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Mission Trip to South Africa  2010
 August 12-29
Beacon of Hope News
 Taking AIDS Education to South Africa
April 2010
The specific purpose of this newsletter is to encourage anyone who has been hoping or even praying about participating in a mission trip this summer. Anyone who would like to participate with us this year need to let us know within the next two weeks so that we can start reserving airline seats and start our training program.
 
Some of the students that were in our classes in the first few years of this program would make statements like - "When we were visited by the Better Choices program we felt like our school was visited by God." 
Here is another one, "We feel so honored that people from America use there holiday and spend so much money to come and teach as about AIDS and to tell us about God." The African students are truly touched by what this program does for them. 
God has blessed this ministry to the extent that our South African partners have taken over the program and are teaching it year round.  The downside of this success is that there are now thousands of students that don't have the blessing of interacting with the teams from America. 
It is our hope and we pray that God would continue to give us a steady stream of participants to bless the African students.  The strange thing i that we go on these mission trips thinking that we are going to bless the the ones that we will be serving and we learn that that we are far more blessed and encouraged by them than we could ever imagine.
 
Won't you consider praying about coming with us in 2010?
 
BOH
 2010 Mission Trip
This summer we will be continuing on with the Smart Choices AIDS prevention education program in Secondary and High schools in South Africa. 
  
The trip this year will take place between August 12 and 29. You can see a step by step procedure to follow on our Website if you are interested in coming with us. Anyone interested in coming with us needs to let us know by May 15.
 
It will cost about $3300.  We will send you a sample fund-raising letter to help you raise your support.  Check our Website and send me an email if you are interested.
 
This is an opportunity for adults and teenagers to take part in a life changing experience for themselves and at the same time bring new hope to teenagers in South Africa as they struggle with the challenges of this devastating pandemic that is strangling the African continent.  The South African HIV prevalence rate is the highest in the world and the province of Kwa Zulu Natal where our main focus is has the worst statistics of all the South African Provinces.
 
Come and join us on our 2010 Mission trip to South Africa. 
Beacon of Hope International
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In This Issue

2010 Mission Trip

Prayer Requests

Quick Links

Beacon of Hope Blog

AIDS/HIV Facts

Horizon International

Prayer Requests

Pray for our team leaders as they make appointments at schools.
 
 
Pray about coming with us in 2010.
 
Pray for God to expand our horizons and open new doors for our ministry.
 
Pray that God would provide us with the resources to enable us to start programs in the new countries that we have been invited to.
 
 Pray for the students that make new commitments to follow Jesus.