Argentina
Coordinator: Don Newman 704-938-5040 dnewmankt4ts@hotmail.com
Orientation: TBA
Project: TBA
Location: TBA
Team 3 Feb. 2010 (TBA) TBA $2,700

Belize
Coordinator: Tim Spradley 336-906-5652 churchstuff4alison@yahoo.com
Orientation: Nov. 21, 2009, 10 a.m. Mocksville UMC
Project: Belama Project
Location: Belize City
Team Project: This team will install a roof for a new church. It will give the congregation in this rural community a central place of worship. The community currently has no church and must travel to other parts of Belize City to worship. Church members have already begun the project by their own efforts and are dedicated to seeing its completion. Job location is a 30-minute van ride from the airport. Meals will be prepared by team members. Housing will be a local motel, with a 10 minute walk to the job site.
Team 5 Feb. 10–22, 2010 Tim Spradley $1,400

Chile
Don Newman 704-938-5040 dnewmankt4ts@hotmail.com
Orientation: TBA
Project: TBA
Location: TBA
Team 8 Feb. 2010 (TBA) TBA $2,700

Costa Rica
Coordinator: Keys Pendleton 336-442-8892 PastorKeys@PleasantGroveUMC.org
Orientation: Nov. 7, 2009, 10 a.m., Concord UMC, Catawba, NC
Project: Iglesia Evangelica Metodista Dios Es Amor
Location: Canas
This project is to provide a church building for the growing congregation of Iglesia Evangelica Metodista Dios Es Amor. They rent the building they are in now and it is too small for them. The building team needs to do columns, bond beams and block walls. The site is about one hour from the airport in Liberia. The team will be in a motel close to the building site. Church is to provide meals for the team. The temperature is hot during the day and cooler at night.
Team 9 Jan. 16–30, 2010 R. Sailors $1,300
Team 10 Jan. 30–Feb. 13, 2010 M. Duncan $1,300

Project: Emanuel Evangelical Methodist Church
Location: Guadalupe
This team will finish walls, put in tile flooring and possibly put in steps to second floor. The purpose of this project is to provide a home for the pastor and his family. The team will be staying on site. This project is about 30 minutes from the airport. The team will sleep in dorm type rooms. Meals will be provided by pastor’s wife.
Team 11 Jan. 30–Feb. 13, 2010 D. Pryor $1,300

Project: Eglesia Fresca Uncion
Location: Esparza
This team will start a building for a shelter for abused women, beginning with the footings and block walls. This site will also need some electrical work in existing buildings. Minister has requested Vacation Bible School to be taught. This provides a safe Christian haven for abused
women for the Puntarenas area. This is the only Methodist Church in the Puntarenas District.
The site is 2 hours from airport in San Jose. Meals will be provided by church members and sleeping arrangements will be the classrooms.
Team 12 Feb. 7–20, 2010 B. Latta, Jr. $1,300

Project: Hauri Community
Location: LaFortuna
The team will dig and pour footing, tie rebar, lay block walls, construct columns and bond beams for new cassrooms. Te congregation is growing and needs classrooms – this is not a Methodist congregation, but a group room the Sherrills Ford area has been working on this site for a number of years and requested our help this year. This is a great opportunity to expand the Kingdom of God by working ecumenically The team will stay at John Otte’s Camp, Camp Fishhook. Meals will be provided at the camp. Distance from the airport is about 3 hours. This location is close to Arenal Volcano.
Team 13 Jan. 10–25, 2010 W. Hubbard $1,300

Project: Fuente de Vida
Location: Las Juntas
The team will install drop ceilings, soundproof the church walls and enlarge the upstairs
classroom space. We need to put in columns, bond beams and fl ooring for upstairs rooms, to meet Costa Rica laws for noise pollution. Churches in Costa Rica are being forced to meet these laws or be closed by the government. The site is 2 hours from the airport, in a small town setting. Meals provided by the church. The church has a masonry contractor who works with the team.
Team 14 Jan. 16–30, 2010 G. Gordan $1,300

Cuba
Coordinator: Philip Wingeier-Rayo 704-219-6718 Phil.Wingeier@fsmail.pfeiffer.edu
Orientation: TBA/Christ UMC, Statesville
Project: To be assigned by the Cuban bishop
Location: Somewhere in Cuba
Specific work is unknown at this time. This trip is not for the light-hearted, first-time volunteers or youth under the age of 18. It is for those with an open heart to love, serve, and minister in the midst of great hardship and difficult challenges. This trip will help us to remain in relationship
with a church that is often isolated and faces great emotional and material hardships. You can expect a very warm climate, good hearty meals and unpredictable sleeping accommodations. Do NOT expect to follow U.S. standards for construction techniques and tools.

