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Philippine Construction and Outreach
September 16 - 20, 2009
Two great Philippine-based organizations are coming together to give you the chance
to reach the poorest of the poor in the Philippines. Partner alongside both International
Care Ministries, who provides Feeding, Medical, Education, Livelihood and Church
Empowerment programs, and Gawad Kalinga, who works to provide durable and secure
homes for the extremely poor, completely changing the face of poverty within
pre-existing slums. This trip will have two main activities at Bacolod: construction with
GK and outreach with ICM. No special skills necessary; just men and women with
a willingness to demonstrate God's love for the poor. Families with children over the
age of 7 are welcome.
Contact: Jason Pilger / jason.pilger@credit-suisse.com
Bryant Stone / bryant.stone@ge.com
Indonesia
August 10-20, 2009
The Sundanese are the largest unreached people group in Indonesia. Its population of
about 31 million people is predominantly Muslim. Our team will visit national workers in
Java and learn the challenges they face. We will serve them in a variety of ways, including
working with university students learning English. We will also interact with university
teachers who want help to teach English more effectively. Our aim is to return to
Hong Kong with a better understanding of how the Lord wants us to be involved in
expanding his kingdom in Indonesia, the largest Muslim population in the
world.
Prerequisite: take the Mars Hill Institute course Understand Islam: Why and How (March 1-Apr 26).
Contact: Lincoln Loo / lincoln.j.loo@gmail.com
Cambodia
November, 2009 (tbc)
Cambodia is a country that has been ravaged by years of civil war and poverty. During
the Khmer Rouge regime, over 1.5 million people were killed, leaving 42% of the
population now under the age of 14. ln the midst of poverty and seemingly little hope,
we see God bringing harvest and love to this nation. We will spend time encouraging
local Christians, reaching out to children in the outlying villages to bring them joy and
love through games, songs and drama, visiting slums and the poor who live and work in
the rubbish dump and praying for AIDS/HIV patients and prisoners. Come to understand
not only Cambodia's broken past but God's work in healing its people. Invest in lives
by walking with them and showing them the love of God.
Contact: Jessie Cheung / jessieandkai@yahoo.com
Florence Chiu / florence@islandecc.hk
Mongolia
end of July beginning of August, 2009
Help bring relief and joy to the poor and homeless children of Ulaanbaatar, Outer
Mongolia. Each summer, teams from Hong Kong travel to Ulaanbaatar for one to two
weeks to participate either in outreach and projects in the city within Ulaanbatar, such
as classes at the community center and family visits, or being a part of a summer
camp for the children to show the love of Christ by providing fun activities along with
companionship, free playtime and medical care. You can choose to go in the first week,
second week, or both.
Contact: Brenda Cox / brenda@islandecc.hk
Hubei Love English Summer Camp
July 18 - 26, 2009
Teach phonics to 150 high school students in a city in Hubei. This will be the sixth year of our summer camp project in the coming year. It is a unique ministry in which we can build up friendship with students and share the love that you have experienced in Christ. We need phonics teachers for small classes, group leaders to help in games and activities and also administrators as well as technical persons for AV support.
Contact: loveenglishcamp@gmail.com
Egypt
June 8-19, 2009
Watch a stunning sunrise from the summit of Mount Sinai, crawl beneath the pyramids of Giza, glide down the Nile on a felucca and visit Saint Catherine's monastery where one of the oldest hand-written copies of the Greek Bible was kept. Most importantly, come see and hear what the Lord is doing in Egypt where Christianity first came probably as early as 40 A.D. yet today is predominantly Muslim. We will serve national workers in Cairo in a variety of ways and return to Hong Kong inspired and committed to reach out to followers of the second largest religion in the world.
Prerequisite: take the Mars Hill Institute course Understand Islam: Why and How (March 1- Apr 26).
Contact: Lincoln Loo / lincoln.j.loo@gmail.com
Rwanda
end of June beginning of July, 2009
The scars that remain from the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda are lived daily through widows, orphans, street kids, AIDS and people in poverty. Amidst the challenges the nation is being rebuilt one person at a time. Through our Rwandan brothers and sisters we are able to see the hope in those people who were left to survive with AIDS, fear and no future, without parents, education or a way to make a living. As we encourage them to find a way to go to school, learn a skill, to get a shelter off the streets or to keep small businesses running, it is God's love that heals and strengthens their hearts to live in difficult circumstances. God loves them so much! We follow Christ into areas where there is little light to sow the seeds and to keep the flame burning to take us out of darkness into the light.
Contact: Praise Ma / pma@hkis.edu.hk
Uganda
July 27 -August 3, 2009
After a fantastic trip in 2008, a tearn frorn Island ECC will return to Uganda in 2009 to serve those hardest hit by the AIDS epidernic in Africa. We need your help to complete two building projects with Watoto Ministries and Cherish Uganda, two organizations working to address the impact of AIDS and poverty on Uganda's children. We will also partner with local missionaries to lead outreaches to local schools, orphanages, villages and Chinese living in Kampala. If you have a heart to serve the spiritual, emotional and physical needs of orphans in Uganda, we want you to join the Uganda 2009 Team. You will be challenged, rewarded and blessed beyond your highest expectations!
Contact: Howard Abe / howard.abe@atkearney.com
Bryant Stone / bryant.stone@ge.com
Youth Trip
India - High School
June 19-28, 2009
The high school students are excited to return to India where they will continue building
relationships with the kids at Touch of Mercy Children's Horm in Vizag and Dayspring
Children's Home near Chennai. Despite language and cultural barriers, the children and
high schoolers immediately bond through group gift-giving, singing, acting, dancing,
water fights and an unforgettable trip to the beach. If you're 14-18 years old, corne see
first-hand what it means to love orphans and care for those who are oppressed.
Be the change!
Philippines - Middle School
July 1 - 5, 2009
In partnership with International Care Ministries, the middle school students of Island
ECC will be reaching out to those in need in the Philippines. The primary project will be
rebuilding the slums, assisting the established workers and working alongside the
beneficiaries of the program to provide new homes. Students will help by mixing
cement, laying bricks, leveling ground, and transporting materials all the while, building
relationships within the community.We will also be making visits to a local preschool,
helping out with feeding programs and talking with people frorn the Care and Recovery
Shelter. This trip is for students between the ages of 11-13 and is designed to be a safe,
first-time-mission-experience where students can meet God in a real way and show His
love to the people of Bacolod.
Contact: Jon Lau / jonathan@islandecc.hk