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2012 Wesley Volunteers in Mission teams:

  • June 4-June 10: Wesley UMVIM'ers will travel to San Fernando, El Salvador to assist the small village with some vocational plans and to offer the children a Vacation Bible School. More information.
  • July 26 to August 9, 2012: We return to Navuniyaro, Fiji to offer the villagers medical assistance, Vacation Bible School, and help with construction of the village Methodist Church.
Team Member forms:
Participant Forms
Insurance Form
Parent Consent Forms
Live Scan Form

For more information about any of these trips, contact Jackie Kawashima


Navuniyaro, Fiji, July 20 2011-August 7, 2011

Eleven team members from Wesley and several other churches spent two weeks working with the wonderful people of Navuniyaro Village and two other villages in the area while in Fiji. Our medical and dental team treated 350 patients and offered physical therapy to those in need. Well over 100 children attended Bible School lessons daily, which included lots of music and crafts.

The village has been constructing a church for the past few years, and our team assisted in the ongoing building project. We are looking forward to our return in 2012!

 
Tizimin Iglesia Calvary, January 30, 2011-February 6, 2011

Wesley members were joined by a group from the Puebla Methodist Church in the village of Tizimin, Mexico, not too far from Cancun. They worked during the week clearing growth and removing an old fence from the church property. A wall is being constructed around the church property, so team members also worked on digging the trench needed to construct the wall.

Calvary Church members provided delicious meals and wonderful friendships were formed. Our group was able to visit two other small villages with newly formed Methodist Churches in the area.


La Nueva Huixcolotla, December 26, 2010-January 1, 2011
Wesley Young Adults traveled to this small village near Veracruz in December and worked with local church members as they helped raise the roof, cleared and leveled the site for a Methodist Church on this piece of land. Be a part of this amazing opportunity. This church is built on faith and we are honored to have the opportunity to start construction with them. 

What was once an open field is now a promising start for a church community to grow and to replace the small room in which they met to worship, sing and praise God.

Group Picture Huixcolotla



San Matias Atzala, May 2010
Group to San Matias Atzala
A team of eight traveled to San Matias Atzala, a small community near Puebla, Mexico in May. (Also went in 2009)  We were joined by many local church members, all intent on improving their Methodist Church building. With our help and with money donated by Wesley members and friends, wonderful things took place during the time we spent there. We painted, and the church began the process of adding a structure by digging holes and erecting rebar for columns. Some of us organized some children's activities focusing on Bible Stories. While all this was taking place, our medical team saw almost 200 patients. Unfortunately over 35% of the adults seen suffer from diabetes, so there is great need for health services in San Matias. A local dentist was available for 2 days and treated many of the community. A highlight of the trip was our visit to the local Methodist Old Folks home, where we presented residents with lap blankets made by Wesley Women. Thanks to everyone for your support and prayers!


Tatoxcac, November 2004-November 2010

Each November a group from Wesley travels to Tatoxcac, a small village about five hours from Mexico City, and provides free medical services at the Buen Samaritan Clinic, which was built by Methodist Church work groups from the United States. Doctors, nurses and other medical providers work for four days at the clinic, seeing approximately 500 adults and children each year. One other village is also visited for three days each year. We are able to purchase medications at a very reduced rate from MAP International, a Christian organization dedicated to providing low cost medications for those in need throughout the world. The team also provides Bible School activities for the children, who sometimes are waiting all day with their parents to see a medical provider.


Panzacola, July 2009
Eleven Wesley members spent a week in July in Panzacola, Puebla, Mexico. We were blessed with a wonderful experience. This was our fourth visit to the church, which is now just about complete. With generous donations from Wesley church members and the work team, we were able to donate funds needed for church restrooms, and while there we worked on the roof and parsonage.We made new friends and renewed old friendships. Group picture - Panzacola, Mexico

Other Mission Trips
2010 - approximately 20 youth traveled to Slidell, Louisiana, to do construction on two homes that families were still waiting to be built or repaired after the Gulf Coast was hard hit by Hurricane Katrina of 2002.

2010 - a member was part of a construction and VBS team in Fiji.  Work on the community Methodist Church included construction of a staircase to the second floor of the church.

2010 - a member joined a Connectional Volunteers in Mission (VIM) team traveling to Alaska to lead a Vacation Bible School for children.

2010 - Wesley members joined a team that worked at the UMCOR West Depot in Salt Lake City, Utah.  They prepared health kits to be used nationally and internationally, in places like Haiti following the devastating earthquake.

2010 - Wesley team made a donation to the building project at the Tatoxcac Clinic.

2009 - a Young Adult team did roofing work on a home in Pharr, Texas, which was a part of the continuing Hurricane relief efforts.

2008 - Medical services were rendered and parsonage repair in Puebla, Mexico, was done by an adult mission team.

2008 - a Young Adult team did repairs of a church and parsonage at an Indian Reservation in Schurz, Nevada.

2008 - a youth mission team went to Caruthers and Selma, CA, to run a Vacation Bible School for children and build pantry shelving in a church there.

2007 - Medical and church cleanup and repair was done in a suburb of Puebla, Puebla, Mexico.

2007 - a Young Adult mission team traveled to Dulac, Louisiana, to do repair and rebuild homes damaged by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita

2007-2009 - Four Adult/Young Adult  teams from Wesley have now visited the Methodist Church in Panzacola, Tlaxcala, Mexico between 2007 and 2009 where they worked with church members there to help them build their new church.

2006 - a Young Adult team went to Slidell, Louisiana, to do repair and rebuilding of homes damaged by Hurricane Katrina.

2004-2006 - annual youth summer mission trips were made to Lake Junaluska, North Carolina.

Since 2003 - annually, since 2003, a medical team from Wesley has offered free medical care and medications to the community of Tatoxcac, Zacapoaxtla, in the state of Puebla, Mexico.  Vacation Bible School was also provided in Tatoxcac.  Medical teams have also worked in the communities of San Juan and San Matias in the state of Puebla.


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