Mission Trips: Building Homes

It has been our tradition to send a team of volunteers on at least one mission trip each year as part of our commitment to provide shelter and housing and to reach out to love and bless a world in need.

Ours are probably the hardest-working teams you've ever seen, and yes, we're just a little proud of that, but we have a good time together and at the end of every trip we reward ourselves with a couple of days as tourists in places like New Orleans, or Houston, or whatever cool city is close to our work destination.

If you are interested in going with us on our next trip, please drop us a note on the "contact us" page and we'll be sure to get back to you. Most of the construction sites will not allow anyone under the age of 16, but our non-construction projects are open to anyone over age 13.

Past Trips: 2004 Trip to Mexico to build housing in a small community 2005 Held a week-long day camp for impoverished children on a Reservation 2007 Biloxi, MS (Rebuilding after Hurricane Katrina) rehab work on damaged home 2007 Milwaukee, WI A week working with special needs children 2008 Bay St. Louis, MS... (Rebuilding after Katrina)

We sponsored a new home for an 86 yr old woman and her brother and spent 1 week framing and raising all the walls. 2009 Kansas City, KS We spent a week on a local Habitat for Humanity progject 2009 New Orleans, LA (and surrounding are) As part of the National Youth Gathering (ELCA) we helped to host a Book Fair (brand new childrens books, FREE, to anyone who attended) to promote literacy. 2010 Orange, TX (Rebuilding after Hurricane Ike) Rehab work on two flood-damaged homes.

Ninety percent of the houses in Orange were destroyed by Ike, but you probably didn't hear about that on the news. July 16th-23rd 2011 Port Sulphur, LA (rebuilding homes destroyed by Hurricane Katrina) We will be housed by the Port Sulphur Baptist Church and are looking forward to meeting the local people and experiencing the beauty of Louisiana's wetlands. We'll celebrate the end of our work week with a day and night in New Orleans.