Dear Friends and Family,
Please take the following multiple choice quiz to learn what is happening with me this summer.
1) This summer I will:
a) Take online classes for high school credit
b) Go to Slovakia with my dad on a mission trip in July
c) Sit on the couch and eat Dorito’s while watching five seasons of “Lost” on Netflix
d) All the above
Answer: d…I bet most of you only picked c.
2) While in Slovakia, I will:
a) Help remove communist statues from public squares and buildings
b) Teach English in a summer camp
c) Follow Nick Bollea (Hulk Hogan’s son) around the drift racing circuit
d) Make a video of myself eating something weird to send to Bizarre Foods
Answer: b and d
3) The amount I need to raise for my trip is:
a) Nothing, won the annual Texas Hold’em tournament at church
b) $25
c) $2,500
d) $250
Answer: c
4) Would you consider:
a) Helping me scrub the Dorito stains out of my t-shirts before for my trip
b) Praying for me and my dad while we are in Slovakia
c) Making a donation toward the cost of my trip
d) Calling my mom or visiting her with a box of Kleenex while Dad and I are in Slovakia
e) All the above
Answer: e
5) To make a financial contribution:
a) Make check payable to Southside Fellowship
b) Use the attached form to designate funds for Corey Evans
c) Mail to 3161 South Hwy 14, Greenville, SC 29615
d) www.southsidefellowship.org/default.aspx?page=3362&requestUrl=%2fdefault.aspx%3fpage%3d370
Answer: a-c or just d
Sincerely, Corey Evans
Our Mission
Dear Friends and Family,
This summer Corey and I plan to be part of a mission team from http://www.southsidefellowship.org/ to go work in Slovakia with Josiah Venture missionaries (and former Southside youth pastor), Zac and Kim Shepperson. Zac and Kim have served with Josiah Venture for over 10 years and have been very effective in training and mentoring youth-ministry volunteers in Eastern Europe. Please take time to read about the Shepperson family and their work with Josiah Venture @ http://www.josiahventure.com/people-and-places/slovakia/34 and http://www.josiahventure.com/about/training-centers/tckompas-slovakia.
Purpose: Our role will be to teach English to high school students at a summer camp. Slovak teens take English in high school and are eager to practice conversational English with Americans. The summer camp ministry gives us a great opportunity to serve the Slovak parents and youth ministry volunteers who host and staff the camp. The JV camp program is well organized and weaves gospel-centered content into universal summer camp activities.
When: July 2012
Where: Bardejov, Slovakia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bardejov
Cost: $2,500 per member. Our expenses include airfare, ground transportation, food/lodging, and project materials. Each team member is responsible for raising his/her support. Please visit the following link to donate online and sign up for the newsletter. www.southsidefellowship.org/default.aspx?page=3362&requestUrl=%2fdefault.aspx%3fpage%3d3700
Why Donate? In his letter to the church in Philippi, the Apostle Paul thanked the congregation for supplying the necessary funds for his short-term mission trip to Thessalonica. We are following this biblical precedent in asking for believers to send this team to Slovakia. Philippians 4:16 says that God credits the sender along with the sent.
Of equal or greater importance is your partnership through encouragement and prayers.
Please Pray:
· That our team will be unified, prepared and reflect positively on the Shepperson’s and JV
· That our team will humbly and effectively serve Slovak parents, volunteers, and campers
· That our team will be effective in turning Slovak curiosity about American culture into curiosity about
Christ, who is relevant in every culture and available to all who call on Him
· For you who haven’t said a prayer in a long time…just start out with, “hi God…it’s me”...and just lean in to wherever that goes. I’m sure He will remember you and be glad you called.
· For you who have a regular dialogue with God, please talk to Him about us.
Special Event: I would also like to invite you to two special events. The first is a pre-trip prayer time created for the three summer mission teams, including ours. Our time will be on July 8 at Southside Fellowship Room 202 @ 11:30am. The second event will be after we get back and is called Go-Stories. Our team will be featured and will share how we sensed God working in Slovakia and in us….same room and time slot on August 5. It’s always fun to have a party with the big team that sent the small team that went.
Eager to see visible fingerprints of our invisible God in this volunteer adventure.
Rob & Corey
Printable Response Form
Please indicate the ways you’d like to contribute by checking the appropriate blanks below:
__________ I would like to support the 2012 Slovakia GO Journey Team by praying for them. Please keep me informed about the specific details of the journey so that I can pray specifically for any needs surrounding the trip.
__________ I would like to contribute to the 2012 Slovakia Team financially. I am including a contribution for Corey Evans. Any funds received over and above the amount that he needs may be used to support other team members or project needs. Also, if all financial need is met for this journey, my donation will be used to support future GO Journeys.
__________ I hope to be able to attend the GO Prayer time and/or the GO Story time at SF to support the Slovakia GO Journey Team.
You can ensure that your gift is tax-deductible and directed to the right account by following the instructions below:
· Make all checks payable to Southside Fellowship.
· Write “2012 Slovakia GO Journey” on the memo line of your check.
· Address your return envelope in the following manner:
Southside Fellowship
Attn: Adult Mission Trip Fund
3161 South Highway 14
Greenville, SC 29615
Signature: ___________________________________________________________
Print name: _______________________________________________
Print address: _______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
Email Address: _______________________________________________
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