BIG NEWS!!!

Hey “Mexico” team! We’ve got some exciting news for you! Since we made the decision to no longer travel to Mexico we have been looking for an alternate destination where the team could engage in high impact, truly meaningful ministry. We didn’t want to just find something to do, we wanted to make sure that our efforts would be reaching people in a powerful way and showing them that they matter to God. It has also been our aim in relocating this trip to have the impact we make be part of an ongoing, sustained ministry that will continue on in strength after we’re done. In addition to that we committed that the trip would still be in the original timeframe, would remain stateside and would not cost any more than what was originally planned for Mexico. We are ecstatic to tell you that we’ve found a ministry to partner with that meets all of our expectations and standards for this trip.

We’ll be partnering with Crosspoint Community Church in Nashville, Tennessee to assist in the relief and development of a community and a state that was devastated this May by record breaking flooding. It’s hard to summarize the amount of destruction and damage that was caused as the Cumberland River (which weaves back and forth through Nashville) rose to twelve feet over flood level. Houses flooded, businesses flooded, schools flooded and even some of Nashville’s most historic buildings such as the Grand Ole Opry flooded. Life as people knew it changed in an instant. But amidst all the loss, fear and uncertainty Crosspoint Church has been one of the many who have reached out to this community to not only offer help, but to offer hope. Crosspoint has mobilized thousands of volunteers these past few weeks to help with some of the immediate needs that exist in such a crisis and are beginning to look to the future and how they will help their community rebuild after this tragedy. Our Nashville ’10 team will be a part of those efforts to help restore and rebuild what was lost in the floods and in doing so share the hope and the love of Jesus which can never be washed away.

We’ll be ironing out all the logistical details over the next few weeks but wanted to share with you the opportunity that God has put before us to go offer help and hope to a community desperately in need. We'll be in touch soon with the next details!

-John