Tuesday, January 1, 2019

El Salvador Trip July-August 2019 - Intended Dates

Good News!  Habitat for Humanity El Salvador approved our date request for the 2019 build trip.  The intended dates are:

Saturday, July 27, through Sunday, August 4, 2019

Keep in mind that we might depart Illinois the night before: Friday evening, July 26.

Please prayerfully consider going on the 2019 build trip in service to another El Salvadoran family.  Everyone who goes has good memories, and no regrets.  It will be our 9th annual trip!  We again seek a group of at least 10 people.  The individual cost is about $650 if you are a Thrivent member, and about $1150 if you are not a Thrivent member.  We usually raise enough money for the air fare, and the stated cost above covers everything else.  Keep in mind that if we go, Thrivent donates $8000 to Habitat for Humanity El Salvador - enough for one complete house!  For more information, contact Dean at DeanLOlson@gmail.com

By the way, it's interesting to see from web searches that several other churches and people have traveled to El Salvador and worked with Habitat for Humanity.  Here are a couple of other blogs.

By Jon Gunderson, one of our trip founders (look for Jim Hack and Don Block here):
http://2013-jon-gunderson-el-salvador.blogspot.com/

Messiah Lutheran Church, Madison, Alabama:
http://mlutheran.org/building-getsemani-el-salvador/




Our 2018 Thrivent Habitat Build Group (left to right): Marilyn Dudley, Tolu Perrin-Stowe, Laurie Johnson, Gordon Hack, Nicki Kyle, Dean Olson, Douglas from Habitat, Bob Clark, Lisa Hack, Dan Corkery, Jim Hack, Pastor Tom Hillertz.


Our 2018 Build Family (left to right): Sofia, Carlos, Yenifer, Melvin.