Raising up missionaries and the money to support them

Short term mission trips have become part of our life at First Baptist now. I stopped in to see Lisa Lapointe at her hair salon today and saw how she was raising funds for the upcoming mission trip. She has a donation jar at her station.

The total cost of the trip this year will be $673 dollars per person. Each person will be raising the money themselves. As a church we will host several fundraisers and be collecting donations for them. For years we've been collecting money and sending it to the mission field. Now we have the opportunity to go ourselves and to bring a word of hope and grace to our sisters and brothers in another part of the world.

Over the last three years we have gone on four mission trips. We have had 62 members of the Baptist churches go. They included 42 different people.

Sheldon & Eileen Keller
David & Karen Warfield
Andy and Melanie Schueuermann
Roger and Doreen Mainville,
Carol Calkins
June Deptulski
Sharon Fishkin
Nancy Allen
Cal Lord
Mark Kane
Mark Allen Kane
Connie Jensen
Nancy Janco
Carol Wocjik
Amanda Duntz
Merlynda Sol
George Rezendes
Lisa Lapointe
Michelle Madsen Bibeau
Michelle Chaffee
Erica Corbett
Patty Bober
Sarah Bober
Robert Wagner
Julie Wagner
Mark Salomon
Matt Salomon
Chad Pfieffer
Stacy Sedotti
Ann Kesckes
Amber Manning
Rachel Bober
Ellie Eccleston
Connie Hayward
Taylor Chaffee
Clayton Lord Sr
Michelle Lord
Chris Lord Jr.

The program has been a great success and it has been life changing for those who have participated. That's why so many want to go again. That's why it is worth every dollar we can give to make it possible.