{"id":349,"date":"2021-07-18T02:00:09","date_gmt":"2021-07-18T09:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/danielmartinez\/?post_type=twu-portfolio&#038;p=349"},"modified":"2021-07-20T01:12:26","modified_gmt":"2021-07-20T08:12:26","slug":"mission-trips","status":"publish","type":"twu-portfolio","link":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/danielmartinez\/portfolio\/mission-trips\/","title":{"rendered":"Mission Trips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left\">Taking a group of students and adults is an amazing opportunity for them to put their <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>faith<\/strong> <\/span>into <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>practice<\/strong><\/span> and develop deeper, meaningful relationships with each other, the community, and most importantly God. Bellow you&#8217;ll find some resources I&#8217;ve used to plan these trips for groups.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><em><strong>International Travel<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/danielmartinez\/portfolio\/mission-trips\/photo-png\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-504\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-504\" src=\"http:\/\/create.twu.ca\/danielmartinez\/files\/2021\/07\/photo.png-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"744\" height=\"558\" srcset=\"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/danielmartinez\/files\/2021\/07\/photo.png-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/danielmartinez\/files\/2021\/07\/photo.png-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/danielmartinez\/files\/2021\/07\/photo.png-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/danielmartinez\/files\/2021\/07\/photo.png-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/danielmartinez\/files\/2021\/07\/photo.png-660x495.jpg 660w, https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/danielmartinez\/files\/2021\/07\/photo.png.jpg 1786w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 744px) 100vw, 744px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Depending on where you&#8217;re going, you may need more than what I&#8217;ve provided; I&#8217;ve lead four trips over the last six years to Mexico and Guatemala, each with a different purpose in mind. Some were more service oriented, others evangelistic, building based, reverse-mission trip, and so on.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of where you go, it is <b><u>key<\/u> <\/b>that you have a clear goal\/mission in mind and that your team of leaders and students can accomplish that.<\/p>\n<p>The places we&#8217;ve gone I&#8217;ve scouted out prior to going and used the connections through missionaries that our church supports to help with housing, food, and transportation. <em>(<a href=\"https:\/\/fcclynden.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Contact-Our-Missionaries-2020.pdf\">Click here to see our missionaries<\/a>)\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><em><strong>Things You&#8217;ll Need:<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Permission Slips<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Each student should provide a signed and notarized consent to treat and travel. See here for example forum used in 2017 trip: <a href=\"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/danielmartinez\/portfolio\/mission-trips\/tecate-2017-permission-form-notary\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-364\">Tecate 2017 Permission Form notary<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>List of emergency contacts<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>This list should include each students emergency contact, allergies, and any medication needed for them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Itinerary<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Understanding that things can and WILL change along the way is important &#8211; flexibility is key &#8211; however, you should have something to give students, parents, and whoever is hosting you. See here for an example of our 2017 trip: <a href=\"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/danielmartinez\/portfolio\/mission-trips\/week-schedule\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-371\">Week Schedule<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/danielmartinez\/portfolio\/mission-trips\/tecate-2017\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-366\">Tecate 2017<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><em>This also outlines the purpose, cost, leaders, and other important info.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Flight and Travel information<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>This includes departing and returning flights\u00a0<em>(times and flight numbers),\u00a0<\/em>cost for any additional baggage not included in your trip fees, and where you&#8217;ll be meeting for departure. See here for an example of our 2017 trip: <a href=\"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/danielmartinez\/portfolio\/mission-trips\/flight-and-bag-info\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-368\">Flight and Bag info<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Copys, Copys, Copys!<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Make sure to have at least two copies of each persons passport and other important information. The last thing you want is someone stuck in a foreign country.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Supply List<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>What do you need to bring? Building supplies, crafts, Bibles? How will you get them there? Will you buy them in the country destination? What do your leaders and students need to bring? All these things need to be assessed and planned for prior to leaving. See here for an example of our 2017 trip: <a href=\"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/danielmartinez\/portfolio\/mission-trips\/what-to-bring-to-mexico-2017\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-373\">What to bring to Mexico 2017<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/danielmartinez\/portfolio\/mission-trips\/food-supplies-to-bring\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-370\">Food supplies to bring<\/a>,<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Trip Expense List<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Most ministries will have you keep track of receipts, don&#8217;t lose those! When you get back you can put them all in an Excel spreadsheet to see what you spent.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Safety Checklist<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Basically a\u00a0<em>&#8220;what not to do while you&#8217;re here&#8221;\u00a0<\/em>list. Not exhaustive, but enough to set some parameters and guidelines. See here for an example of our 2017 trip: <a href=\"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/danielmartinez\/portfolio\/mission-trips\/safety-checklist\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-374\">Safety checklist<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>That&#8217;s it! Every trip is different with different goals in mind, so adjust and add according to your situation. Most importantly keep each person in your prayers months in advance.<\/p>\n<p>________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>Here are some additional examples from our 2018 trip where our primary goal was helping build a church; you&#8217;ll see some differences in supplies and schedule.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Mexico Trip 2018 Info: <a href=\"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/danielmartinez\/portfolio\/mission-trips\/mexico-2018\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-377\">Mexico 2018<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Schedule 2018 Trip: <a href=\"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/danielmartinez\/portfolio\/mission-trips\/schedule-for-august-3-10\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-378\">Schedule for August 3-10<\/a><\/li>\n<li>What to bring?: <a href=\"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/danielmartinez\/portfolio\/mission-trips\/what-to-bring-to-mexico-2018\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-379\">What to bring to Mexico 2018<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taking a group of students and adults is an amazing opportunity for them to put their faith into practice and&hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/danielmartinez\/portfolio\/mission-trips\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mission Trips<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3023,"featured_media":350,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","twu-portfolio-type":[],"twu-portfolio-tag":[],"class_list":["post-349","twu-portfolio","type-twu-portfolio","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/danielmartinez\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/twu-portfolio\/349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/danielmartinez\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/twu-portfolio"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/danielmartinez\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/twu-portfolio"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/danielmartinez\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3023"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/danielmartinez\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=349"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/danielmartinez\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/twu-portfolio\/349\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":505,"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/danielmartinez\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/twu-portfolio\/349\/revisions\/505"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/danielmartinez\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/danielmartinez\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"twu-portfolio-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/danielmartinez\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/twu-portfolio-type?post=349"},{"taxonomy":"twu-portfolio-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/danielmartinez\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/twu-portfolio-tag?post=349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}