Malawi & Kenya Mission,
August 20–September 11, 2004

This team experienced first-hand what God is doing in Africa. Please support our efforts to help the Zomba Seminary and various mercy ministries in Malawi and Kenya .

Trip Leaders: Charles Suhayda and Billy Mark

Below: Msongwe Prayer House in Malawi, Chapel at Zomba Seminary

College Mission in Albania,
July 27–August 9, 2004

The college team worked at "Crossroads," a camp and conference center in Erseka, Albania which is run by our missionary Mark Stoscher, his wife, and their team. Our team helped cook meals for a women’s conference for Albanian Christians.

The team stayed in a house that will one day be an orphanage. There is a great playground and grass area, and it is well known in Erseka because it is the only playground in town.  Each day the playground is open from 5 p.m. until 6:30 p.m. for the neighborhood kids to play in and enjoy. In the middle of play time, our mission team would call the kids together and teach them a Bible lesson or share a testimony with them.

Jr. High Mission in Mendenhall, Mississippi,
July 31 – August 7, 2004

Our Junior High “City Kids” did outreach to an impoverished rural community in the South through farming and various service projects.  They learned much about God’s heart for racial reconciliation and caring for the poor.  It was a very meaningful experience for all who went!  

Kurdish Outreach Opportunities

There are many opportunities to minister to the Kurds, the people group adopted by our church. Some of our recently returned volunteers taught English as a Second Language to Kurdish youth in Germany while others did relief work in Turkey.

A group at Hollywood Pres also meets monthly to pray for the Kurds

The main photo below was taken while members of this summer's short term mission team were on a prayer walk through a very poor Kurdish district.  The children followed them for blocks and blocks until they found their way back to the city center.

Mexico Mission, June 19–27, 2004

Partnering with Baja Christian Ministries,
this team served the poor of Baja.
Trip Leader: Susan Rigby

Family Mission, August 11–15, 2004

Families of FPCH cared for the people of Los Angeles through service projects, children’s ministry, and community outreach, working alongside various inner-city ministries and churches.

At a church in South Central Los Angeles, the team cleaned, painted, did some light construction, and worshipped with the church on Sunday. Five children from our Family Mission were baptized that day.

Trip Leaders: Anita Jackson & Lorrie Work

Christian Freedom International in Southeast Asia, July 3–17, 2004

This group helped and encouraged the persecuted Christian church through hands-on projects, mercy ministry, village visitation, teaching, and sharing of faith.

They assisted medical and dental teams who provided free medicine and tooth extractions to hundreds of poor villagers in Laos, prayed with the soldiers of the Karen National Liberation Army's 7th Brigade, (who protect villagers from the Burmese military) and, thanks to many generous donations, were able to give literally thousands of dollars worth of medicine, clothing, supplies (including over 500 toothbrushes!) and aid to the persecuted ethnic and religious minorities in Northern Thailand, Laos, and Burma.

Trip Leaders: Autumn & JC Cornwell

For more information on our Short Term Missions Projects contact Short Term Missions.

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