Baja Mission Trip

This is my letter for upcoming mission trip to Baja.  : )

June 22, 2011

Hello! I hope you are doing well.

          This is Jasmine Fairbanks, daughter of Frank and Heather, granddaughter of Bob & Pat

Brittain and Jack & Jackie Fairbanks. The Evangelical Covenant Church is my home church in

Bemidji (and has been for eight years). I graduated from Bemidji High School last year, 2010.

The internship that I’ve been doing this year here in Texas at Teen Mania Ministries’ Honor

Academy has been going well. I have learned a lot and can hardly believe that this year is almost over!

I’ll be graduating in mid-August. My fellow interns and I have worked hard, 31 hours per week, in

our ministry placements here at Teen Mania Ministries, doing most of the work necessary to put on the

Acquire the Fire youth conferences at 33 locations nationally, Extreme Camps summer camps here in

Texas, Global Expeditions mission trips which over a thousand teens participate in each summer, and

also in many other service jobs here at the Honor Academy which are necessary to keep it running.

Through our internships, we have also learned a lot through the classes and training, made good

friends, overcome challenges, and overall have been blessed to have been able to be a part of this year

in advancing the kingdom of God in our generation.

            Now I have some exciting news! I am preparing to go on a mission trip to Baja, Mexico,

just south of San Diego, CA, with Global Expeditions Missions. This will be for about three weeks

(July 11--August 4). I’ll be going out on a bus with some other Honor Academy interns. We will be

working with operations of the trip, setting up, tearing down, and taking care of the teens who have

joined us there as missionaries. For about one week of the trip I will also get to go out and be a part

of the ministry work of it. We will be building houses for the locals in need, sharing the Gospel, and

doing VBS ministry with the kids. Global Expeditions hopes to build 60 houses this year. Many teen

missionaries and adult leaders will be joining us in San Diego to go to Baja, Mexico to serve there.

I ended up having extra money left over in my Honor Academy account, which is just enough

to cover the cost for this mission trip once I’ve arrived in San Diego. However, that doesn’t include

the transportation costs of getting there. The bus ride from Texas to San Diego and back on the HA

Intern bus is $300. Half of this has already come in, so now I only have $150 left to raise out of the

$1,020 total cost of the mission trip.

          If you would be able to help out with the cost of this mission trip, you can donate

at www.globalexpeditions.com/donate or call 1-866-545-6239 to get ahold of a representative and

donate over the phone, or mail a check to me made out to Global Expeditions, and I’ll turn it in. (The

check can not have my name on it, though, or it won’t be tax deductible for you.) My missionary

ID number is 2587419. The trip starts July 11th, which is less than 3 weeks away, so the sooner the

better for this. The money should be in at least a few days before the start date so arrangements can be

finalized. Anything you can give will be greatly appreciated. Sorry to sound like a commercial, but it

is true, every small step in the right direction helps.

             I’m so glad for the support you all have been to me this year and for what

you have been investing into advancing the kingdom of God. Thank you so much for all your support

and prayers.

--Jasmine E. Fairbanks

P.O. Box 2010, CPO # 138

Garden Valley, TX 75771

“Go into all the world and preach the Good News to everyone, everywhere.” –Mark 16:15 (NLT)

“May the peace that passes all understanding guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus our Lord.” –

-Philippians 4:7

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