Friday, April 25, 2008

Habitat in Fairbanks trip : Update

The excitement is growing as more people commit to travel to Fairbanks. The directer for Habitat for Humanity (Julie) in Fairbanks is planning all details. She is making our stay as comfortable as possible in hopes that we will make this an annual event. Nine people have answered the Lords call with many more pondering. The age mix is near perfect, along with so much construction experience. Each brings talents/gifts that will make this so spiritual. In the next month we will know the total number going for what will be the first of many mission trips to this beautiful place on top of the world. We will stay at a church and some of our meals will be dontaed. Several local churches will cook love gifts, along with fellowship to share as appreciation to us traveling so far. A love gift from our mission fund at Pleasant Dale will offset a portion of the price of rental cars and breakfast. This will bring the amount per volunteer down to less than one hundred dollars above the airfare. We will be posting progress as the week unfolds on this exciting service trip.

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Unknown said...

Bill and Penny: I have linked your blog to Hope COB's blog in case folks want to catch up on what you're doing. If this is NOT o.k., let me know. You can email me at hopecobnews@gmail.com. Also you might want to check out Hope's blog page (hopecob.wordpress.com). If you want to get on a mailing list to be alerted when the newsletter comes out, let me know (same email). -Roya