WHEN: May 16 - May 30, 2024
WHERE: Ocongate, Peru
COST: $760 per person + Flights or transportation
What’s Included:
Local housing during the project
Three vegetarian meals (if you have food allergies or specific dietary needs, please let us know)
Local transportation
Mission Trip T-shirt
Excursion
What’s NOT Included:
Flights (After registering please wait for confirmation before purchasing your airplane ticket. The dates posted are the arrival and departure dates for the project. You may need to leave home a day before the posted start date to arrive on the correct date and time. Booking outside the appropriate date and time could result in additional fees and missed portions of the project.)
Any personal expenses, snacks or souvenirs
Hotel, food, and transportation before or after the mission trip.
Any Meals/food outside of what is provided by the church. Please plan for appropriate amount of spending money.
SCOPE:
1. Help renovate and restore an elementary school.
2. Provide an evangelistic series/VBS for the community.
3. Teach health programs for the community.
TRAVEL:
Arrival: Please plan to arrive on May 17th in the morning.
Departure: Please plan to depart on May 30th.
Closest airport: Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport (CUZ)
LODGING:
We will be staying at a hostel near the school project. Linens are very basic consider brining your own linens and/or sleeping bag.
WEATHER:
The weather will be in the los 60's in the day and mid 40's at night.
EXCURSION:
We will visit local sights and attractions. You don’t want to miss it!
Mission Trip Packing List
Items to Bring
• Bible(Paper Copy) and other devotional/reading materials
• Lightweight back pack
• Personal snacks – e.g., energy/granola bars, nuts, or dried fruit
• Ear Plugs (in case the person next to you snores), sleep mask
• Flip-flops
• Small flashlight
• Spending money for personal use
• Personal toiletries (soap, toothpaste, deodorant, mirror, razor, etc.)
• Charcoal tablets
• Wet wipes and or toilet paper
Work Clothes and Gear
• Work pants (lightweight cotton preferred, cargo)
• Good working shoes (work boots or hard-soled shoes are safest)
• Socks – (1 pair for each day)
• T-shirts; (long-sleeved shirts prefered)
• Water bottle (Refillable)
• Good quality work gloves (2 pair recommended)
Off-site Clothes
• Casual shirts, pants, and blouses
• Dress shirts, slacks, and shoes (men) for church*
• Dresses, skirts/blouses, and shoes (women) for church*
• Swimming suits (modest, one piece), beach towel
• Socks, Underclothes (microfiber quick dry—optional)
• Hat (to protect from sun, needs to cover your neck)
• Sunglasses
Linens
• Sheets and blanket and/or a light sleeping bag
• Small pillow
• Shower towel and wash cloth
Daily Schedule
7:00 AM Wake Up
7:30 AM Worship
8:00 AM Breakfast
8:30 AM Start Work
1:00 PM Lunch
2:00 PM Continue Work
5:00 PM Dinner
6:00PM Leave for evening seminars
9:00 PM Worship/Team-building/debrief
10:00 PM Lights Out