Monday, May 07, 2007

summer missions trip to the dominican republic.


This summer our family will be heading down to the Dominican Republic for a work week. It has been a dream of ours to be able to go on a missions trip together as a family and this year is our first opportunity to do so. Melissa, Aubrey and I are heading down to the DR with a group of young adults and high school students. The team is scheduled to leave July 29th and we will be returning August 6th. Many of you know that we have had missions on our hearts for a long time. We attended “Next Steps” with Crossworld Missions in the spring of ’05 and felt God asking us to step out in prayer and faith to see where he may be leading us. God has given us an opportunity to not only minister to the hearts of the Dominicans this summer, but also effect the lives of our student teammates that we will be working with in preparation for this trip. The team will first go to Nagua and pass out school supplies and then work on a construction project in Santiago. We are excited to see where God is moving and join him wherever we can.

We would like to ask for your support. It will cost our family $2000 to make this trip and we need to have all our funds raised by the end of MAY! This is a huge step of faith for us, as we are trusting God to provide the finances to allow us to go. If you feel led to support us financially checks can be sent to:

Calvary Fellowship Church
Attn:Pastor Scott Pollock
95 W. Devon Dr. Downingtown, PA 19335

Checks should be payable to CALVARY FELLOWSHIP CHURCH with a small “post-it” stuck on them that says “DR TRIP: The O’Malley’s”. (The memo section of the checks are supposed to be left blank.)

Please pray as we prepare for the trip and while we are there. Pray for the language barriers as Melissa and I try to remember how to speak Spanish (by the way thanks mom-mom and granddad for the lessons). Pray for team unity and safety in travel and as we work. Pray that lives will be changed as a result of this trip. Pray that we will be able to trust the lord with our worries as we take our little girl to another part of the world. (This is slightly out of our parenting “comfort zone”.)

THANKS

MATT, MISSY, and little Aubrey too.

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