Pali Pres Mission Trip 2023: Tijuana, Mexico

Dear Pali Pres,

I am very happy to announce that our church is helping sponsor a mission opportunity to Tijuana, Mexico on October 7-9. We will be partnering with Brentwood Presbyterian Church, and our host mission agency will be Amor Ministries. Amor is a Christian organization founded in 1980 with a very simple mission: Bring people together to manifest Jesus. And that is what our trip in October will be all about!

Participants, including yours truly, will spend three days constructing housing for those in need in the Tijuana (or Tecate) area. Youth and families are welcome and, thankfully, no special skills are required! Anyone with a heart to serve God by serving others (and a willingness to sleep in a tent for a few nights) is welcome to take part. You can read more about the details of the trip here.

If you are at all interested in joining me on this mission opportunity, please let me know; I’m happy to share with you more information. The deadline is quickly approaching; registration closes on September 6th. The cost is $485 per person, but our Mission & Outreach Committee has made scholarship funds available for those who could use financial assistance.

Even if you are unable to participate yourself, I encourage you to pray for this upcoming trip. Join me in asking God to touch people’s hearts and make it possible for them to take part. Lift up in your prayers Amor Ministries and the people they serve in Mexico. Pray for Brentwood Presbyterian Church and our church as we manage the logistics of this trip and help serve those in need.

As we plan and pray for this mission opportunity, I am reminded and encouraged by Jesus’ words from Matthew 23. When asked which commandment is the greatest, he replied, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the greatest and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

Yours in Christ,

Pastor Matt