Reaching the Nations
In Acts 1:8 Jesus commands us to go to the uttermost parts of the world to tell people about Him. As a church, we have decided to go to some of the darkest places, because that is where the Light is needed most desperately. Most of these trips are not easy, but that is why these people groups remain unreached. Please prayerfully consider each of the partnerships listed below. If you have any questions, please contact our Mission Pastor, Scott Ward at scott@grandfamily.net. And be sure to check out the City for updates, new mission trips, and sign ups.
Download and fill out our new Mission Application. (This application is required for all of our mission trips).
Guaimaca, Honduras - This partnership has been going on for more than 12 years now. Every year in February we send a team or two to Orphanage Emmanuel to do building projects, work with the children, do dental work, and encourage the workers. In addition to going on the trip each year, many of our members sponsor a child for $35 per month. During the Christmas holidays, our AWANA program collected gifts for each of the over 500 kids at the Orphanage and shipped it to them with the help of Arkansas Best Freight.
This year's trip will be February 10-17, 2012. This trip is already full, but there is always next year or another trip to choose from! Be sure and join the Honduras Group on the City.
Central Asia - Because of the sensitive nature of this area of the world, we are not able to share much on this website. You are welcome to request to join the secure Central Asia Group on the City. If you have any questions about this area please contact scott@grandfamily.net.
We will be taking three trips to this area of the world - May, August, and October.
Padova, Italy - This is a work and partnership that only God could have orchestrated. Together with the International Mission Board of Brazil, a Baptist Church in Brazil, and a church plant in Treviso, Italy, started by a Brazilian missionary, Grand is working towards planting a church in the town of Padova, Italy. Padova is a city of over 300,000 people with absolutely no evangelical work present. It is also home to a very large university with college students coming from all over the world to attend. Last year, our team was able to see the launch of a Bible Study that now has over 20 people attending weekly.
We will be taking another team in May 2012. The exact dates are yet to be determined. Be sure and join the Italy Group on the City for updates.
Naichap, Ecuador - Russ & Kyleen Bare are our missionaries in Ecuador, long-time friends of many of our members, and a part of our Grand Family. We have hosted a trip to Ecuador every year for many years now, and we expect to do so into the future. We have partnered with Russ and Kyleen to reach the Shuar People Group for Christ, an unreached tribe living in the Amazon River Basin.
The trip in 2012 will be in June. We are working on getting exact dates and prices right now. We are also planning another trip in October. Be sure and join the Ecuador Group on the City to keep up-to-date on everything.
Colombia - Last summer, we had a young missionary family come to Grand to look at our mission house. We found out that they were going to Colombia to serve as missionaries (because of security issues, we cannot publish their names), and they had no church partnering with them. We felt God calling our church to look at starting a partnership with them and their work. They are a part of a three-family team trying to reach the indigenous tribes in the Amazon River Basin.
Since this is a new work among unreached people groups, there is a lot that we don't know yet. In order to find out more, we will be taking a team June 4-14, 2012, to lead these teams and their children in a prayer retreat and to begin to pray with the team about the possibility of a future partnership. Be sure and request to join the secure Colombia Group on the City for updates.
Chome, Tanzania - We have been working in Tanzania among the unreached Pare Tribe for many years now. We have partnered with a local pastor there, Fanuel Kiroka, who continues to do an amzing job at planting churches and reaching people for Christ. We will continue this partnership through another year with the possibility of another trip there in November 2012. Contact Scott Ward at scott@grandfamily.net for more information.