parts. I woke up thinking it was going to be a relatively calm day. That view changed as soon a multitude of baby spiders crawled out of my suitcase and onto me in a Nicaraguan airport. It was June 19th at an hour that technically is morning, but one when no one should be awake. Everyone was eager to get back home after the 9 day mission trip we were on. Sitting on the ground, clumped together like a clique in high school,...
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...Mission Trip Part B: Budget Plan For Mission Trip Slovenia A mission trip to reach as many people as possible is only good if the numbers are reasonable, not only in terms of helping the population but also reaching the population with a reasonable budget. For this reason our mission trip will be going to Ljubljana, Slovenia. where the population is 279,000 as of 2014 with a growth rate of -.26% according to the CIA (CIA, 2015). This will give us a manageable number of people to reach with a rational budget. The mission trip will have a modest budget for 10 missionaries for 30 days. Each missionary will be responsible for $5,000 for expenses which totals $50,000 which will be due one week before they leave. Many of the medical supplies will be donated such as the vaccines, medical equipment to administer the vaccines and dispose the used needles properly. There will be a general account that will have $7,500 for unseen expenses. With all expenses included it will cost $9,041.54 per person, which is $90,415.40 for all ten missionaries, then adding the $7,500 for unseen expenses brings the total to $97,915.40. The missionaries have currently saved $9,791.54 which is 10% of the total. This money will be invested at 4% APR compounded quarterly. . $9,791,54(5)=$11947.54 After five years the account will have $11,947.53 which leaves $85,967.87 to be raised by the missionaries, donated or supplied by the missionaries. One of the companies that have...
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...Dear Mom and Dad, I’d like to say something cute and catchy here…but instead, I’ll just get to the point of why I’m sending you this message. Danielle and I will be going on our 1st mission trip that will travel to Ecuador on November 2nd, 2013 to invest into the lives of children and families living in abject poverty. God has touched our hearts and opened our eyes to the harsh realities and living conditions that no child should ever have to endure. Yet, they do. The children that we will be caring for ‘endure’ in the most heinous and dire circumstances. On this trip, we will be partnering with two organizations that are on the front lines caring for children and families in need. The first half of our trip will be spent at Nuevos Amigos. Our church, RiverTree Christian Church, has recently assumed the operational responsibilities of Nuevos Amigos, a school located just outside of the capital city of Quito, Ecuador. It's mission is to operate a school that seeks to walk hand in hand with families to ensure that children receive spiritual guidance, quality education, and loving care that complement a healthy home environment. The other half of our time will be spent serving one of the churches and child development projects that our church helped start through Stadia Church Planting and Compassion International. This church is located on Pampanal Island, located off the northern most coastline of Ecuador. There are roughly 250 chlidren on the...
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...Math-144 December 8, 2015 Professor Mission Project B On This mission trip we are heading to Viedma Argentina. There will be 10 people going including myself and we will stay for a total of 4 weeks. The purpose of our mission trip is to bring supplies to the poor people of this country. The reason I chose Argentina is because of its economic issues in regards to there being so many people living in poverty (Reed, D. 2014). The supplies we will be bringing will be all donated items from churches and from different companies. This includes clothes, food, toys, pampers, toiletries, school supplies, household items (pots, dishes etc), and linens. These supplies will be sent over ahead of time eliminating us having to bring it ourselves. I will break down the total amount of expenses needed to cover this trip to make sure we are on budget and covered in every aspect. A flight to Viedma Argentina costs $3,185.60 per person round trip from May 16th until June 13th, I found this price on the Priceline website. For ten people this will cost $31,856. The flight will take 25 hours and 19 minutes from Savannah, Ga to Viedma because there will be 3 different layover stops. For our lodging instead of booking a hotel I chose to find a vacation rental because hotels don’t have kitchens in the rooms and room service will eventually be more costly. The home, Casa balneario el condor Viedma costs $130 per night instead of per person, per night at the hotels. For the duration of 27 nights the...
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...I feel my life experiences and characteristics will bring a positive experience to the UWL campus. While growing up, I have been taught strong values and a dedicated work ethic. I live each day with a positive attitude and bring it to everything I do. While attending Norwalk Community School, I have been very involved in several activities (Marching Band, Concert Band, Basketball, Football and Tennis), challenged myself in taking advanced classes (AP classes and Des Moines Area Community College classes), work at local grocery store and gave back by attending two mission trips and helping within the community. I had an amazing opportunity to give back and serve others by attending two mission trips. Growing up in a community near the...
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