Destination: The Dominican Republic ($1,399 per person)

You’ll leave Orlando Friday morning, July 10^th and take a bus to Miami, where you’ll board a plane for the flight to Santiago, D.R.

There, you’ll be bussed to the Evangelical Institute in
downtown Santiago. This is a walled compound with a large classroom building, 5 dormitories, a cafeteria, and  baseball/soccer field.  You’ll be sleeping in one of the dorms for the next 5 nights and eating breakfast and dinner in the cafeteria. 

During the days, you’ll be serving on one of eight teams.  One team will remain at the Institute (which is a school for children as in the picture to the right).  There’s a special need for someone with skills in electrical work.  And obviously people who can speak Spanish would be an added blessing as the children who attend the institute want to learn English. 

We also need people to build walls in the dorms, paint buildings and do a Vacation Bible School for the kids from the neighborhood surrounding the Institute. 

The seven other teams will go to different Free Methodist Churches within about 20-minutes of the Institute. 

At each of the churches, time will be split between painting, doing construction work, building a playground, and cleaning the landscape, as well as leading Vacation Bible Schools for the kids in the neighborhoods, and being a part of special evangelistic services at night.   There’s a LOT to do at each of these, and the people there are really hoping you’ll come!

On Wednesday, July 15^th, you’ll return to Orlando where you’ll join thousands of Free Methodists for an evening of worship & celebration as a part of General Conference 15 at the Caribe Royale. The next, and final, day of your mission trip will be for debriefing, sharing your experiences, and brainstorming how to take a heart for the lost back to your home church and community.

$1,399 per person includes transportation and meals during the mission trip experience.  Transportation to/from Orlando is not included. 

Destination: South Florida - Urban 

*****Updated 06/05/2014*****
THANK YOU!  We’ve had sufficient people register to bring their mission group to the Miami churches that we have all
the volunteers we need.  Several Florida churches outside of Miami still need your help.  And we need MANY people to help in Haiti and the Dominican Republic.   Please register for those destinations.

You’ll leave Orlando Friday morning, July 10^th and drive to Miami.  There, you’ll stay at a motel near one of the three Hispanic or three Haitian churches in the Miami area.  All of these churches have many wonderful people who love the Lord Jesus, but have very real material needs.  The pastor of one church, for instance, does not own a car but takes a bus to get to the church.  He gets no salary as pastor and about 90% of his congregation is unemployed. 

The specific needs of each church vary.  But at all churches you’ll be repairing and cleaning up the churches, leading Vacation Bible Schools for the children of the area, and blessing the communities surrounding the churches.  It’s a big deal to the people of these churches that others are willing to come help them and impact their neighborhoods by touching the lives of children and adults with the love of Jesus.

Wednesday, July 15^th, you’ll drive back to Orlando.  That evening, you’ll have dinner with those who’ve returned from all of our mission destinations, and then join thousands of Free Methodists from around the world for the evening worship service marking the third-night of General Conference.

The following, and final, day of your mission trip will be for debriefing, sharing your experiences, and brainstorming with others who’ve returned from missions trips how to take a heart for the lost back to your home church and community.

The cost of this trip is $899 including 4 nights lodging at the Caribe Royale resort in Orlando and 5 night’s lodging (all quad occupancy) at a Miami neighborhood motel. It also includes 24 meals (3/day for 8 days), transportation (a van and gas) from Orlando to and around Miami and back to Orlando, insurance, and registration.  It also includes a $100 gift to the church where you’ll be ministering, which will  pay for the materials needed to improve the church and hold a V.B.S.

If you have your own transportation to get to and around while in Florida, you can save $100.  The price is only $799 per person.  In fact, if you have room to bring others with you in your vehicle, we may put them with you and pay you $100 per person for their transportation. 

