Youth Mission Trip--Summer 2010
Summer 2010 mission trips MountVernonYouth will travel to:
Butler, TN to make home safer, warmer and drier for the Appalachian families
Coastal Maine in the town of Calais to serve those in need in the communities
Youth Triennium at Purdue University for worship, prayer, play and community
The 14 member MVPC Summer Mission team traveled to Guatemala in July, 2006. A week of fellowship, daily devotions, team building and leadership training gave strength to all as they built stoves and planted trees. Medical supplies were given to the Highland Support Project for use in the community, and thanks to Nancy Noel’s resourcefulness, boxes of yarn were donated to the Maya women’s organization, AMA, and used for micro enterprise ventures by the women. A new activity this year was teaching and playing music with the children of the Western Highlands. Thanks to Carla Okouchi and the Fairfax County music teachers who donated over a thousand recorders (simple flute-like musical instruments used to teach beginners). Carla, with Caroline Caplen’s assistance, taught music lessons to several classes and gifted the schools with several hundred of these instruments.
The 2007 MVPC Summer Mission team went to Guatemala in July 2007.
Scenes from Guatemala (click on photograph and then on "Slideshow")
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