Westborough youth group to build homes in Mexico
By Sue Wambolt, Contributing Writer
A group of students and leaders from Chapel of the Cross arrive in Ensenada, Mexico, to serve the people there. (Photo/courtesy Bethany Needham)
Westborough – On July 30, after months of fundraising and planning, a group of 31 students and leaders from Chapel of the Cross arrived in Ensenada, Mexico. The mission of this Student Ministries Mission Trip is to build two houses with Homes of Hope, a Christian organization with a vision to meet the needs and change the lives of others. The group will also help to further along the daycare/orphanage project that they worked on last summer and participate in local outreach using dramas, music and dancing.
For Director of Student Ministries Bethany Needham, this trip holds personal significance.
“My own children will be serving alongside me for their first international mission trip, which is a dream come true,” Needham said. “I have dreamed of serving internationally since my first mission trip when I was 15 and this trip will be the first international mission trip I have ever led. Last summer I fell in love with the people in Ensenada and I am beyond excited to have the opportunity to serve with them again this year.”
Needham hopes that the students who have traveled to Mexico with her come away from this trip realizing that not everyone has the things we often take for granted.
“God can use anyone who is willing to make an impact and change lives,” Needham said. “I honestly hope that none of us comes back the same as we left. I pray that through the people we meet and experiences we share, God will use to transform our lives forever.”
Needham is quickly added that the mission trip to Ensenada is not a one-time event; rather, it represents a relationship. Chapel of the Cross, she said, is always receiving and shipping donations to the people they serve in Ensenada through Mission Adventures (www.ywamsdb.org/mission-adventures) as well as Youth With a Mission (YWAM) San Diego/Baja (www.ywamsdb.org).
For more information on Homes of Hope visit: www. ywamsdb.org/homes-of-hope.
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on Aug 15 2012. Filed under Byline Stories, Stories With Good Photos, Westborough.
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Sue, Thank you so much for this amazing article. I would like to point out a few small errors in the organization information. The Organization that Chapel of the Cross & Bethany came with is actually called YWAM (Youth With a Mission) San Diego/Baja (www.ywamsdb.org) and the ministry is Mission Adventures (www.ywamsdb.org/mission-adventures) & Homes of Hope (www.ywamsdb.org/homes-of-hope).
Just want to make sure that this is corrected because the links you currently have actually redirect to a completely different organization. (although the ywam.org is the international YWAM link which is the same organization, ours is just one of the specific locations).
Hopefully this all makes sense. Again, thank you so much for this amazing article & bringing light to all the work going on in Ensenada.