Visiting Orphans 2011 Trips
10 DAYS IN ETHIOPIA
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A special note from Kari:
I requested this 10 day trip to open the door wide for working dads, stay at home moms, and individuals that find it challenging to take a 2 week trip due to work schedules and crazy kids:) I want to ask you to pray about joining me and my dear friend, Kelly for an exclusive trip to Ethiopia to serve and love orphans! This trip will fill up fast, so apply today for information at www.visitingorphans.org!! The best is yet to come!
Dates: February 17, 2011 to February 26, 2011
Leaders: Kari Gibson and Kelly Blackwell- both moms have adopted from Ethiopia!!
Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Details: This trip will be spent working with Kid’s Care orphanage, Mother Teresa HIV orphanage, AHope HIV orphanage, children living and working in the Korah city dump and a ministry for street children. We will be packing and delivering formula for many different orphanages. We will also spend the day at Fistula Hospital serving the women documented in A Walk To Beautiful.
This trip is ideal for moms & dads who have a passion for orphans, bloggy friends, individuals, families, and for those interested in taking a small group of people from your church.
Cost: $3000-$3200 (varies depending on flight & individual travel insurance costs)
My crazy bloggy friends, do you want to join me? Leave me a comment or email me if you have ANY questions about the new trip.
A “Shout Out” for the Visiting Orphans Mission Trip to Ghana Aug. 2-12th. They need 5 more people to join the team to make this trip happen!! Thank you Jaime for making this information available to readers!!
Details:
Dates: August 2nd to 12th, 2010
Team Leader: David Sweet
Location: Accra, Ghana
Travel with Visiting Orphans as we visit the “spirit children” of the Northern Region of Ghana, home to the Dagomba tribe. The members of this tribe are considered social outcasts by most Ghanaians because many of them are poor and uneducated. They are farmers who toil day in and day out to eke out a small living by raising crops such as maize and goundnuts (peanuts).
In the mud huts of the Dagomba tribe, death is an unwelcome visitor way too often. There is little or no accessible healthcare and the nearest major health facility is four hours away by bus. Children whose mothers die in childbirth are many times seen as “evil” and are rejected by the father. Multiple births are seen as a bad omen and those children are usually shunned by their mothers and their villages. These are called “spirit children”. Most of the orphanages in the Northern Region care for these “spirit children”, but there are also orphans living in remote mud hut villages. We will visit three of these villages as well.
This tribe is considered an “Unreached People” group, which means that 93% or more have never heard the Gospel. They are Muslim. We will be doing hut-to-hut evangelism, sports evangelism, and orphan care. We will also be helping to paint the local school and deliver school supplies to the children of the Dagomba tribe.
This trip is ideal for individuals, families of older children, and for those interested in taking a small group of people from your local church.
