Hey all! I have more information about the El Salvador Trip!
Our point of contact in El Salvador will be a missionary couple Wally and Judy Cook through a ministry called Amazing Love Missions (ALM).
How Amazing Love Missions (ALM) started…
The Cook’s worked as youth pastors at Word of Victory Outreach Center in Texas for over 8 years. During the latter year of their time in Texas, they made multiple youth and medical relief short term trips, which mixed youth at their local church with other organizations. Through this, doors opened in El Salvador as they felt God calling them into full time mission’s work. Thus, ALM was founded in 2003 when they moved to El Salv!
ALM has 3 goals:
- To bring revival to youth of El Salvador.
- To help the poor through feeding programs, English schools, micro enterprise projects, college scholarship programs and building projects.
- To host mission teams from the US to expand scope of projects and to create long-term relationships with ALM and communities served. And through these relationships enable teams to encounter God’s love through the El Salvadorian culture.
What I bring? Why I want to go?
1. I want to share my story of healing to encourage and uplift those who are currently going through similar things… like hopelessness, rape, abuse (physical or mental), and emotional trauma.
2. God was faithful to show me that El Salvador was where I should go on this Outreach trip. Because of that, I am REALLY EXCITED to see what good will come out of it! I know it will be fulfilling even if it is hard!
3. I want to help in anyway that I can!… ESPECIALLY because they have little resources compared to people in the US.
4. I get to visit the surrounding VILLAGES. This is cool because I love the Spanish culture and I have always wanted to do “rural” missions.
5. I love people! I would love to form lasting relationships and partnerships with these people and ALM. I want to help provide opportunities to those who have limited ones by connecting locals with those available through information, planning and encouragement. We plan to encourage the students by finding and emphasizing on their strengths through the power of God.
For more information about Amazing Love Missions or the Cook’s, please visit http://www.amazinglovemissions.com/.
To make it possible for me to go, please give (I need to raise $2400 by 3/18) by visiting https://www.formstack.com/forms/citycentral-catalyst_first_year.