From mail at berkshiremission.org Sun Jan 10 19:14:47 2010 From: mail at berkshiremission.org (Berkshire Mission) Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 19:14:47 -0500 Subject: [News] sorting reading glasses. Message-ID: <6886C4373E254CBB8BF1B4BA22CBE4E1@eric> Hello everyone. A big thanks to those who came out today to help sort and pack reading glasses for the mission trip to Mexico. About 1500 pairs were sorted by stength and put into separate bags to be packed for the trip in Feb. Check the website in a couple of days for more pictures from today.. www.berkshiremission.org Eric -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Picture 001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 3411240 bytes Desc: not available URL: From mail at berkshiremission.org Sat Jan 23 07:40:07 2010 From: mail at berkshiremission.org (Berkshire Mission) Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 07:40:07 -0500 Subject: [News] Jan 22 update, Bekshire Mission Message-ID: <084FA87CFAFF43D2838D7FE2D11D0C8B@eric> Hello everybody, Jan 22, 2010 Hope all is well with all of you. Sorry to wait so long between emails but I was waiting for some news to share with you. I will do the best I can to update you. I also hope your excitement is building as much as mine, as we prepare to go to Mexico. We still do not have permission to bring medicine into Mexico despite all the connections we made including the Mexican Ambassador. I will continue to be in contact with the Mayor of Jitotol and the Ambassador in hopes that things change. In the meantime Dr Kellerman and Melissa Rousseau have put an order together and Dr Kellerman has been in touch with a doctor in Mexico and we plan on ordering through him. The cost of medicine might be a little more. The baggage problem has not changed: ONE bag per person. What we will have to do is pay for all the extra baggage. We need to make several changes from the way that we usually travel. I would ask each of you to do several things, those of you on construction to bring your own tools such as a trowel, gloves, hardhat, etc. If you don't have a hardhat we will provide it, but you must leave room in your luggage for it. Those of you on the medical team please pack your own scrubs and any other of your needs. If you plan on using the electric outlets in your room please bring a 3-prong adapter with you. Here is the hard part. If you can, please pack only 40lbs in your bag and it will help us if we can put a few extra things in your bag. I can see some of your faces now. I know all of you can't do it but if you can please do so. Do not pack trowels or any other type of tools in your carry on. Some bags we will have to bring such as VBS stuff, larger tools, drills, eyeglasses, etc. So the cost of our trip will rise, seems like no end. As for as our budget, it has changes because of the above problems. The Bibles and literature have been taken care of now. I have some money donated to Pastor Rigo's Trip. As I told you in the Dec email, we needed approx 25-26,000 dollars to make this work. As of the end of the year we need approx. 7,000 more, Thanks to one large donation and many smaller ones we are doing real well. Still there's more to raise. I hope you can help. Thank you all for making these mission trips possible each year. Your donations have helped to touch thousands of lives over the years. By the end of the month all those traveling with us must be paid up to date. If you have any questions about tools needed or baggage problems please contact Eric by phone 413-822-0254 or by email - mail at berkshiremission.org. If you need scrubs or tools we have extra at the church, but make sure you leave room for them. Remember several things I reminded you of in the past. Eric has a power point program if you need it for fundraising. Everyone traveling with the main group must be at the church by 4pm on Feb15. We must be at the airport at least 3hrs before takeoff. Because of the luggage problem, I expect all of you to be on time. We will have plenty of food to eat before we depart. Due to changes in airline security, do not bring any food or water in your carry-on luggage. Make sure your shots are up to date. Bring your passport, plenty of your own meds and bring a happy face, plenty of courage and as my wife has always quoted in her emails P.U.S.H "Pray until something happens" God bless you all. Can't wait to be with you all! 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Let me make this decision easier for you if I may. Some have maybe already made this decision some have not. The Haitian People are in GREAT need right now. Berkshire Mission can wait, we will go on and with God's help will get our mission accomplished. The Haitian people need our help now. Buildings, churches, schools and housing are all destroyed, food, water, and medical supplies are needed now. Help Now those who can't help themselves. Just a thought from me to you! God bless you all in your decision to help them. See some of you soon, Sincerely Bob Young Berkshire Mission Director. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: