- Africa – Rwanda
Serve in the heart of Africa and experience God’s unfailing love. Take time to absorb His world. Listen to kids joyfully sing to God, pray with those who have HIV/AIDS, be humbled by the widows who are rebuilding their lives, embrace the orphans, dance freely with youth, play sports with the streetkids, and worship wholeheartedly with our brothers and sisters. Although the aftermath of the 1994 Genocide has left the Rwandese with struggles in loss, poverty, and building the future, there has been forgiveness, redemption and hope. We are privileged to walk alongside and encourage them in the love that God has for all of us and in turn, their faithful spirit for life blesses us. In God’s eyes, Rwanda is not forgotten.
- Cambodia -
2008 information download
Cambodia is one of the rare countries in Asia that has been ravaged by civil war and poverty. During the Khmer Rouge regime, over 1.5 million people were killed, leaving 42.8% of the population now under the age of 14. One out of five people in the population are children who have seen killings, death and sickness for much of their childhood and have little hope in life. Our vision is to bring the hope and joy of Christ to them in any way possible. Come and invest in the next generation so that they will grow up knowing that they are dearly loved by God.
- China
- Hubei
Love English Summer Camp: - 2008 information download
“God’s love, as seen in us.” For 6 days, you’ll share His love and values through cultivating friendships with high school students in Hubei, while teaching them basic oral English skills. The students come from some of the best high schools in the region and three will be over 250 of them! Therefore, we need your help! Serve as an English teacher, a teaching assistant, or give us administration and technical support. Training sessions in evangelizing and teaching will be held before we go, so experience isn’t a must – just a love for Him and His people are needed.
- Xining
Xining is the capital city of Qinghai province in the Northwest region of China, formerly a gateway to the ancient Silk Road. Xining still boasts a diverse population, including Han, Hui, Tibetan, Manchu, Tu, Salar, and Mongol peoples. Very few Hui, Salar and Tibetan have every heard the Gospel. They are thought to be the largest people groups without a single known Christian fellowship. We will be presenting the Easter message to children and student of ethnic minorities, engaging university students in Bible study, visiting missionaries in the rural areas. Come and join us in these exciting activities as well as prayer walking, English teaching, cultural exchange, Easter service on the mountain and praying for the unreached groups of Qinghai.
- Mongolia
Help bring relief and joy to the poor and homeless children of Ulaanbaatar, Outer Mongolia. Each summer, teams from Hong Kong travel to Ulaanbaatar for one to two weeks to participate in outreach in the city and to put on a summer camp for the children there. We travel to camp located several hours outside the city to show the love of Christ by providing fun activities along with companionship, free playtime, and medical care. Team members can then decide to participate in projects within Ulaanbaatar, such as classes at the community centre, family visits, etc, for a second week along with a time of sightseeing and shopping. The second week is optional for each team participant.
- India
We will be visiting the Touch of Mercy Children’s Home in Visakhapantnam (Southern India). The funding to start this home and sponsors to run it cam from Island ECC. We will also visit the DaySpring Children’s Home near Chennai in Andhra Pradash, India. There will be opportunities to interact with the children at both homes through play, teaching and Christmas celebrations. You can also help to feed nearly 4, 000 villagers Christmas dinner, lead Bible training classes for local Christian workers, pray with the poor, and conduct night meetings in the Hindu villages.
- Philippines with International Care Ministries (ICM)
We have been serving the very poor in the slums in the Philippines since 1992. Working on the island of Negros, Bohoi, and Mindanao, we are able to come along peole who live in desperate circumstances. This trip is focused on showing those who attend what the needs are in these slum areas and how we are making a difference. The weekend will be very full with visits to Open Air Medical Clinics, Feeding Programs, possibly a crusade, meeting one-on-one with recipients of Special Medical Case Funds, and spending time with International Care Ministries.
- Indonesia
In Yogyakarta, we will be visiting the school and dormitory of Evangelical Theological Seminary of Indonesia (ETSI). While in Yogyakarta, we will also be spending time with people whose lives have been affected by the earthquake. In Nias, we will participate in vision sharing and visit the ministry in Medan, Aceh, founded by the ETSI.
In addition, we will be visiting a project that we helped to fund in aid of the tsunami victims. The purpose of this trip is to encourage by fellowshipping, sharing and praying.
- Laos
More to come