MISSION REPORT: Rancho Santa Marta Short-Term Mission

For over 20 years UPC has been supporting Rancho Santa Marta, a Christian school and orphanage in Baja California. Most of these years we have sent support teams to help build and maintain the facilities, to participate in cross-cultural ministry, and to share in some of the powerful work that God is doing through this mission. Each year we schedule our mission support trip for in the early spring.

Rancho Santa Marta operates the only officially licensed school for learning-handicapped children in the Baja as well as a home for homeless children. Located on a 450-acre ranch in a striking desert setting 175 miles south of the U.S. border and 15 miles from the ocean, the mission is managed by Bill and Kaye Lawrence, Americans who have been in Mexican youth ministry most of their adult lives. The facilities are modern, safe, and sanitary, relieving our team of any concern about immunzations, safe water, and similar issues that we sometimes associate with mission trips. If you haven't ever experienced how God can use you, and change you, through a short term mission, this is a perfect opportunity to take that step. You will be forever changed.

Youth, families, and singles are all welcome. Team size is limited to 40 people. Begin planning now to save this week and join the team for this richly rewarding experience of work, cross-cultural ministry, and personal spiritual growth. If you wish to know more, contact UPC Youth & Family Ministries Director Timothy Carlson at the church office.