Dear
Friends and Family,
We are excited to announce that our
family of four is taking a missions trip to the Dominican Republic in
June. That’s right, we are taking the
kids to a foreign country for a week along with several other families from our
church. We are super excited and feel
that God has put the Dominican people on our hearts for a reason.
Our church has spent the last four
years building relationships with friends in the DR. These people don’t need us at all – in fact,
they are probably better at building houses and telling people about Jesus than
we are, but what they do want and desire is a community that pours into them
and supports them. That’s the kind of
relationship our church has built and what we desire to support.
Our hope is that we can expose Case
& Siahna to people in need and instill in them a heart for giving and caring for others. We
desire to be a family on mission and this is one way we can demonstrate that
desire. We also hope to be changed and
to grow in our faith.
We will be traveling to the city of
Puerto Plata and will partner with a church called A Light on the Road Church, in the neighborhood that used to be called Aguas Negras (“Black water” – which is a slang term
that basically means “sewage”). Such a nickname
does not reflect the beautiful simplicity and love that the people from our
church have experienced in this community. In fact, the community leaders have chosen a new name for themselves: Nuevo Renacer. Which means, "New Birth". We seek to serve alongside and
learn from this sister church community as they also seek holistic redemption
and restoration in their community.
One of
the areas we hope to serve in while there is a boys and girls club that focuses
on creating positive outlets for youth to dream about living life abundantly
inside and out of the slum community.
There is also a sewing shop and co-op that generates income for the
community and elementary school that we will be able to work with and purchase
many of their products to help support the work they do within their
community. Our sister church there has
started an elementary school for the community and we may have the opportunity
to work and interact with students in different capacities including Vacation
Bible School.
While we are very excited to be
taking this trip there are also some risks that we take as well as we travel to
another country with young children. We
ask for your prayers in the following areas (as well as those we can’t think of
right now):
*protection while we travel and
while we are in the DR.
*that Case & Siahna will have
soft hearts for those in need and will come home with an appreciation for what they have and a desire to help others
less fortunate.
*that we will have open hearts and
will change the way we see the world.
We also ask that you prayerfully
consider supporting us financially. We
need to raise about $5000 to help cover training, travel, and expenses while we
are in the DR. If you are interested in
partnering in this way, please do the following:
*Make your check out to: Denver
Community Church
*Memo Line: Jeff & Shannon
Anderson
*Fill out the Missions Donation Form (at bottom) and return along with your check to the church.
c/o DR Trip Donation
1101 S. Washington St.
Denver, CO 80210
All
donations are tax deductible – please make sure to return the Missions Donation
Form with your check.
Thank you so much for your prayers
for our family as we take this journey together. If you are interested in more of our story
and how we felt God confirming we should go on this trip, please visit
Shannon’s blog at: http://mamashanners.blogspot.com/2013/03/two-stories-collide.html
Jeff,
Shannon, Case & Siahna Anderson
Denver Community Church
Missions Donations Form
I would like to make a one-time contribution by check for a
total of $___________
Please designate my gifts to the Missions Fund of Denver
Community Church and allocate my donation to Jeff & Shannon Anderson
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