July 2008
Cruise with a Mission Newsletter
www.cruisewithamission.org
This issue:
1. What's New
2. Get Involved
3. Travel Tips
4. Sponsors
5. Director's Notes
6. Corrections
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Discount Deadline extended until Thursday this week. Have you booked your spot for Cruise with a Mission yet? Get $50 off if you sign up by July 17. After this date, there will no longer be any discounts and tickets will be full price. So what are you waiting for? Book now!
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Cruise with a Mission makes three port stops to Key West, Belize and Guatemala. Visits to the port cities include involvement with the locals and will provide services that are meaningful. We are partnering with local churches, non-profits, and governmental organizations. This month’s featured port: Belize.
Where else can one have the warm weather and great water on a mission trip to Belize? We had such a tremendous mission trip in Dec. 2007 that we have been asked to return and increase our presence. One of the largest requests asked to perform is the area of medical for children’s health and dental. If you want to participate in this area, we are asking each participant to bring children’s vitamins or pre-natal vitamins if possible.
One of the other big splashes is VBS. We have three orphanages we will be visiting for the day. We are planning games, sing-alongs and crafts at each location. The kids love the one on one interaction and at the end of the day; you will find it hard to pull yourself away from these great kids. Plus, as in 2007, we will be passing out shoe boxes with gifts and clothing to these kids. This was a huge success. Thanks Walter Rogers from 2007.
Some of the other mission projects we will be helping out are in the areas of painting and beautification of the Belize port and possibly a building project but we are still working out logistics. More news to come.
We are looking forward to seeing everyone on this life changing event. If this is your first time or a returning cruiser, we will see you in December 2008.
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Looking to lend a helping hand? Click here to see the organizational chart. All available positions are in white boxes. Got questions? Contact the team director of the position inquiring via email with their firstname@cruisewithamission.org.
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To register online, go to cruisewithamission.org, Get On Board then to How to Book. Click on the link for Classic Travel and it will take you their site, which shows all the various pricing with rooms starting at $569 (based on double occupancy). At time of booking your deposit, there is a tax-deductible CWM registration fee of $350 per person, which is non-refundable. If you book by July 17, you can subtract the $50 discount! Final payment is due September 15, 2008.
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Since traveling will be outside the US, passports are required. Please make sure you have one that does not expire within 6 months after the cruise. If you do not have one, apply as soon as possible.
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Please visit our sponsor’s sites. Thanks to Advent Source for helping us out last year and now for 2008. If you would like to be an official sponsor please get in contact with the marketing director, Kisha Norris.
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For those of you already booked you will now need to go online and fill in the CWM registration form. It just helps us know what t-shirt size to get you, which projects you would like to connect with, etc. Simply click this link and then submit the form.
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In the June newsletter the link to one of the speakers, Dilys Brooks, was not inserted. Click here for the link.
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