Call for Missioners: July 9 - 16, 2009

The US New Media has dealt a solid blow to our mission trips to Mexico scheduled for this summer.

1. Swine Flu was blown completely out of proportion to sell newspapers, but in doing so the media did a good enough job of spreading fear of death for anyone traveling to Mexico that 100% of our mission teams were motivated to cancel for this summer.

FACT: My contacts in Mexico report that there's not been one case of Swine Flu in the State of Puebla where we travel to work at La Familia.

FACT: I have consulted with physicians in both the US and Canada and they have told me that they are not even testing for Swine Flu any more unless a person is really badly sick.

FACT: A physician from Greenville has volunteered to join our team in July.

FACT: 36,000 Americans die annually from the flu in the US.

2. The news media is also reporting widely that the drug cartels have taken over Mexico to the point that the Mexican Government is close to collapse.

FACT: While the border regions between the US and Mexico are definitely dangerous, the towns we travel to are as safe as towns in the US. I am in Mexico 6 to 8 times a year and have never once experienced any fear nor have any members of our teams.

Emergency Mission Team
July 9 - 16, 2009

The construction of the new casa hogar in Palmarito is on schedule for completion in late June and will ready for occupancy in early July. We desperately need to put together a team to travel to Palmarito on July 9 to assist with the move. We will spend evenings in a nice hotel in Tacamachalco, a 20-minute drive from Palmarito.

The decision has been made to add a second floor to the main building. There are two reasons for this decision:

First, it is more cost effective than building a second building which we don't have the funds for right now.

Secondly, the second floor will enable us to accept an additional 15 orphaned and abandoned children almost immediately after things settle down following the move.

*** We need additional capital funds for this unanticipated expense. If anyone has any money left in their giving account, please send a check to Embrace the Dream Foundation, Inc. and designate the funds for the La Familia Project. All donations are tax deductable.

PLEASE PRAYERFULLY CONSIDER JOINING US ON A MISSION TRIP DEPARTING ON JULY 9 AND RETURNING ON JULY 16.

Call Bill Lee at 864-303-8366 or send me an email.

In Christ,

Bill Lee