Summer 2007 Service and Mission Trips

Nicaragua
Faculty/Staff Advisor: Faith Minnich and Tim Morgan
Student Coordinator: Charles Brenner

 

Dates: May 21-June 3

Our Team to Nicaragua will partner with Food for the Hungry (FH) in their work along side ministers at the Nehemiah Center. The Nehemiah Center for Transformational Development is a leadership-training program formed in late 1999. Over the past year alone over 700 church leaders and Christian development agency staff have participated in various seminars and conferences assisted by the Nehemiah Center designed to open people's eyes to the transforming power of the Gospel when it is applied to all areas of life and how much poverty (financial, social, and otherwise) is ultimately found in false beliefs (e.g., machismo, fatalism, etc) which enslave the poor.  The Messiah College team will travel to the Nehemiah Center to assist in its programming as well as connect with other local FH projects including micro-finance projects, continued relief work and construction recovery from Hurricane Mitch, and agriculture and subsistence farming recovery programs.

 

 

 

Jennifer Cummings	'07	Biology
Jonathan Ebersole	'09	Sports and Exercise Science
Michael Gourley	'10	Biochemistry
Mana Ichinowatari	'09	Nursing
Jillian Lewis	'10	Environmental Science
Rachel Moffett	'09.	Elementary Ed, Spanish minor
Sarah Rehnberg	'07	Social Work
Johanna Romain	'10	Theatre
Jeremy Samsoe	'07	Journalism, Communication minor
Nadia Schafer	'09	Politics, Spanish minor
Kaitlin Wheeler	'09	Sociology & Spanish
Charles Brenner	'07	Student Coordinator, Engineering

Faith Minnich		Advisor, Assistant to Dean of External Programs
Timothy Morgan		Advisor, Admissions Councilor

 

Ecuador
Faculty/Staff Advisor: Meg Jones and Abigail Davis
Student Coordinator: Faith Espiritu and Louie Marven

 

Dates: June 23-July 6

El Quinche is located just 1.5 hours outside of Ecuador’s capital city of Quito.  This small town nestled in the mountains is site of an important Catholic pilgrimage that takes place each November.  The church ‘El Buen Pastor’ of El Quinche where the team will be serving has become accepted and appreciated in El Quinche.  The church’s main impact has been seen through the Compassion Student Center ‘Nueva Amanecer.’  For almost two years, the student center has been providing the children with educational reinforcement, nutritional meals, spiritual guidance and health care. Through Bridge Builders, they will partner with the people of El Quinche and Compassion International, aiding in the construction of a new facility for children.  The project expansion will allow Student Center ‘Nueva Amanecer’ to open their doors to more children and better serve the students already attending.  Team members look forward to gaining a greater understanding of Ecuadorian culture and history.

Thomas J. Bieber	'09	Elementary Education
James Cagliostro	'07	Nursing
Lindsay DeVries	'07	Nursing
Amanda Hoffman	'07	Humanities, Literature Concentration
Brittany Tasch	'09	Public Relations
Christine Nupp	'07	Politics
Heather Tremonte	'10	Human Development Family Science.
Janelle Martin	'07	French
Katelyn McNally	'10	Christian Min (Global)
Kaytlynn Hughes	'09	Christian Min (Youth)
Erin Ramsey	'09
Faith Espiritu	'09	Student Coordinator, History,  Pre Law minor
Louie Marven	'07	Student Coordinator, English, Sociology minor

Meg Jones		Advisor, RD of Hess Hall
Abigail Davis		Advisor, RD of Mountain View

 

Tanzania

 

Faculty/Staff Advisor:

Student Coordinator: Kevin Markey and Gerald Mwangi

          Dates: June 13th - July 24th

This Messiah Team’s specific project will focus on mercy ministry in Shinyanga, Tanzania which is connected with the Africa Inland Church and Africa Inland Mission (AIM). There the team will assist the local church and social service network in providing care for those affected by HIV/AIDS.  Currently there are many widows living in very poor conditions with their children.  Many of these widows and children have HIV/AIDS.  Over 600 in their community alone could use social support. The team will have three main objectives.  1) Build or renovate 4 houses for local families, 2) Offer visitation/support services for clients living with HIV/Aids. 3) Teach the children of the community through local youth groups, schools, and sports ministry. The team is working hard to prepare emotionally as well as spiritually for this unique and difficult environment, aiming to learn from and love the people they will meet.

Joy Chebbet	'09	BioChemistry
Zachary Ellis	'07	Elementary Ed., History minor
Sarah Hartley	'10	Nursing
Jeffrey Knisely	'08	Nursing
Sharon T. Paul	'10	Biology - Pre Med
John-Michael Pickens	'09	Psychology
Martha Sipe	‘07	Nursing
James Yutzy	'08	Biblical Studies

Kevin Markey	'07	Student Coordinator, History
Gerald Mwangi	'08	Student Coordinator, Engineering

Dominican Republic*
Faculty/Staff Advisor:

Student Coordinator: Megan Bailey

Dates: May 24 – August 4 (10 weeks)

Serving as a team of summer interns, each of our Messiah students will have a variety of responsibilities while assisting the staff of Students International. This may include translating for short-term teams that come to serve, leading Bible studies, airport runs, accompanying teams on their excursion, leading worship, organizing evening activities, praying for the staff and the teams, and participating as co-leader a specific ministry site. Learning under long-term missionaries, our students will be serving the poor and shaping the outreach experience of youth by focusing in an area of their gifting: Worship Leading, Special Education, Education, Appropriate Technology, Agribusiness, Social Work, Health Care, or Translation.

Elyse Buchanan	'08	Mathematics, Global Min Ed. minor
William Bellows	'09	Engineering, Spanish minor
Stacy Stahl	'08	Nursing
Katie Robb	'09	Psychology

Megan Bailey

'08

Student Coordinator, French Education, Spanish minor

 

*This team has been changed from the original destination to Guatemala due to concerns from the office of Risk Management.  Check out this website for information on serving in the DR:  http://www.stint.com/rev5/outreaches/dr_sites.php