Description
This experience first provides for a one week stay at Abiding Love Lutheran Church in Littleton, Colorado with experiences in and focus on intentional mission and leadership development. Students then travel to Haiti where they live for 10-14 days and visit homes of Haitians, worship experiences, and church ministries as well as prayer and study of scripture and reflection. They also visit ministry organizations such as St. Josephs's Home for Boys, Wings of Hope home for developmentally disabled children, a hospital for kids with HIV and tuberculosis, Tetkole (an organization that rescues street children), Fonkoze (a micro-loan organization working to eradicate poverty), and various schools and programs. Students then return to Abiding Hope for 3 days of reflection, writing and processing of the experience. Registration and a non-refundable $100 deposit are required.