Kenya Mission - Presbyterian Men in the Synod of the Mid-Atlantic

Kenya Mission

Join us on this exciting mission trip

June 1—June 12, 2010

We have room for twelve participants. If you are interested in participating with us please let us know as soon as possible so that we can reserve a space for you. Each of us will pay our own expenses. The current estimated cost per participant is $3400.00. The cost is based on departure from either Dulles or Philadelphia Airport. The estimated cost assumes air tickets would be purchased by March 2010. You would be expected to get inoculations depending on your individual needs. (Download a Mission Brochure)

The price includes the following:

round trip air travel to/from Nairobi
hostel lodging & food
internal transportation
bottled water
safari all inclusive and optional MedJetAssist insurance.

Synod men build a church in Kenya

Purpose of Mission

The Synod of Mid Atlantic Men’s Council has set a goal of raising $8,000 to cover the cost of building and furnishing a new chapel in Kenya. In addition, we will plant and commemorate 1000 trees throughout Kenya.

Stu and Linda Ross are Outreach Foundation Eastern African Consultants. They divide their time between Kikuyu, Africa and San Antonio, TX.

The Outreach Foundation is a mission outreach partner with the PC(USA) and with Presbyterian Men in the MidAtlantic Sonod. Stu and Linda will be our onsite advisors. They will handle all the daily logistics to assure our trip will be meaningful, enriching, and successful.

This mission trip will offer the participants an opportunity to meet, work with and experience the people and culture of Kenya. We will end our trip with a safari to the Masai Mara game preserve.

Trees for Kenya

Kenya is on the verge of a national catastrophe because ninety-eight percent of the original ancient forest has been decimated due to over-logging and poaching. The loss of green has had a detrimental effect on the environment. Water levels in lakes and streams are dropping and the Sahara Desert is encroaching at a rate of twenty to twenty-five miles a year. Presently there is a moratorium on logging and stricter enforcement of poachers. There is also an increased effort to educate the Kenyan populace about the ecological ramifications of deforestation.

In response to this crisis, the Presbyterian University staff and students in Kikuyu, Kenya, have begun planting trees. We wish to expand on their idea and therefore are offering trees for Kenya. (Download a Mission Brochure)

Monetary donations of any size are accepted and appreciated.

Mission Statement

To work with, listen to and learn from our Kenyan brothers and sisters in Christ in a way that we share the abundance of God’s love for all people, so that together, we will be enriched and strengthened by the Holy Spirit.

For More Information

Please contact one of the following:

Synod of the Mid-Atlantic

Men’s Council President

Ron Crick

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(302)239-9319

Synod of the Mid-Atlantic

Men’s Council Director of Mission

Wayne Smith

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Synod of the Mid-Atlantic

Men’s Council Treasurer

Ken Krall

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