Mountain Home Fellowship
Friday, February 26 - Sunday, March 7, 2010
Mountain Home Fellowship (MHF) is the ministry of Wick and Candy Sunderland in Palmer, Alaska. Wick and Candy are partners with LightShine Ministries and share a common goal of equipping and networking churches, Bible camps and other ministries all throughout Alaska. CLICK HERE to read more about their ministry.
Our April 2009 team (see photos above) worked hard installing windows, insulating and hanging drywall in their all purpose room. The goal of this February 2010 team is to finish off the room for whatever it needs by then. Most likely we will be painting, doing trim work, laying flooring and decorating. This room will be used for housing our future LightShine teams as they pass through Alaska on their way to their assignments. If you always wanted to see Alaska during the winter months, this trip is for you!
This trip will coincide with the Fur Rondy which is held in Anchorage. Click on the 2010 Fur Rondy logo to the right to read more about this major Alaskan event!
After working hard for a week, we will go to the Fur Rondy on the last day and watch the start of the Iditarod on Saturday, March 6 and catch a plane for Pennsylvania later that night.
To read more about the Iditarod, click on their photo below!
REGISTRATION FORM:
We are currently accepting registration forms for this team. Maximum
number of team members will be 6. Please
CLICK HERE
to download a registration form.
The cost of
this trip will be
$700
and will cover your
food and transportation from the time you leave PA until the time you arrive
back in PA.
Many people choose to pay their own way but others choose to operate through
their local church seeking missionary support. We highly recommend the
latter although we leave it completely up to you. This is a missions trip.
Therefore we help all team members communicate with their local church members,
family and friends in describing the work that lays ahead for you. You
will be working approximately 40 hours during your week in Alaska. This
should not be seen as a vacation either by you or by those sending you.
There is a job to be done. The Bible teaches that all of us who are
followers of Jesus have been given gifts and talents by Him to be used for
teaching our world Who He is! This trip is an opportunity to serve
Mountain Home Fellowship.
When you register to be a part
of this team, you will be given
support letters upon your request to hand out to family
and friends seeking their financial support. It will be our goal to establish a
relationship between you and the people sending you as missionaries to Alaska.
Later we will give you a list of all those who supported you so that you can
thank them and give them your prayer requests for the trip.
What
is the $700 used for?
Transportation (air and road
travel)
costs make up the majority of the costs. All
food will be provided.
Your lodging
will be your sleeping bag on a mattress or
cot in a heated room.
Some of your
support money helps operate LightShine
Ministries which is sponsoring the trip
(includes office expenses, salaries,
utilities, etc.).
What
are the deadlines for raising the money?
There
are two deadlines for raising support.
Half of your support ($350)
must be raised by December 31, 2009. This allows us
to have the money in place to purchase airline tickets and gives us time to buy
them.
The
deadline for raising the balance of your
financial support will be January 31, 2010.
It is very important that you take the cost
of the trip and this deadline seriously.
There are a lot of expenses in organizing a
trip like this one and we need every
participant to do their part.
Please begin to pray about
your involvement with our team this
September and talk to your spouse and
employer about setting these dates aside.
It is highly
recommended that you begin to raise support
right now!
Every year people get worried as the
summer progresses
because they wish they would have started
raising funds earlier. Please plan
ahead and make your commitment now.
Policies -
Make sure you
CLICK HERE to read our business
policies for your trip.
E
mail
-
We communicate primarily by
email. We strongly recommend that you have an email
address and check it regularly. If not, you will miss out on a lot of
information.
Please contact me soon if you are interested
in becoming part of this year's team. Help me by determining to meet all
the deadlines given above. It helps the trip go much smoother. And
don't forget to keep every aspect of this trip in prayer. We have seen God
do some great things in us and through us in past years. Again, the email
address for this trip is
lightshinealaska@comcast.net. I hope to talk to you soon!
Tom Denlinger - Team Leader
