Thanks!

We made it home ... three mission teams to Nicaragua. In 2011 there were two construction mission teams which worked on the security fence at the Los Cedros orphanage, and one medical mission team. The church which organized all of three of these trips was Wesley United Methodist Church in Bloomington, Illinois.

Prior to January of 2005, Wesley had never sent any adult mission teams to any location, within or outside of the United States.  But, since January of 2005, Wesley has sent seventeen adult mission teams throughout the United States and the world.

Trips have ranged from: "inland hurricane relief" to Galatia, Illinois; multiple hurricane relief trips to Louisana; construction work to Alaska and Hawaii; eleven medical and construction trips to Nicaragua; and others ....

And, in 2011 Wesley will send out a total of six adult mission teams.

Thus, since January of 2005 Wesley United Methodist Church will have sent out twenty-three adult mission teams!

Wesley has been inclusive, and has welcomed members of other churches, of all denominations, Protestant and Catholic, to join its teams. In doing such, Wesley has become a teaching church ... teaching other churches and their members, how adult mission teams are formed, what they do, and what errors to avoid.

Already spawning off from Wesley has been a newly formed medical mission team now based in the state of New York.

And Wesley is currently beginning to help mission teams to spread from the southern portion of Illinois.

God has blessed Wesley, and in return Wesley is teaching others, how to spread the kingdom of God with the poorest of the poor, throughout the world.

Under the leadership of the Reverend Vaughn Hoffman, Ron and Donna Schaad (the leaders of the Construction and Mecial Mission Teams), the Missions Committee of Wesley, and the numerous team leaders from Wesley, their church has spread missions throughout the United Methodist Illinois Great Rivers Conference, and throughout our country.

So our hats to out to Wesley, Reverend Hoffman and the people of Wesley, for including others. And, our thanks go out to you, for your financial support, your material support, and for most of all ... your prayers and love!

May God bless the people of Nicaragua, the people of Wesley, and you ... as you too ponder stepping out of the boat as the disciple Peter did ... and into the world of all of God's children by serving the poorest of the poor!

God bless and ... until next year!!!