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As some of you know I have been working on becoming a missionary with the LAM for some time now and for the few of you who have been walking alongside me during the past year or so (you know who you are) as I worked on filling out the application and so on you know firsthand what God has put on my heart and how important it is for me to take the next step to solidify the "missionary call".
I am raising money to attend the Orientation and Training event with Latin America Mission in January 2012. You can learn more at http://chrisdavignon.chipin.com/orientation-and-training-with-lam
To learn more about LAM (Latin America Mission) go over to http://www.lam.org
The LAM Orientation and Training conference is part of a long application process and begging invited to the event is simply part of that process. Therefore I have not been given an appointment nor have I been asked to join the LAM at this time. Rather the LAM Orientation and Training conference will give me an opportunity to solidify a calling to missions and to clarify what might be the next step in my spiritual and life journey. During the event I will receive training in ministry essentials which I can use later in life, whether I deploy with the LAM or not, such as
• What a call to missions is and means
• Cross-cultural adaptation and ministry
• Spiritual resilience
• Coping skills for dealing with stress
• Basics of Latin American culture
No matter what happens after the conference in January I along with others can benefit from what I learn at the Orientation. LAM's Orientation is required for all missionary candidates so that the LAM as well as the candidate can learn more about each other including but not limited to allowing the candidate learn more about the LAM, and for the LAM staff to evaluate each candidate , and for appropriate training to begin.
Money:
The cost of the LAM Orientation and Training conference is about $500.00 USD yet this could go up.
Air travel: estimated at around 500.00 USD
Hotel: 59 per night for 3 - 7 nights estimated at 177 to 413 USD
Other unseen cost: estimated at 400 - 800 USD
=an estimated cost of about $2,213
+ 287.00 USD to help cover a cost outside the above such as the possibility of something costing a little more such as hotel or air travel cost.
I have set my goal to raise $2,500 USD to allow me to go to the event. However, that does not mean I plain on speeding the full 2,500. I have only set that as a goal to cover unseen cost that cannot be predicted at this time and to make sure that I have all the funds need to attend.
I will not be using any founds from this personal found raiser for anything other than to help me cover the cost of attending the conference. However, if I have any founds remaining after attending the event in January or if I am unable to attended due to sickness and or other events that our outside my control and I would have the opportunity to attend in the summer of the same year then the funds will be held onto to pay for the later date event. Yet, if ant anytime between now and the January event it becomes clear that I will not be attending due to a personal decision and or otherwise then any founds that I have raised up to that point I will donate to a project to help fight poverty in the developing world and as will be so with any leftover founds from this personal found raiser if there are any such founds after I attend the event.
Feel free to head over to my blog { http://www.cdavignon.com/blog/ } for updates, pray request, and my story on how I have gotten to this stage in my spiritual and life journey. (My story is not yet posted but will be early this coming week. 23/5/2011)
In Christ
Chris
Pray about supporting me with pray for pray is more important than any money.
If you have any questions and or would like to take me on as a a "project" send me a email or feel free to give me a call.
I am raising money to attend the Orientation and Training event with Latin America Mission in January 2012. You can learn more at http://chrisdavignon.chipin.com/orientation-and-training-with-lam
To learn more about LAM (Latin America Mission) go over to http://www.lam.org
The LAM Orientation and Training conference is part of a long application process and begging invited to the event is simply part of that process. Therefore I have not been given an appointment nor have I been asked to join the LAM at this time. Rather the LAM Orientation and Training conference will give me an opportunity to solidify a calling to missions and to clarify what might be the next step in my spiritual and life journey. During the event I will receive training in ministry essentials which I can use later in life, whether I deploy with the LAM or not, such as
• What a call to missions is and means
• Cross-cultural adaptation and ministry
• Spiritual resilience
• Coping skills for dealing with stress
• Basics of Latin American culture
No matter what happens after the conference in January I along with others can benefit from what I learn at the Orientation. LAM's Orientation is required for all missionary candidates so that the LAM as well as the candidate can learn more about each other including but not limited to allowing the candidate learn more about the LAM, and for the LAM staff to evaluate each candidate , and for appropriate training to begin.
Money:
The cost of the LAM Orientation and Training conference is about $500.00 USD yet this could go up.
Air travel: estimated at around 500.00 USD
Hotel: 59 per night for 3 - 7 nights estimated at 177 to 413 USD
Other unseen cost: estimated at 400 - 800 USD
=an estimated cost of about $2,213
+ 287.00 USD to help cover a cost outside the above such as the possibility of something costing a little more such as hotel or air travel cost.
I have set my goal to raise $2,500 USD to allow me to go to the event. However, that does not mean I plain on speeding the full 2,500. I have only set that as a goal to cover unseen cost that cannot be predicted at this time and to make sure that I have all the funds need to attend.
I will not be using any founds from this personal found raiser for anything other than to help me cover the cost of attending the conference. However, if I have any founds remaining after attending the event in January or if I am unable to attended due to sickness and or other events that our outside my control and I would have the opportunity to attend in the summer of the same year then the funds will be held onto to pay for the later date event. Yet, if ant anytime between now and the January event it becomes clear that I will not be attending due to a personal decision and or otherwise then any founds that I have raised up to that point I will donate to a project to help fight poverty in the developing world and as will be so with any leftover founds from this personal found raiser if there are any such founds after I attend the event.
Feel free to head over to my blog { http://www.cdavignon.com/blog/ } for updates, pray request, and my story on how I have gotten to this stage in my spiritual and life journey. (My story is not yet posted but will be early this coming week. 23/5/2011)
In Christ
Chris
Pray about supporting me with pray for pray is more important than any money.
If you have any questions and or would like to take me on as a a "project" send me a email or feel free to give me a call.
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