Matthew, a member of Safe Harbor Church and an all-around good guy, is putting together a missions trip. I wanted to share with you the e-mail he sent out. I also wanted to invite you to be part of this great opportunity. If you are interested please contact Matthew. Here is what he wrote…
I have been working to set up a trip to Mali to see Barry and Terry to help them in their work. I have been speaking with a lady named Marcy from the corporate office (I think?) to find a time to go and what would be the basic layout of our trip. She says that, in most cases, they like to set up trips for two weeks with work teams between 10 and 15 strong. I think that would be hard for us to come up with, however she has informed me that another team is planning on taking a trip out there starting Nov. 14, 2008. The plan is that they would be out there for two weeks. This team only consists of about 8 people, I think, and Marcy was wondering if we might want to try and put a small team together to join them. To do this we would looking at trying to have 6-8 people that want to go. The length of time we would be there is up for discussion, as I know 2 weeks is hard for many of us.
This communication is simply to gauge the desire to try and fit in that time frame. If we are going to go then we will need to know a definite pretty soon so we can begin to prepare by getting passports, shots and money. Please take a little time and pray about this and decide if you think this is even a possibility for you so I can let Marcy know if we want to try or if we should shoot for next spring. I want to thank you for what you have meant to me, whether you know you have or not. Your hearts for the Lord and his people especially have been the very reason I have hung around for so long even though I may not seem to fit into this church family on paper. I want us to be able to do a trip like this and am willing to plan it for us, but I need people to fill the seats on the plane.
I want to reiterate, THIS IS NOT A DEFINITE answer that I am looking for, I just want to know your interest level.Please email me at mbingram80@gmail.com, or just say so the next time you see me. You can also tell Luke what you think about this. I know I don’t have many details right now, but if we have some interest I will get more. I want to let Marcy know within a couple weeks whether we want to try for that date or not. Again, thank you.
IHS,
Matthew
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