Guatemala
Coordinator: John Hodgin 336-362-0163 jhodgin3@triad.rr.com
Orientation: Nov. 7, 2009, 10 a.m./ Rehobeth UMC, Greensboro
Project: Sanctuary at Potrero Viejo
Location: Town of Potrero Viejo, Quiche Province
Teams will continue work on the new sanctuary building started last year by VIM volunteers. Work will consist of block work, leveling the floor for concrete and possibly roofing. This church has grown from 60 members to over 300 members in just a few years and needs the larger building. Members of the church have worked side by side with our teams to accomplish this task. Team members will stay at the church in the old sanctuary. Bathrooms and showers are onsite. Meals will be cooked by local VIM personnel. Church is in the mountains at high altitude and teams need to acclimate. After arriving in Guatemala, teams will spend the night in a hotel on the way to the site. Remote with rustic living conditions, but in a beautiful, pastoral setting.
Team 16 Jan. 20–Feb. 1, 2010 Brad Ehrhardt $1,200
Team 17 Feb. 12–22, 2010 John Hodgin $1,200
Team 18 March 6–14, 2010 Dana McKim $1,200

Project: Sanctuary at Potrero Viejo
Location: Town of Potrero Viejo, Quiche Province
Work is a continuation of the above project. The difference is that this is the designated youth team. Young people are encouraged to choose this team if they are interested in mission but they are younger than the required age of 16.
Orientation: Feb. 20, 2010, 10 a.m. Myers Memorial UMC, Gastonia
Team 19 (Youth) June 2010 (TBA) L. Suggs $1,200

Honduras
Coordinator: Tim Spradley 336-906-5652 churchstuff4alison@yahoo.com
Orientation: Nov. 21, 2009, 10 a.m./ First UMC, Mocksville, NC
Project: Iglesia Metodista de Colonia San Miguel
Location: El Paraiso
This team will build the second story of a church building, with classrooms and a sanctuary. Some team members will provide VBS and snacks for the local children. This project will give the congregation in this rural community a central place of worship. Until the lower level was complete last year, this congregation met in a location that provided no electricity or water. Sunday school is still being held outside. This building will also be used for the Becas con Bendiciones program that provides sponsorship to children who cannot afford school. The job site is a 10-minute walk from the local motel where team members will stay. Team meals will be provided by locals. It is a 2.5-hour drive to the worksite from Tecucigalpa Airport.
Team 20 Jan. 5-17, 2010 F. Fritts $1,450

Jamaica
Coordinator: Don Routh 336-936-9178 drouth46@roadrunnercom
Orientation: Dec. 4, 2009, 10 a.m./First UMC, Mocksville
Project: Golden Springs Methodist Church
Location: Higgin Town St. Ann
This team will fi nish a church hall. It involves electric work, tile fl oors, doors, windows,
sidewalks, painting, plumbing, tables, chairs, etc. It will be used for local missions and church
events and will also allow church members to more effectively reach out to the community.
Team members should be carpenters, masons, electrical and helpers. Team members will stay in a rented house that has 2 bathrooms and showers. Most will be in beds and others will need air mattresses. Team members will cook their own meals. The bus ride from the airport is 3 hours.
Team 21 Jan. 7–21, 2010, D. Routh $1,200
Team 22 Jan. 21–Feb. 4, 2010, L. Strange $1,200
Team 23 Feb. 4–18, 2010, T. Miller $1,200

Mexico
Coordinator: Sue Trollinger 704-366-5001 jtrollinger@carolina.rr.com
Team leaders will meet with their teams before departure for orientation
Project: Centro Social Mamie Baird Location: Cortazar
The team will continue to work on the school that also serves as a social center to teach young women domestic skills. Work is expected to include finishing out the second fl oor classrooms and the accompanying restrooms. Construction of steps from the first level to the second level may also be included in the work load. This project ranks very high in priority for Bishop Herrera of the Septentrional Conference of the Mexican Methodist Church. The center has long been a project with strong support from this conference in Mexico. Team members will stay in homes of members of the local Methodist church. Cortazar is approximately an hour from the airport in Leon. Members will have breakfast, lunch and dinner at the project site prepared by the local church women.
Team 27 June 15–25, 2010 S. Trollinger $1,200

