IT IS ALMOST HERE!!!!!
It is packing day! 3 days to go. Team members need to meet a 7:00pm at church. Please pack and bring what you can in the luggage you intend to bring so we can put in-kind donations in. I will bring a scale so we can make sure we are under the 50# limit. Remember we can only take 2 pieces plus carry-on.

Also Lynn Lassanske will also be there to help us and give advise and answer questions!!

**** IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT EVERYONE BE THERE ***
THANKS

more travel info

money issue: Take whatever you want to use as spending money and money to purchase with in Guatemala will need to be carried with you -- generally $20 bills with some smaller denominations .... The key is clean bills that look great (no tears/bends/wrinkled/writing etc) Each person or family group should bring a credit card with them for emergencies. Bring only copies of the driver license, your medical card etc. It is recommend a passport carrier around your neck when traveling ... put passport, all my copies and most of my money, records, and credit card in the passport travel holder -- it works great.

travel arrangements to O'hare

George Rawson (a former mission team member) will be your driver to O'Hare airport. He will plan to be in Coopersville by 7 PM on July 16th
The trailer will be attached to the Van to carry all lungage to the airport.

Return trip George and pastor L will be in Chicago at Ohare airport on the morning of July 26 to pick the mission team up.. around 3 AM

A big Thank you! Cost of transportation to the airport and back is a gift from the CIA Mission Group at Trinity Lutheran Church

team info

Information from Ginny today.
1) The present number of children they are making contact with in a week is around 500

2) This note: The last three teams haven’t had any trouble in the airport.
They’ve been wearing business casual, going through in groups of 2-3
and their in kinds were distributed among suitcases and duffels
so no one bag held all school supplies or all meds, etc.

A little more information on the conditions in Guatemala. the following link is to a news article posted on the LCMS website. It gives a little clearer picture of the devistation. It appears that God has given us plenty to do when we arrive in Guatemala for our mission week there. We need to pray that God will direct our efforts where they are needed.
http://www.lcms.org/pages/rpage.asp?NavID=17104

Sunday Offering

Praise God! Our special Sunday free will offering totalled $1437.26. We are that much closer to Guatemala!!

AIRFARE

ATTENTION!! YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE!!
I have submitted the payment ! As of today our Airfare is paid for.
We are in the home stretch.Only 2 months to go!