Destination: Central Florida - Agricultural ($899 per person*)

You’ll leave Orlando Friday morning, July 10^th and drive to the town of Immokolee, FL, in the heart of the everglades. There, you’ll be staying at the Immokalee Inn, and spending your time at the Immokalee Haitian Free Methodist Church. This is a church of about 150 Haitian people, many of whom work in the fields and orchards around Immokalee. They have a wonderful sanctuary, and a large “fellowship hall”, but no kitchen. YOU can fix that!

Here’s how you’ll be blessing these wonderful people in Jesus' name:

• Friday afternoon:  get to know the people of the church
• Saturday morning:  deliver 2,000 flyers to houses
  in the neighborhood, inviting them to church and a “free neighborhood picnic” the next day
• Saturday, Monday & Tuesday afternoons:  build a kitchen in the church’s fellowship hall
• Sunday:  help with the neighborhood picnic, man the
  bouncy-house, etc., interface with the neighbors
• Monday & Tuesday mornings:  lead a Vacation Bible School for the kids in the neighborhood

Wednesday, July 15^th, you’ll drive back to Orlando.   That evening, you’ll have dinner with those who’ve returned from all of our mission destinations, and then join thousands of Free Methodists from around the world for the evening worship service marking the third-night of General Conference. 

The following, and final, day of your mission trip will be for debriefing, sharing your experiences, and brainstorming with others who’ve returned from missions trips how to take a heart for the lost back to your home church and community.

The cost of this trip is $899 including 4 nights lodging at the Caribe Royale resort in Orlando and 5 night’s lodging (all quad occupancy) at the Immokalee Inn.  It also includes 24 meals (3/day for 8 days), transportation (a van and gas) from Orlando to and around Immokalee and back to Orlando, insurance, and registration.  It also includes a $100 gift to the Immokalee church, which will be used to pay for the community picnic and materials to build the kitchen. 

*If you have your own transportation to get to and around
while in Florida, you can save $100.  The price is only $799 per person.  In fact, if you have room to bring others with you in your vehicle, we may put them with you and pay you $100 per person for their transportation. 

Immokalee Inn 
 

Immokalee Haitian 

Free Methodist Church

Destination: Costa Rica ($1,499 per person)

*****Updated 09/25/2014*****
THANK YOU!  We’ve had sufficient people register to bring their mission group to Costa Rica that we have all
the volunteers we need.  We need MANY people to help in Haiti and the Dominican Republic.   Please register for those destinations.

You will leave Orlando International Airport Friday morning July 10^th and board the plane for the 3 hour flight to San Jose, Costa Rica. There you’ll be escorted by Dennis/Kyle Leon to the little beach-side town of Esterillos Oeste.  Your goal will be to partner with the Free Methodist Church, called Pura Vida Church. You will have the opportunity to participate in children’s ministry, some worship leadership and community service. You’ll fly back to Florida on Wednesday, July 15 and return in the evening to the Caribe Royale.

$1,499 per person includes transportation and meals during the mission trip experience.  Transportation to/from Orlando is not included.

Destination: Orlando GC15 Children's Teachers ($899 per person)

It may seem a bit strange to choose to do a missions trip to Orlando, Florida, and stay at a beautiful resort.  Many choosing missions trips to Haiti or the Dominican Republic will be staying on a matt on a concrete floor.  But if the Lord has gifted you with skills and a heart for working with children, we need you in Orlando just as God’s people need you in any of the other places people will be serving during our July, 2015 missions trips. 

You see, we hope to have several hundred children attend General Conference, 2015.  And for the first time, ever, we’re planning a serious 4-day intensive program for kids from first- through sixth-grades.  We’ll teach them about Jesus, missions work, and how their lives can make a difference.  Linda Adams, the Director of International Child Care Ministries is building the curriculum, along with others from our department of World Missions.  But we don’t have enough people to actually teach, interact-with, and bless the children. 

So if you have a heart for kids and a desire to teach, we hope you’ll serve the Lord by making this your mission trip.  Like any mission trip, you’ll have to pay your own expenses.  And those are $899 including eight days’ food and nine nights’ lodging (four per suite).  Transportation to/from Orlando is not included.

Serve the Lord in the summer of 2015.  Minister to children at GC15.