Where are YOU GOING in 2018? One of our core values at Gateway is to be a going church, to go and spread the good news of Jesus to the ends of the earth. Maybe God has been nudging you, or maybe you know you need to go, but just haven’t taken that step to do so. Well here is your chance to Go. We have a domestic trip going to Pikeville, Kentucky in July and an International trip going in October. These are two great trips that will help you take that first step in GOING with the Gospel! So I ask again, Where are YOU GOING in 2018? You can sign up by going to our Missions page on our website and filling out the Mission Trip Application.
You can see some of the details for each trip below.
This will be primarily a Medical Trip. We are looking for doctors, nurses, PA’s, pharmacists, dentists, and anyone else I’m maybe leaving out. If you have no medical experience, that is ok; we need you, also. There will be plenty of opportunities on this trip to serve and share Jesus with the people of the Dominican Republic..
The D.R. shares the island Hispaniola with the country of Haiti. It is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea. Nearly 80% of the country’s 49,000 sq. km. is covered with mountains, but some 20 different topographical areas exist in the country. About 2.5 million of the country’s 10 million residents live in the capital, Santo Domingo. Over 10% of the population is of Haitian descent. Roman Catholicism is the country’s o cial religion and about 85% of the people profess this. About half of the population is believed to be involved in occult practices. Average annual income is $5,000 per person.
Purpose: To connect people to Jesus Christ and to one another through serving other
Action: Provide medical care
Cost: $750.00 per person
Cost includes trip insurance, meals, transportation, and lodging in country
Participants need to cover:
Shoes of Hope event that week, and it is always a special time. Shoes of Hope is an event where we ask all of the mission teams attending to collect brand new pairs of tennis shoes for school-aged children and bring them to Pikeville. On Thursday of that week, we give out the shoes. We measure each child’s feet, we wash their feet and present the Gospel to them. Then present them with a brand new pair of tennis shoes and socks. It’s amazing!
In addition to Shoes of Hope, we need teams to help us with home repair, VBS and/or sports camps, etc.
Purpose: To connect people to Jesus Christ and to one another through serving other
Action: To host a VBS, pass out shoes, and do light construction
Cost: $300.00 per person (up to 3 people) (after 3, price to be determined)
Participants need to cover:
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