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
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joyful and meaningful lifestyle that leaves them with no regrets when they finally finish the race that is life. When Josh Holland, the youth pastor at my church, Arrow Heights Baptist Church, proclaimed that the youth group would be going on a mission trip to Charleston, South Carolina, I knew it was a chance to impact the lives of the people who needed help getting through rough spots in their lives or who simply needed a reminder of where happiness and lightheartedness could be encountered. At
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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
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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
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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
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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
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convenient year for us in terms of organization and discipline in edition whole Y8 group,had not being on a trip in a last academic year.The proximate age of students is 12-13 years old,they are not very small children,which makes easier to control them and contact with them,but also they are not adults,for that reason we would have enough authority to organize them and carry out an successful trip. We had a lot ideas where we can go,but we decided to narrow all these down to the 3 most convenient
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A LIFE CHANGING EVENT 2 The House of Hope and Direction of a Life Changing Event The time that I have applied leadership and an immense amount of communication is when my family and I head down to Mexico on a missions trip. Once a year we pack our bags and head across borders driving a total of 16 hours, going into the heart of Mexico we drive through Chihuahua City arriving at a little town called Anahuac. Inside Anahuac is an orphanage called “Casa de la Esperanza
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would be only one option for me. Trip to US Making a decision is hard, especially for this kind. But, like I said, I don’t have any choices. I have to go for myself, my child and my whole families. In Mexico, there are many travel agencies which offer “special service” to help the travelers cross the border. After comparing services and doing some researchers, I finally chose one agency and paid them 3,500 peso one-time fees. The agent promised me that the trip will be easy and safe; however, it
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