SERVE THE CHILDREN
The mission of Serve the Children is to offer hope and a future through God’s love to underserved children and families around the world by meeting their educational, physical and emotional needs.
Are You Ready?
| Mission trips are life changing! To touch the life of a child in Zambia, Liberia or India is an amazing event. It is never too early to start planning to go on a trip. We have scheduled mission team meetings at my home for the trip in May to Zambia (February 27th at 6.30pm) and the August team to India (February 16th at 1pm). We also have a team going to Liberia in April. Please email me if you want additional information on any of these trips. You always walk away from a mission trip a little different, a little changed. Part of this change comes because you have the chance to make a difference in the lives of children in your own unique way, a way no one else can. An STC mission team is made up of all kinds of people who bring various skills and backgrounds to the group dynamic. When you go, you add something special to that dynamic that would be missed if you were not there. Many of us can easily list all the reasons why we cannot go on a mission trip. My best advice is to change focus. Think about the way God can break down all the barriers to going and how you can impact the lives of children overseas for eternity. You will come home a different person with different passions. No mission trip is free or easy. You will need to raise funds, deal with work or school, coordinate family or pet responsibilities, have your immunizations made current and add a couple to the list, attend meetings and make various other mission trip preparations. There will be bugs, new foods, you will sleep in a different bed than your own with other team members in the same room, experience unique bathroom procedures and experience a different culture to understand. But where we see barriers, God sees the future. The seemingly endless barriers get washed away when you see the smile on the face of a little child holding your hand. Have you ever had five children hold your hand…..five on each hand? Have you ever held a child who does not regularly experience love in their life? Have you ever read a book to a group of children who have never had a book read to them? Have you ever given rice krispie treats to a group of children for the first time? I can list a lot of firsts and I want you to experience firsts like them with me too. Are you ready to give hope and a future to children in Zambia, India and Liberia? Contact me now! You can also download the 2020 Mission Team books for Zambia, India or Liberia found on our website at www.servethechildren.com. A mission team application, a team covenant form, child protection policy and a medical release form are included with the mission team book and need to be completed and sent to me. It’s the first step in your life-changing mission trip journey. Dr. Doug Collier doug@servethechildren.com |