Heading Home

The last TORCH work day for the summer was Saturday the 4th. A house was built in a place that most of us that have built many houses would call a "house of death". Please don't think we would take our teams to places of danger - the site would be called this because the workers would be thinking that they might die from the work needed just to go up the mountain to get to the site. Anyway, this site required the team to climb and to go through three houses just to get the wood onto the place where the house would be built. It was needless to say a challenge. The great thing here is that the house was finished and in spite of the tremendous efforts necessary for the team - everybody ended their work in Honduras with a smile on their face.
The really cool thing about Saturday was that one more of our team made a decision to follow Jesus into the water. Demi Lane confessed the name of Jesus and his good friend Rom was blessed to be able to baptize him. What a way to finish our work. We celebrated the end at Baskin Robins and everybody slept well before the trip home on Sunday.
Our God is AWESOME and this was truly another great day in Honduras.
I plan to post a summary of the summer this week so - stay tuned.
Blessings,
Marc

Santa Ana

About two years ago this week, we broke ground on a place called Casa de Esperanza. The "House of Hope" is a beautiful place and there are now 16 children there that our God has rescued from places that are very difficult for me to even think about. The oldest child that we care for is 10 and almost al of our kids have been beaten, starved, raped, prostituted, ignored, hurt, wounded, or abused in other ways. Looking at them now - you might never suspect any of this. They are happy, love to play, learn, and be around people. They are very trusting of the people that come to Casa. God has made this place a refuge for the hurting.
Casa de Esperanza is where we worked on Friday. Casa is on a beautiful property in a community called Santa Ana. Our work included assisting in the construction of new Sunday School classrooms for the church in Santa Ana, working to restock our pharmacy in the clinic, we also worked on the playground at the children's home - our job was to add wood shavings to the area below the equipment so that the kids would not be hurt as often when they fall from the swings and slides. We also had a small clinic where all of the children from the children's home were examined by Kim and several of the children from the area around the children's home were also treated for various needs.
We finished our day by sharing a great meal and celebrating the 50th birthday of our bro - Dennis Carter.
It was truly Another Great Day in Honduras!
Blessings,
Marc

Hospital Esquala

Today was a unique experience for a lot of our group. This morning we all went to Hospital Esquala - the teaching hospital of Honduras. The group split into three teams and set out to meet and visit with the children in the many areas of the hospital. These included the nutrition ward where there are many kids that are near death from not having anything to eat in their homes. There was visits made to the baby area and many smiles were a part of that portion of the ministry. Others of the team were visiting the children of the burn ward and the cancer ward. All of the team shared smiles, hugs, prayers, and time with the children. Prayers for God's will were lifted up and there were changed lives today.
Sasha Lane was one changed life that was evident. Sasha was baptized by her dad tonight and I was blessed to be a witness. God is good... all the time.
After leaving the hospital, we went to Jovenes en Camino - a home for homeless boys. The visit there was great and the boys are so happy. The home is in a community called Zomorano and there are about 90 boys that call it home.
We ended the day by seeing the baptism of Sasha and a time of prayer, singing, and sharing of thoughts.
It was another great day in Honduras.
Blessings,
Marc

A New Ministry

Today we worked in a mountain area that was at one time called Israel - they changed the name and I just cannot remember the new "official" name. Israel is the first community where TORCH built a building and planted a church. The church is going strong with over 130 adults and more than 80 children. The building is very good and is a center of the community.
Today we used the building to try out "Photo Ministry". The idea was thought up by Mrs. Lane from Columbia, SC and it is so simple. The group from SC brought a photo printer and some simple paper frames. They took pictures of the children, printed & framed them, and then worked with the kids to decorate the frame and add a verse so that everytime someone looked at the picture they would be reminded of this day and the verse that they were taught. The children loved having their picture made and being able to take it home to their mother.
Later in the day, we made cotton candy - raspberry of course - and every kid in the village (plus our workers) were smurf blue.
While the team was working in the area of the church building, there was a house being built for a family that had lost everything they owned in a fire. The house crew did an amazing job and took care to deliver the best house possible for this family. Speaking of family, ours grew by three yesterday. Cisco was on the mountain yesterday talking about Jesus. While all the activity was going on, Cisco participated in the harvest of three new sisters in Jesus.
Our God is GOOD... All the time!
Wednesday was truly a great day in Honduras.
Blessings,
Marc

