Service Times: 9:00 am, 10:30 am 
At Eastwind Community Church, we are committed to providing
and helping people dis
cover
opportunities for expressing our faith in action.
Every year Eastwind takes a mission trip to one of our two global missions
locations: Mexico or Kenya. The past two years we have gone to Kenya, but
have not been able to go to Mexico due to security concerns. However, as
a result of a research trip in January, we have learned the security situation
in the area in Mexico has significantly improved. We also discovered that
there is a real need for a school expansion in the indigenous mig
rant
worker camp where we serve.
As a result we have decided to return to Mexico this year! We will be going to Mexico on August 14 with planned return to the US on August 19. We will be expanding the small building that is used as a school for the children. This trip is estimated to be around $750 per person (that is all inclusive and the key variable is the airfare). We hope that lots of you can come with us! If you are thinking of going, contact Mark Russell at mark@markrussell.org and come to our informational meeting Sunday, May 16th after the second service.
Unfortunately, given that it is so expensive for people to travel to Africa, it is not feasible for us to conduct mission trips to both Mexico and Kenya every year. Therefore, we have decided to move our trip to Kenya and return to Mexico this Summer instead. Our plan moving forward will be to go to Mexico on even years (2010, 2012, etc..) and Kenya on odd years (2011, 2013, etc...). If you want to go to Kenya next year, start saving now! If you save $250 a month you will have resources to go next year.
Empower
BurangiWe are committed to empowering the Burangi community in Kenya. We have taken three teams of Eastwind members to the remote rural area in Burangi Kenya during the last 4 years. People living in this area experience extreme poverty, walk many miles each day to find unsafe water, and cannot access health care. We have partnered with Genesis World Mission and MAP International to work with the community in Burangi to facilitate clean water solutions, including rain catchment systems and water delivery systems, the building of a health care center and improved economic development . The Total Health Village concept is a holistic model that will enable this community to improve their overall health and bring THEMSELVES out of poverty. If you would like to make a financial contribution towards this effort, or learn more about our work in Burangi, contact tracy@genesisworldmission.org or visit the website, http://www.genesisworldmission.org
Eastwind has partnered with Touch Africa International in Nairobi, Kenya
to help advance the education possibilities for children. Building on a
partnership established during our first mission trip to Kenya in 2008,
the two organizations have joined together to focus on an impoverished population
near Kaloleni in Kenya. Education is a significant privilege for the less
fortunate, vulnerable or orphaned children.
We started a child sponsorship program, to allow people like you the opportunity
to provide funds for these children, so they can enjoy all the benefits
of attending school. A monthly sponsorship will cover four basic needs;
needs we too often take for granted: supervision by Touch Africa, private
school fees and tuition, school uniforms and a lunch program. All of these
children have one thing in common. Each wants to get an education and do
something with his or her life despite the hardships faced. If this kind
of sponsership program appeals to you, please see our current posting of
children who are ready to be sponsored by CLICKING
HERE.
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