Dear Family and Friends,
Our family (Keith, Janel, Bennett
and Luke) is about to embark on our first mission trip to Sand Hill, Belize on JULY 27-August
1. Tyler will be staying
behind to house -sit. J We are going with a team of other families
(8-10 families) - all of whom will provide services and ministries to the Sand
Hills area.
Every ministry is designed to
be a discipleship-making opportunity. Some of the ministries include:
·
Breaking bread
ministry (providing meals for local families)
·
Vacation Bible
school for Orphans
·
Bunk bed ministry
(building bunk beds for the local orphanage)
·
Family fun night
and crafts
·
Projects
(building, painting, etc.)
·
Kids Camps
When we heard about this family
mission trip, we immediately felt God calling us to be a part of His adventure
in Belize - to reach out as a family to help, to witness (both to and from
actually) those who are less fortunate, and to be living breathing examples of God’s love. We are excited for our children to be able to
serve communities that are vastly different from their own. And they are excited to meet kids their own
age from different cultures and be a part of introducing them to Jesus. Bennett is most excited to do crafts and
teach kids to dance. Luke just can’t
wait to play soccer with the boys! As
parents, we are thrilled to be a part of this experience with kids but also
cannot wait to break bread with the people of Belize. You know how we feel about food! J
We are excited and anxious to
dive head first into all of these ministries and we hope you will pray and
reflect on this opportunity to partner with us to impact God’s Kingdom!
Part of our responsibility, as
team members, is to raise the necessary funds for the trip. The cost of the
trip for our family is $5494. We have
been able to contribute some of our own funds to the trip and our kids are
planning a couple of their own fundraisers. At
first we were reluctant to ask our friends and family to partner with us
financially. Then we realized that this
is a really awesome opportunity for you to share in what God will be doing
through us in Belize! We want to take
each of you of this mission trip with us!
We’d like to ask for you to
partner for us in the following ways:
·
Financially – we
still need to raise about $3800 in funds for our trip. We
have a large deadline to meet by April
17 and another by June 15.
·
Encouragement –
follow our updates on Facebook and our blog.
·
Prayer – we need
prayer! This is our first mission trip
together as a family. We are excited and
anxious to see all that God is going to do.
Thank you for your
love and support! We absolutely could not even dream about doing this without
you!
Keith, Janel, Bennett,
Luke and Tyler Bunten
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