My crazy readers- are you ready for an adventure? I have TWO new trips to share with you… join me in 2012 making a difference in the life of an orphan. Are you longing to visit orphans in Haiti or Ethiopia and Uganda?
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Trip 1:
I love Haiti!! I’m so thrilled to lead a trip with Visiting Orphans in 2012 to Port-au-Prince and Pignon, Haiti!! This trip will be an adventure for 10 days with my dear friend, Steve Ijames aka Jack Bauer! Wait till you hear more about my new co-leader!! His expertise and connections in PAP are like rock star status – God has used this man in a mighty way in Haiti. Together, we will lead our team safely through this incredible country to minister and visit orphans! Steve and I have traveled 2 times together to Haiti, but he has lead trips for years all over Haiti. Let’s max out this trip and give hope in Haiti 2012! FYI- you can apply now!
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“Hope in Haiti” 10 Day Trip
Dates: January 20-30, 2012
Leader: Kari Gibson & Steve Ijames
Location: Port-au-Prince & Pignon, Haiti
Team Size: 20 persons max
Cost: $2400-$2700 (trip total varies depending on flight and travel insurance costs) Details:
Join My Crazy Adoption blogger, Kari Gibson celebrating her 45th birthday on a 10 day missions adventure to Haiti. I’m thrilled to have Steve Ijames (aka Jack Bauer) co-leading with me to Haiti.
Port-Au-Prince portion:
This team will spend the first few days visiting 2 orphanage partners in PAP. Children Household of Tomorrow Orphanage is located right in the heart of PAP and is home to 44 children. This orphanage more than doubled in size after the earthquake and is in desperate need of assistance. Well Being Orphanage is located just outside the city in an area called Croix de Bouquette and is home to 30 children. These children are currently living in large tent on the property that is owned by the family members of the woman who cares for these kids – they have been living there since the earthquake destroyed the original orphanage. We will also minister to the children, as well as bring supplies needed to care for them.
Orphanage Haiti Home of Hope portion:
We will venture out of the city, up to the mountainous village of Pignon where we will live and minister for five days with Kari’s good friends, Bill and Jennifer Campbell at their orphanage, Haiti Home of Hope (HHH) The children range in age from 2 to 17 years old with special needs, children who were former slaves, those who were abused, one who is terminal, and those that almost died from simple starvation. They are all beautiful and loving princesses and princes! They enjoy crafts, games, and being loved on. We have a projector, and can have a big movie night, under the stars, with popcorn and the works! Our goal at HHH is to bring up children in a Godly manner, and stop the cycle of ignorance, abuse, and poverty.
Clinic of Pignon portion:
The team will also serve at the clinic with Family VBS- devotions, prayer, and singing. “We have had a number of voodoo practicing families come to know Christ, after hearing the Word in clinic, and the change in their lives is amazing- HHH” We will prepare a big meal for all the clinic families, and serve them and minister to them… providing seed packets, formula, and diapers!
Village of Pignon portion:
We will have the opportunity to minister to the village of Pignon! Home visits are a great way to find out specific needs and specific ways to help individuals. The Campbells have finished building houses for widows, put roofs homes to keep the rain out, passed out medicines, saved children from slavery, prevented children from becoming slaves, found sick and injured and taken them to hospitals. Making home visits is vital for HHH.
(Johnny Fig and me in Haiti- he was injured in the earthquake!)
Trip 2:
Julie and I have dreamed of leading a trip together to Ethiopia! We have been friends for over 13 years and both have adopted children from Addis Ababa! We can’t wait to visit orphans all over this beautiful country with a Visiting Orphans team ready to man up 4 the fatherless! You can apply now for this amazing trip!
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“Simply Love Ethiopia and Uganda” 14 Day Trip
Dates: June 7-20, 2012
Leaders: Kari Gibson & Julie Neal
Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Jijna and Kampala, Uganda
Team Size: 30 persons max
Cost: $3200 – $3400 (trip total varies depending on flight and travel insurance costs)
Details:
Join My Crazy Adoption blogger, Kari Gibson and her best friend, Julie Neal on a 12 day missions adventure to Africa. Together, they are leading a team to minister in Ethiopia and will make sure your time is both powerful for the orphans and immeasurably life-changing for you!