Project: Templo Sinai Metodista Location: Cerro Gordo
Team will continue work on the fellowship/classroom/parsonage building. The team is expected to do finish work on the second fl oor. This would likely entail plastering and painting walls, pulling electrical wire and installing fi xtures, constructing stairs with two fl ights and a landing at
the lower end of the building. The team may also have to erect a retaining wall at the upper end of the building. This is a poor community with many children. With the completion of this project, the church will have full use of the facilities and the pastor and congregation will better be able to minister to the community. The team will stay in the homes of church members and friends. Cerro Gordo is 50 minutes from the Leon airport. Team members will likely
have breakfast in their host’s homes. Lunch and dinner will be at the project site and will be prepared by women in the church.
Team 28 Feb. 9–19, 2010 M. Cornelius $1,200

Project: Templo Agua Viva Metodista Location: Aguascalientes
Work will continue on the three-story classroom/fellowship/parsonage building. The team is expected to work on the second and third floor levels. This will likely entail plastering and painting, installing doors and windows, installing electrical fi xtures, and setting plumbing fixtures in the parsonage bathroom. If all of the fi nish work is completed, the team can then help with the roof on the church sanctuary. Completion of this building will make it possible for the church to have a full-time ordained minister. This is the only Methodist church in a city of almost one million people. Completion of this building will enable the church to meet the needs of the protestant citizens of the city, especially the children and youth.
Team 29 March 10–24, 2010 G. Elkins $1,300

Project: Iglesia Metodista Emaus
Location: Chetumal
Following the most recent mission trip, the church constructed beams to support the roof. The building team will likely help with the completion of the roof by installing the metal, on which a layer of concrete will be poured. The team may also be involved with interior work such as
plastering, painting walls, pulling electrical wiring, installing fixtures, doors and windows. This is the only Methodist church within hours of Chetumal and is one of the very few protestant churches in the region. The sanctuary, when finished, will be a beautiful worship center that most likely will lead a large number of people to Christ, especially from the neighboring large
residential area. The bus ride from the airport is almost 3 hours. The women on the team will stay in the home of the local Methodist contact person; the men will stay in the cement block building next door that is owned by the church. Breakfast will be in the home where the women are staying. The team leader has the option of having the team prepare its own lunch and
dinner, or having the local church women do it for them. Living facilities will be next door to the state university and the Bay of Chetumal. This area is near sea level and in a somewhat tropical climate. It will be hot and humid during the trip.
Team 30 Jan. 20–Feb. 3, 2010 D. Millsaps $1,300

Nicaragua
Coordinator: Phil Wingeier-Rayo 704-219-6718 Phil.Wingeier@fsmail.pfeiffer.edu
Orientation: TBA/Christ UMC, Salisbury
Project: Esteli Location: Esteli
Team will assist with the building of a church in Esteli, both physically and relationally. The Methodist Church in Nicaragua is a very new denomination with only 12 years of history. It has now expanded to 12 mission churches, but only 7 have their own building. Not only does this project provide an opportunity to help build a church, it also provides a time to build a relationship of mutual encouragement with the Nicaraguan Church.
Team 31 Jan. 11–25, 2010 J. Roseman $1,500

Puerto Rico
Coordinator: Joel Key 336-885-1927 joelfaithkey@juno.com
Orientation: Nov. 22, 2009, 3 p.m./ New Salem UMC, Statesville
Project: Lares Methodist Church Location: Lares
The Lares project is a continuation from the last three years; it will be continued work on their new sanctuary. The construction will be concrete blocks and steel enforced concrete columns. Electrical work as needed. This is the final phase in a long-term building program. It is needed for further growth. The team will be housed in the Seventh Day Adventist Camp. Lares is about a 2-hour drive from the airport in San Juan. The team members will prepare their own meals. Some of the church members will invite the teams to their homes for meals.
Team 34 Jan. 13–27, 2010 J. Key $1,000
Team 35 Jan. 27–Feb. 10, 2010 L. Smith $1,000
Team 36 Feb. 10–24, 2010 J. Hendrix $1,000