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A ServiceTeam Experience is a unique opportunity for school, church,
family and community groups to join together in a powerful service
and learning orientated opportunity. Often defined by
people of all faiths as one of the most enjoyable and also emotionally
moving experiences they have ever taken part in, the main three goals
of a GOD'S CHILD Project-promoted ServiceTeam Experience are:
to get to know
oneself better through individual and group growth;
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to learn more
about how our 3rd world brothers and sisters (85% of the world's
population) live, by working side-by-side with participants of
the Asociacion Nuestros Ahijados charity in closely supervised
home, clinic, and school-building projects;
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to better understand
one's relationship with God and how that is reflected in our day-to-day
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A ServiceTeam is a group of volunteers who form together, travel
to Guatemala, and work with the project in a defined custom-designed
program. A typical ServiceTeam Experience is usually two weeks,
although they have been as long as a month and as short as 10 days.
There are three stages to a ServiceTeam Experience, these being:
Pre-Travel:
during which the future ServiceTeam group works closely with volunteers
and staff in the Bismarck, ND (USA)-based GOD'S CHILD Project
to organize, sign-up participants, promote their activity locally,
fundraise, collect donations, prepare, and pack;
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In Guatemala:
the period during which the ServiceTeam is in Guatemala living
with local families, working with the poor, building homes and
clinics, and participating in cultural and group-forming activities;
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Closure and
Return: a time for group members to reflect and prepare to
return home, travel, discover what they have learned, and
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The children and families served by The GOD'S CHILD Project, La Asociacion
Nuestros Ahijados, and our other partner charities, usually live in
the worst slums imaginable. If they even have a home, they are made
of very simple throw-away materials such as branches, cardboard, and
scrap tin.
During the rainy season, these houses are often washed away by the
mud that flows down from the surrounding ravines. When this
happens, the family loses not only their home, but also any belongings
they may have collected. They are also at risk of losing a young
child's life.
ServiceTeams are forming right now. Come and join us...
(click on the photo)
Meet the serviceteam coordinator Oscar, and other people like Fredy
and Monica. These people you will surely meet on your trip!
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