The team will be working for several days in Addis Ababa with Project 61 for extreme needy children living in the Korah city dump… VBS, community BBQ, Home Makeovers, Leper Hospital, and more. We will have a special outreach at Baer Essentials (rural Dahley) outside the city, as well as an excursion to Negash Lodge to see the beauty of rural Ethiopia. We will have the incredible opportunity to celebrate the inauguration of the Dig Deep Well in Chucko Weyama (Neal Family Project) with A Glimmer of Hope. We will visit the community and share in their joy of living with clean water! The team will also minister at two Govt Orphanages [ages infants to teens] as well as visit Fistula Hospital for an exclusive tour of the center and the courageous women featured in the movie “A Walk To Beautiful.” Just for fun- donkey races and bowling! [Itinerary subject to change]
UGANDA:
We will work with Sixty Feet ministry and live at Canaan’s Children’s Home. The relationships and ministry opportunities will be life-changing!! More details to come!
We are looking for men, women, and teens who want to Man Up 4 orphans!
Trust steadily in God, hope unswervingly, love extravagantly. And the best of the three is LOVE. (1 Cor. 13:13)
Videos to View:
Dig Deep Project
Village of Korah
May 5th, 2011 at 5:38 PM
Hi Kari, My daughter and I are going to apply for the mission trip to Ethiopia 2012. I was curious, we sponsor 2 children in Ethiopia, one through the Children’s HopeChest and the other through Compassion. They’re both located in the Kombolocha area, will we be visting that area???? I didn’t get to visit our sponsor child when we went to Ethiopia in 2010 for the adoption of our little girl, so I was hoping we might get to see both of them this time…I’m sending the headbands and bows out tomorrow…Take care and God Bless!!!
May 5th, 2011 at 6:21 PM
Hi Kari-
I have been dreaming of going on a mission trip since I graduated high school. I am hesitant only b/c I’m such a worrier. I know God is wanting to go and minister to orphans and I keep thinking He will lay the perfect trip on my lap and I’ll just know that is the perfect trip for me. But, honestly I am starting to think if I will just commit, any trip I choose will be perfect for me and God will speak to me, showing me ways to help.
Blessings
Rachel
http://www.growinguprodgers.blogspot.com
May 6th, 2011 at 1:39 AM
Hi Kari,
I would love to go on a mission trip and nearly took the plunge and registered for one this summer. Then the doubting came. My husband and I are wanting to try to start a biological family (we also hope to adopt) and my worry is that when I return I will not at all be in the mindset to have a biological child soon after. This would be devestating to my husband. For now, I am trusting in the Lord and letting him guide how and when we grow our family.
Thanks for sharing your blog!
Sarah
May 8th, 2011 at 9:42 AM
I’m so excited reading your hearts for missions!!
April- we’ll talk all that wonderful stuff soon:) I will start a FB group in July for our 2012 trip! xoxo
Rachel- I PRAY it’s one of the trips I will lead:)) Keep praying!
Sarah, I encourage you to pray about going on a mission trip and also allowing God’s timing to be perfect in your lives!!!
May 9th, 2011 at 11:13 PM
This is Jennifer from the Haiti Home of Hope Orphanage in Pignon, Haiti. I am so excited to have Kari and Steve heading up this group. There is so much going on here, everyone has something to offer that we need. Whether it is painting a wall, mentoring an adolescent, or rocking a baby, there is something you can do here. Let God use you, and watch and see how he changes you!
June 14th, 2011 at 1:25 PM
I was in Ethiopia last summer with a team from Mocha Club, and there is no place I feel more at home that Addis. And have been praying for a way to go back there in 2012. Is your trip for 2012, already full?
June 15th, 2011 at 7:44 PM
Kari,
Just realized that I didnt put my name in my previous comment.
I was in Ethiopia last summer with a team from Mocha Club, and there is no place I feel more at home that Addis. And have been praying for a way to go back there in 2012. Is your trip for 2012, already full?
June 19th, 2011 at 12:23 AM
Hi! I just got home, yesterday, from a mission trip with Visiting Orphans in Chenzhou, China, and I feel the calling to go love the little orphans in other places, I am curious about the Africa trip you have going. I’m in school so I can’t go to Haiti. I’m hoping my hubby or mom will come with me, how many spots do you have open still? Can I apply with out paying the deposit? I need to pray about this trip, but on my China trip I didn’t decide to go until last minute so I Was stressed getting everything done in time, so I just wanted to see if I could get part of the process started. Thank you Katie
August 15th, 2011 at 8:06 AM
hi Kari,
I am very interested in the trip to Haiti, but I am only 16. Ever since I heard about the earthquake, I felt the need to go to Haiti to do whatever God has for me to do. I tried to join the red cross, but because of my age and lack of a chapperone I couldn’t go. Is it possible for me to join you on this trip to Haiti, without an adult with me? thanks -Hope