2010 Sri Lanka Mission - March 3-13 - Colombo, Sri Lanka - COST $2600

We are headed to Sri Lanka in March. They to have an untold story that's a real heart breaker. But the good news is, Seacoast has been doing a great deal along with Water Missions bringing them clean water. If I'm correct, they have over 50 water systems up and running there.

I hear its a beautiful place with the most special heart filled people that would love some direction. So, this is an Evangelism Trip to bring the good news.

I think we have two slots still open if you feel lead to go? It's only for adults but they do have trips coming up for younger people. You do not have to have any medical background what so ever to go. It's a God thing, if you feel lead, then follow your heart and contact us.

Some of you would love to go but can't, maybe your gift to what we hope to bring will be through a gift towards us making it? To go each time, we all have to raise the money and without your love, prayers and support, we would not have made a single trip.

Below is a link. You can find more info there. You can donate money towards anyone going, just follow the link, sign in and you will see a list of everyones name going and you choose who you would like to help raise that money or give to the whole trip and they will spread it towards all our trips.

You can also make a check payable to Seacoast Church and mail it here and we can give it to our missions pastor Jason Surratt to cover our trip expenses.

Last option, one that's hard for us to even offer is if you would like to give to us, Melinda or myself. We are at the ground floor of building what we have dreams of being something really wonderful. We are really struggling financially, but regardless, we will stop at nothing to give everything we have towards this cause. We are in need of many items that we need in the field, some places have no electricity so we have to have everything we need when we hike in. Examples: batteries, extra camera bodies for back up, memory cards, camera lens, etc. We are adding a little here and there. One day we will be set.

God Bless Mr. Jerry Miner from Water Missions, if you loved many of the images from Togo, you should thank him. He blessed Melinda and I with the use of his personal Mark II Canon camera and two super nice camera lenses for this one trip. His equipment alone cost more than everything we personally own.

God Bless you all, we truly could not do any of this without the love & support you all have given us. God Bless you for all the praise but you should give yourself a hand, you are the reason we do what we do. We are a family, we are all Gods children and when you come together, we can do anything, especially when you come in love!

http://www.seacoast.org/Story.asp?storyid=1761

the link if not able to click, just copy or go to seacoast.org


our home address & personal info if needed . . . .

Gary & Melinda McElveen

#12 20th Ave Isle of Palms SC 29451 (843)754-2293

Site Changes in the Works-

Wanted to also say, we are going to be adding new folders for many of the already existing folders here on smug-mug.
We are going to move many images into one folder. For example, last years "The Thorn". Many of you may want pictures still. We shot a lot and many are unedited and never made it on the site until now. We are posting edited & unedited for you to have if you would like them in one single folder. Other images like wedding images, they have been in in many different folders until now. I will put them by name in one, edited & unedited ;) I'm planning the same for many other folders from missions etc. We are going to make everything more user friendly, it's just going to take time uploading but as you will see, pictures are being added every second.

God Bless, Gary

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