Do you wan to be among the first students and staff to go to our new partnership location Guayaquil, Ecuador? On the January Vision trip you’ll have the chance to visit the campuses, meet and share your faith with students in Guayaquil, and help lay the groundwork for movements to be launched among the students there.
The dates for the trip are January 10th – 16th. We won’t have the final cost until some more arrangements have been made but right now we estimate a cost of $1350 which includes plane ticket, lodging, food, insurance, and in country transportation.
If you’d like to go you can fill out the online registration and application using the link below. Registration/Applications can be filled out from November 15 – November 29th. You should receive word of your acceptance decision within three days of completing the application. Once you receive your acceptance you’ll need to pay a $200 deposit by December 1 so that we can secure plane tickets. It would be wise to apply as soon as possible so that you have as much time as possible to talk to your parents about going and to raise support for the trip.
From Genesis to Revelation, God’s heart for seeing people from every tongue, tribe, and nation be blessed and come to know him is evident. Campus Crusade for Christ exists to help fulfill Jesus’ Great Commission to make disciples of all nations. One of the ways we carry this out is by forming partnerships with cities and campuses overseas. This fall we’re asking our Chicago Metro staff and student leaders to seek the Lord about where we should partner. After a process of considering a list of worldwide priority locations for partnership and gathering information, the choices have been narrowed down to four locations: Kingston Jamaca, Guayaquil Ecuador, Lusaka Zambia, and Rome Italy.
Our Chicago Directors have now met with student leadership teams all over Chicago and have shared about the 5 stages of partnership (explained in the video below) and the potential partnership locations information document. At our October 17th Servant Team Meeting we’ll be getting together as Chicago Metro students and staff to select our next partnership. Between now and then we want all of you to be seeking God about where we should go as well as what part you should play in taking the Gospel to the World. We’re specifically seeking students who would commit to being forerunners, students who would go to our partnership location at least once over the next two years. We’re hoping to provide several opportunities to go (an early January Vision Trip, Spring Break Trips, and a Summer Project).
We’d also love to get some conversation going about where we should go. Please use the comments section of this post as well as the discussion thread we’ve started on Facebook to share your thoughts and how you see God leading us as we pray.
There are two new and exciting opportunities for you to get involved in sharing the love of Christ with the people of Haiti suffering from the damage done by the recent earthquake.
First, this summer there will be three Hope for Haiti Summer Conferences. Plans have been confirmed for us to send 120-150 students this summer to Haiti on one of three summer conferences. We will partner with Haiti CCC/GAIN USA and other local ministries and churches. CCC Haiti has 35 acres (and acquiring an addition 15) just 12 miles from the city center of Port au Prince. It is located in the area called Chambrun. The government is in the process of relocating 100,000 IDP (Internally Displaced People) within a near distance to this land. On the property there is a girl’s school, orphanage, church and warehouse where GAIN USA had already stored containers and supplies and to where more are being shipped.
