YouthWork’s! staff leads us each day, beginning early with prayer, breakfast and morning chores. We then travel with our work team to our service site for the day. In Colorado, each participant will spend two days with children at Kids’ Club location and two days painting and fixing up homes. Following a day of hard work, we will make a short trip somewhere to experience an aspect of the local culture. Finally, our day will close with a spirited prayer experience and time for sharing our reflections on the day’s activities. You will be tired, hot, sweaty—and loving every minute of it.

We will travel in a school bus and sports utility vehicles driven by adults from Annunciation. A truck will carry our luggage as we travel to  Cortez. Each night to and from Colorado, we will throw our sleeping bags on the floor of a church or campground and rest before another long day of travel. We will take one day at the end of our trip to explore Cortez, Colorado.

There are many reasons to participate in the summer mission trip. To allow yourself to take a risk, to have questions without answers, to reach out to the poor and neglected, to step outside of your comfort zone, to put the needs of others before your own, to share a van ride with someone you don’t know very well. To explore a deeper relationship with Jesus. When you expose yourself to this type of vulnerability, you will discover the recipe for building community. There is something special traveling in community, some sort of satisfaction of working hard and fulfillment in doing God’s work at the work sites. These trips are very sacred and life changing

$625.00 covers transportation to & from Colorado, lodging, activity fees & meals while in Colorado. You will need to bring extra money to buy meals while driving to & from Colorado. You may reduce the trip cost from $625.00 to $465.00 if you work four shifts at the AYM fund raising/service events. You may further reduce the trip cost by selling AYM Summer Mission Trip Stock to family, friends & acquaintances. Trip participants are required to work at the Stockholders’ Dinner on Thursday, August 14th, 2008 (except those graduates off to college).

1. ALL interested youth should register on Sunday, November 4th, 2007 (11AM-12:30PM)

2. To register, you or a “stand-in” must be present with a $200.00 nonrefundable deposit check made out to Annunciation Church. Check-in at the registration/lottery table in the Community Room with completed paper work (included in this booklet). You will be assigned a numbered tennis ball, and your name will be posted on a large display board. If fewer than 59 youth register, everyone will be given a slot on the trip and you will receive a folder with important information at 12:30PM. If more than 59 youth register, preference will be given to those graduating in spring 2008. The remaining slots will be awarded by lottery at 12:45PM, and a wait list will be determined. Youth on a waiting list will have their deposits held until they secure a slot on the trip.

3. Be sure to check your family’s summer schedule, your camp schedule, your sports schedule and all other summer commitments before registering. Any cancellations must be in writing. The second payment must be received by the date due unless other arrangements have been made with the Director of Youth Ministry. Please refer to the payment and refund policies described in this booklet.

Call Anita Witta, Mission Trip Coordinator, at 612-825-9236 or email: amwitta@comcast.net