I had an important phone call last week: confirming with Dean Adamek of Rancho 3M in Guadalupe, Mexico that we will be headed South of the Border over Spring Break in March, 2008.

Obviously, we are very much in the planning stages of this trip, but I can give you some basic details:

• WHY: We are on a mission to support Rancho 3M in the care of orphans, especially preaching the gospel to them.
• WHAT: Spring Break in Mexico. We’ll be serving Rancho 3M by building stuff, cleaning stuff, painting stuff, and teaching the kids about Christ. We may also drive up into Ciudad Juarez to serve Gracia Soberana, our Mexican sister church. Way better than a week at the beach.
• WHO: this trip is open to high school students and their parents, with pastoral approval.
• WHEN: Roughly Saturday, March 15 — Saturday, March 22.
• WHERE: Rancho 3M in Guadalupe, about 35 miles Southeast of El Paso, Texas. (Cool! Google Maps has finally updated their maps of the region, and the ranch is now plainly visible.)

Here is an important twist: rules have changed since the last time we went to Mexico, and each Mx08 participant will need to have to have a valid U.S. passport to cross the border into and out of Mexico. The State Department website has all the information you could want.

You don’t need to rush right out and get your passport today. You should make sure that you are accepted to go on the trip (preference will be given to upperclassmen) before you spend the nearly $100 for a passport. But you might want to start getting the documentation together.

We’ll be letting you know all the details you need to know soon later in the summer and in the early fall.

If you want to get inspired for this trip, check out the Mx06 Blog Archive.

¡Vamos a Mexico!

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