Tuesday In Honduras

This morning about 72 of the group that arrived on July 19th departed for home. That left us with 18 from Columbia, SC - along with a few others, our team is down to a "one bus team". That didn't however stop the work. This morning there was a load of about 5,000 pounds of food that was packed into 240 bags - about a week of food for a family. This team did the pack out in about 3 hours and was anxious to deliver it to hungry familes. After lunch, that is exactly what we did. We first went to a community that is visable from one of the main highways - one that we have never delivered food into - we went house to house and delivered about 100 bags of food. From there we went to Nueva Suyapa to help families there. The families were so thankful - to our God for answering their prayers.
It is always refreshing in Honduras to hear people praise God when they recieve a house or much needed food. This is almost always the case - the folks have been praying for help and when we are able to help them, they see us as the way that God intended to answer their prayers. This is really cool because it is all we want to be. Our work is all about Jesus and we are only here to bring glory to his name.
Today was a great day in Honduras.
Blessings,
Marc

Monday

Today was the last day on the mountain for over 80 of us. We were originally heading to Nueva Oriental to do a clothing give-away but when the bus pulled up, there was a group from the Nashville area already doing the same thing. We changed plans quickly and were able to move up to Los Pinos. Well over 200 families were served by the event and Maria Phillips was an amazing organizer for this event.
While the team was working in with clothing, there was another group on the Los Pinos mountain completing the construction of a house that was started last week. In addition to the completion of the house, there was tin and lumber delivered so that 3 additional houses could recieve new a new roof. Leaving Los Pinos was hard because our team has renewed many relationships and made many other new ones. Los Pinos has made it's way into the hearts of many many people on our team.
Today we sent our last team to Hospital Esquela and the Mi Esperanza house. Later, everybody made their way to the School For The Blind to meet the 45 or so students and to hear them sing and to sing to them.
We finished the day at the Jesus Statue for our devotional - Tomorrow, we will slim down to a group of about 20. Still lots of work ahead.
It has been another Great Day in Honduras!
Blessings,
Marc

What A Weekend

On Saturday we went to a new (for TORCH) community to work. Our drive to Rio Hondo was about an hour NE of Tegucigalpa. There were 3 mountain ranges between us and the community and the village was really nice.
Our group divided into three aread of work - medical, construction, and evangelism. It was an amazing day as we were able to complete 3 houses before 4 in the afternoon, we treated over 250 in the clinic, and many heard the gospel and there were 3 new Christians as a result of the bible studies. The team was unified in all of the work and God blessed everybody with a great day in Honduras.
Today we went to church in Los Pinos and worshiped.Wesley preached and Cisco translated. Their words were powerful and 6 ladies responded to the invitation seeking to become Christians. We were able to be witnesses to their new birth. There were 250 adults and over 200 children in attendence for this 4th anniversary of a congregation meeting in Los Pinos.
After church we went a quick lunch and were off to the Valley of Angels for shopping & relaxation. We finished our day with a great meal at Los Tejas and a wonderful devotional at the Santa Lucia church - a favorite of many.
This has been a Great weekend in Honduras.
Blessings,
Marc

Friday- Another Great Day

We were scattered around today. There were teams at Hospital Esquala, in El Hitillo, working at the misson house, in Los Pinos, and other places. All were working together and working for a common goal. When this happens, people around our team recognize that it is Jesus working through his followers and they begin to ask questions about the reason that we are "different".
Today the team building houses in the lower El Hitillo community attracted many people that were interested in what was happening and why a bunch of people from North America would come to their conutry to work and build. In Los Pinos many seeds were planted. the harvest was one but, when this crop is harvested, I'm confident that there will be many many more. Our teams on the mountain work hard to deliver the message and I am blessed everyday with the many stories about the work that happened.
A team of 10 stayed behind today to organize the " stuff"for a day of giving that is scheduled for Monday. After working here, they rode to the IRC Warehouse in Tegucigalpa to complete their job. We are now ready for the job ahead.
While all the work on different mountains was going on, there was a small group that loaded and delivered 150 food bags to the church in Los Pinos. The plan is for the members of the churh to deliver the food to the community where they live. We are working with the local churches because they will still be there when the TORCH groups leave.
This afternoon we were joined by a group from SC and they are very excired bout the work ahead and many other things that are planned. Pray for them.
Today was truly another great day in Honduras.
Blessings & Love
marc
Saturday - another day filled with new adventure!

