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Churches With Mission Trips Planned

Faith Baptist Church of Benavides will be traveling to Matamoros, Mexico July 18-21 to lead VBS, visitation, and worship services.  There will also be some work on the facilities to help with plumbing, electrical, and some other needed updates. Contact Sonny Garza at 361.207.4079 if you or your church is interested in helping.

First Baptist Church, Kingsville will travel to Mier, Mexico and partner with Iglesia Bautista Jezreel and their pastor Roberto Zuniga, to help in a new work in the community of General Trevino, south of Mier.  They plan to pour concrete for a new building in a colonia of the town. The trip is planned for July 9-13.
 

Some Church groups may want to stay near the border but individuals in each of our churches may be led to join a team made up of people from several churches in the association.

SENEGAL, Africa: 2008
If you are being led to another continent, consider Senegal.  Jerry Barker will help you understand the needs and costs.  Call him at 361.701.2282 Costs between $1800-$2200. 
        A group is leaving May 29th.  Call immediately if you are interested.  Another group will go in September.  Jerry and/or his daughter Jessica are available to speak to your church.

ARMENIA (the Middle East) Annually -  Van Hilliard, Minister of Missions, for FBC Alice travels to Armenia each year.  This trip is usually in October or November.  Costs vary but plan on $1800-$2200.

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INNER MEXICO:  later in 2008 & 2009

I recently returned from a vision trip in an area east of Mexico City the second largest city in the world. 
          The following cities of Puebla, Mexico and Tehuacan would like to partner with associations and churches here in Texas.  This is a great opportunity for our association to help them in starting new churches through VBS, evangelism, and other missions work.  I hope you will give it much prayer and consideration personally and as a church.  Together with Christ we can do all kinds of things!!
     FOR INFORMATION ON AN INNER MEXICO TRIP CALL MIKE O'NEILL AT 361.522.5523

    Puebla, Mexico is about seventy miles from Mexico City and has a population close to 4 million.
     The inner city area has government housing apartments that literally consume several square miles of land.  There are only 30 Baptist Churches in the association. 
     VBS and small group Bible studies would be very helpful.  A group of 5-10 could be very effective.
     Tehuacan is a city of about 100,000 another hour east of Puebla.  There are only five churches there.  This group of young pastors have a clear plan to reach the indian groups outside of Tehuacan as well as evangelize in the city.  They are looking to start churches in the indian villages near the city with VBS and other evangelistic studies and events.  
     Encampment Construction - Inthe mountains near Tehuacan & Puebla is their association encampment.  It is a beautiful ranchero over 200 years old that has been converted into dorms, kitchen, and housing for their youth and adult retreats.  There are years of repair and work that can be done there.  The climate there is very mild, higher altitude, and simply beautiful.  They can sleep and feed 120 currently.  The envirionment beautiful, relaxing and very helpful in reaching young people from the cities for Christ and developing leaders for the churches.

ALONG THE BORDER: ~ NOW!!
     Our churches have partners and friends in many places along the border from Matamoros to Juarez.  These area are less costly and easily accessible for most of us.
     Guerrero and Mier congregations are both reaching out to nearby towns with church starts.
     Bro. Pedro Tobias is starting new work in Parras and Agualeguas about 30 minutes to an hour from Guerrero. VBS and Revivals are needed there.
     Bro. Roberto Zuniga of Mier is leading in building a church in the colonia of General Trevino.  FBC Kingsville will be traveling there in July to help with the concrete work.
     CONTACT Pastor Raul Hernandez of Iglesia Bautista Nueva Vida in Zapata to help you coordinate a border trip or contact an orphanage in Nueva Laredo area.  His cell number is 361.319.2111
     Faith Baptist Church, Benevides is working with revitalizing in Matamoros of old Primera Baptist building and congregation through outreach and repairs.  Central Baptist, Kingsville is working in the LaPesca area Southeast of Matamoros.  Ricardo Baptist Church has helped in Venecia further up the river from Matamoros.

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