SHORT-TERM MISSION PROJECTS IN 2005

1) January - A two man team went to Gambella in far westernEthiopia to get work started on building a dormitory for the BARO Bible School where Neur Tribe people are trained to be pastors and evangelists.

2) Late March into mid April - An eleven member team performed a mission trip into China visiting several cities doing combined mission work with a variety of groups and some touring.

3) Late April into eariy May - An eight member team worked with handicapped children in an orphanage about a two hour train ride south of Beijing

4) Late May into eariy June - A ten member team went to the KAKO Retreat Center in far western Alaska to perform a variety of building, maintenance and house keeping chores associated with the care and feeding of the KAKO staff, SERVE team, and groups of native Americans that came there for retreats.

5) Late June into mid July - Two people worked in an orphanage in Nairobi, Kenya where children having aids live. This facility is operated by the Presbyterian Church of East Africa.

6) Late September into eariy October - An eight member team spent two weeks working with Action International missionaries in northern Uganda where they are ministering with the Acholi Tribe which has been badly terrorized for about 20 years by the Lords Republic Army.

7) Late October into eariy November - An eighteen member team went to Peru to work for two weeks in and around a mission station called Runa Simi which is an hours drive east of Lima. Quecha Indians are trained to be evangelists here were they go up into the high Andes spreading the
gospel in the thousands of small Quecha villages. The team did construction work in the facility and medical mission work in several areas around there where the people were treated both medically and spiritually.