Guatemala 2010 in words and pictures
In August 2010 a team of five volunteers set off from the UK on a mission trip to Guatemala. This short article (in powerpoint form) will give you an idea of what the trip involved... Read More...
It was 21st May and I had exactly zero team-members for our mission trip to Guatemala. I had been searching for twelve months for suitable volunteers and now was ten days away from my deadline. Even those who had been interested had pulled out. I was out of options and would ... Read More...
New project gives hope for future of disabled children
According to the World Health Organisation, “98% of disabled children in developing countries do not receive an education.” Integr8, a programme of the Christian disability charity Through the Roof, wants to address this and aims to see every disabled child in developing countries fulfil their God-given potential. In August the ... Read More...
You won’t have heard of Philippa Woodcraft. She is twenty years old and lives in a small village in the Bedfordshire countryside. She works part-time as a secretary in an auction house and attends her local Baptist church. She is the seventh child born into her family. Philippa hasn’t starred on ... Read More...
On Sunday 7th December at 4pm, Integr8’s very own Tim Wood and young role model, Abigail Smith, spoke on Premier Radio about Integr8’s trip to India. Listen in London digitally on DAB radio, or 1305, 1332, 1413 MW. In the UK on Sky Digital 0123, Virgin Media 968, Freeview 725 ... Read More...
Abigail was a key member of the first-ever integr8 trip to India to train and inspire teachers to include disabled people in education programmes. Abigail gave this talk to teachers on the trip.) Hello, my name is Abigail. I am 17 years old and I’m at college studying health and social ... Read More...
Touch down at London Heathrow after a smooth journey home. Glad to see our families. Fantastic trip + excellent team. 480 trained. God was in all we did.
Before heading to the airport we took a quick trip to the America Latina school in the city. We saw Jose, a young man with learning disabilities who graduated from the school the previous year, and now has a paid role at the school. His co-workers say he has been ... Read More...
Our last day in Guatemala. Attended church service at El Camino. The church has a great ministry to deaf people – around 30 or so were in attendance - and so the lively worship songs were ‘signed’ using American Sign Language. The church treated us to lunch at Pizza Hut, ... Read More...
Re-visited the children at Love the Child where Philippa sang to them, and we introduced Parachute games and some worship Action songs.
