Dominican Republic 2025
The Mission:
The main objective of this mission is to serve and witness to the people in the Dominican Republic, both Dominican and Haitian. You can expect to go to a Dominican (or Haitian) church on Sunday with MOH orientation in the afternoon, have two paint days (serving the community by painting a church or a house of one of the members of the church), and two days of strategic ministry time (meeting with people in the neighborhood and witnessing to them) in the morning, accompanied with either VBS or a sports camp with neighborhood children in the afternoon.
The Travel:
This trip is in about the mid-range of travel, about 12 hours. You can expect us to fly out late Friday evening/early Saturday morning, and arrive in the Dominican Republic in the afternoon Saturday night with a layover on the east coast in between. On the way home, the travel time is roughly the same, but due to the time difference we will most likely arrive home in time for dinner. You will need a passport and will have to fill out an immigration/emmigration form before arriving.
The Accommodations:
You will stay in one of the cabins on campus at mission of hope. Each cabin has multiple large bedrooms that have a ton of bunk beds (about 12-14 people per bedroom), and an adjoining bathroom with multiple toilets, sinks, and showers. You're definitely sharing space but it doesn't feel cramped. Additionally each cabin has a main room for recreation, with couches, tables, as well as ping pong and foosball (among other amenities).
The food (other than lunch) is definitely something to look forward to. Breakfast is fairly typical breakfast foods (eggs, toast, bananas/local fruit, cereal, oatmeal, etc.) Lunch is boring (PB+J and chips every day, but it has to be since you're eating lunch on the bus in the community), but the dinner is incredible every day. Mission of Hope hires local cooks to come and prepare traditional Dominican meals (or occasionally meals with a Dominican twist) for dinner every day. Almost everyone calls the food a highlight of the trip.
Applying for this trip:
Registration will appear as "Closed" on all EUS/GL trip-specific pages. "Closed" registration does not mean that students are unable to apply. All trips have this status because students do not directly sign up for a specific trip. All students interested in a US or Global trip must apply to the General Application linked below, where students will share their top 3 trip preferences. Learn more about the application and team selection process by viewing these videos: https://youtu.be/ZGJsD1_mGwE?si=_2fg1SjpCmE3UhAi
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Financial
$2,700.00
Due 2/10/2025
| $100.00 | Non-Refundable Deposit Due 10/15/2024 | |
| $1,350.00 | 50% of Funds Due 12/10/2024 | |
| $1,890.00 | 70% of Funds Due 1/10/2025 | |
| $2,700.00 | 100% of Funds Due 2/10/2025 |
Requirements
Prerequisites
- Passport Required
- Immigration/Emigration Form Required
- No Vaccinations Required
- Medically capable of standing for long periods of time
- Physically able to endure long-haul travel
- Physically capable of spending several hours in the sun per day
Responsibilities
- strong desire to look for opportunities to share the Gospel and/or a testimony
- strong desire to minister to the less fortunate
- desire to minister to teens and grade school children
- interested in exploring and appreciating different cultures
- have a high degree of respect for different cultures
- be a team player and is willing to serve teammates
- be flexible when plans change
Restrictions
- Seniors, Juniors, and outstanding Sophomores
