(UPDATED 4/6/2024)
Items that groups can bring:
- Items for children
- Good Shoes and tennis shoes, starting at child size 6
- New Undergarments-socks, underwear, bras, white undershirts
- Personal hygiene products- deodorant, lotion, shampoo, hair stuff, etc.
- Good Kitchen dish towels
- Sheets - Twin size.
- Sports equipment (dodge balls, basketballs, soccer balls, tether balls, team vests, jump ropes, etc). Balls should be deflated before flight.
- Misc. School Supplies:
- Board Games/Card Games (i.e. UNO)—educational, and if possible, in Spanish, but any are great
- Puzzles
- Ink pens (green, red, and black)
- Colored pencils and markers (slim-line and wide-lined)
- Elmer’s glue
- Glue sticks
- Pencils
- Erasers (all types, Pink Pearl work well) The kids like the type that go on the end of their pencils.
- Paints (squeeze, tempera, or watercolor)
- Play-dough or any kind of modeling clay.
- Construction Paper—all colors and sizes
- Scotch tape
- Scissors, adult and child-sized
- Medical:
- Multivitamins for adults & Chewable multivitamins for kids
- Acne creams and medicines for teens
- Acetaminophen, Ibuprofen, Naproxen, or other pain/arthritis meds for the Mountain Medical Clinic
- Anti-fungus Cream, First Aid Cream or ointment
- Omeprozole
- Antacid tabs and stomach meds like Mylanta and Pepto-Bismol
- Band-aids and large bandages
- Steri-strips (3M skin closures)
- Tools
- Dewalt electrical drills - 20V
- Pliers (various types and sizes)
- Wrenches (various sizes)
- Measuring tapes (both in metric and inches)
- Microphones, sound equipment or instruments for churches (can be used if in good condition)
Other Needs in the ministry:
- Used Pickup Truck for hauling between homes, etc. ($8,000 US)
- School/Education:
- College education funds for 5 full-time students (approx. $150/month per student or $750/month total)
- Funds for 22 High School Students (approx. $100/month per student or $2,000/ total)
- Planting Ministry:
- Spanish Bibles
- Ministry funds for Texcoco church plant – Expansion Christian Church
- Funds for construction of bathrooms
- Assistance with Electricity to new property $1,000
- Assistance with Water to new property $1,000
- Assistance with Vacation Bible School $500-1000 Summer
- Ministry funds for San Vicente church plant – Mission Chicoloapan
- Fund Pastor $450 Month
- Purchase of additional Chairs 25 - $40 each
- Vacation Bible School Funds $1,000 summer
- Ministry Funds for Valley of Hope Christian Church
- Assistance with Vacation Bible School $1,000 Summer
- San Vicente Church
- Construction Funds for San Vicente church - $5,000+
- Funds for Vacation Bible School $1,000 for supplies etc.
- Mountain Church Plants
- Resources to purchase a piece of land next to church in La Libertad $6,500
- Fund a Pastor $500 per month
- Transportation for pastor - $1,800 per year
- 3 Large Screen TV’s for churches ($600 each)
- Vacation Bible School Funds - $1,200 summer for 300-400 kids (in three villages)