Amazing Day

Thursday was started in an amazing way and finished with a beautiful devotional praising our God with song and prayer.
One of the guards at the mission house – Pedro had been asking a lot of questions about what we do and why. Wesley and Cisco told him that they only use scripture to help people understand what is needed to meet Jesus. After study and prayer, Pedro decided that he wanted to dedicate his life to Jesus and he was baptized in the fountain. That’s not all! Our evangelism team continued their work on the mountain and studied with several folks. Four more people were moved to dedicate their lives to Jesus and came to him in the water. Our God is Amazing. This was the first time that we had ever worked in this new community and the fields there were ready for a harvest. Our team on the mountain worked with the local minister showing them people that he believed would be willing to study and the Lord did the rest.
While the evangelism team was working, there was a clinic in the church building and over 150 were treated for various illnesses. Two houses were built in the same community and the folks there could see Jesus in action.
We also sent about 18 people to Comayagua – about 60 miles away to build a block house for the mother of one of the workers at a children’s home sponsored by the church in Starkville. Moving and working with block and concrete is one of the hardest jobs you can do – add in the heat and it was a tough but rewarding day for that team.
Summary – 5 new Christians, 3 new houses, 150+ treated in a clinic, 85 tired workers for Jesus!
Another Great Day in Honduras!
Blessings,
marc

Jesus Everywhere

Today our teams were everywhere. We sent two teams to Los Pinos to finish the undone houses from Tuesday. There were two other teams that built today too. One was a birthday house for a young lady in her 90's from the Fairview Heights Church of Christ in Illinois - what a great birthday present! The house was in a community called Suipa and there will be 6 people living in the new house. This community is one of the poorest that I have seen and that makes it one of the poorest in the world! The other house was built for the Griffin Road Church of Christ in Ft Lauderdale, FL. This church is responsible for 5 of our houses this year. The Griffin Road house was built for a lady and her 7 children and it is in Villa Nueva Sector Cinco.
There was a medical team in another area of Villa Nueva called sector ocho. The team treated more than 150 people in need. On the way to the mountain, there was a food distribution where 150 families recieved a bag of food, a smile from one of our team, and the love of Jesus. The team that went to Hospital Esquala was also part of the food distribution team. The food delivered will last a family of 5 about a week.
Back on Los Pinos, Cisco and Wesley led and evangelism team while Maria Phillips and Maria Garcia taught a womans class. Tonight there are 5 new Christians in Los Pinos. On top of that, there are others that are very close to making a decision to follow Jesus. Pray for them.
We have also continued to send workers daily to Casa de Esperanza - the house of hope. Last night Cody (Baton Rouge) & AJ (Hot Springs) were workers at Casa and they reported having a great night. Three others are there tonight.
A lot of things are going on in Honduras to make every day a great day.
Blessings,
Marc

Half Way Home

We are about the half way point of our work as a team and last night I sensed a few tired folks. This work here is very different from most of the day to day things that we experience in the USA. The mountains are steep and the work is very tough. The people on the mountain don't speak our language, they don't have cars or TV's or anything to eat. They are also receptive to hearing good news and many of them believe when they hear a message of hope. Yesterday there were 3 people that heard, believed, repented, and put on a new life by being baptized. Our God is good... all the time.
Our goal of finishing 4 houses in a day was not met - 2 houses were finished and 2 need work. The houses wil be finished early today and these families will be in their new homes before noon. The construction teams were faced with challenges like building on mountain sides and having hugh rocks in the exact place where a corner post needed to be set. One of the finished houses was built by many of the women on our team and it turned out to be an excellent example of what a TORCH house should be. The women added touches like curtains and shelves. They also put the added touch of writting a favorite verse of scripture on the bottom board below the floor.
The day was complete when we all gathered to sing praises, hear a few thoughts from one of the young men, and sharing where we saw Jesus today.
Tuesday was truly another great day in Honduras.
Blessings,
Marc

Monday Houses

Monday was truly a great day in Honduras.
Our team worked in Los Pinos. There were 3 houses built, a VBS team led by Vickie from Charlotte, a ministry for women led by Maria Phillips, bible studies led by Wesley & Cisco, a team at the hospital led by Amanda Phillips, a food pack team led by Terri, and with all of this - lives were touched.
The end of the day on the mountain was exciting as one man chose to become a Christian and many of the group were witnesses to the baptism of Philipe.
God is good, all the time.
Our evening devotional was full of heart felt praise and worship and we were able to share many thoughts on where we saw Jesus - in each other and in the many people on the mountain. Learning to see Jesus in our daily lives is one of the big benefits of working in a place like Honduras. We have removed most all of the distractions of the world around us and that allows us to take the time we need to see the Lord in the people around us.
So far we have built 7 houses, packed 500 bags of food (about 10,000 pounds), treated over 200 in clinics, talked to dozens about Jesus, and witnessed the birth of 2 new Christians.
Today we will work to build 4 houses in the same day - this hasn't been done since we started building floors - Pray for this work. Of course, we will have many other ministries going on at the same time.
Ending this morning, I'd like to ask all of you to remember Clare Carter in your prayers. She had a construction mishap yesterday (big bar on a small foot) and recieved 6 stitches. She will be fine but, just pray that she will be back in action very quickly.
Blessings &
Another Great Day in Honduras
marc

Saturday & Sunday

Great Days!
There were 3 houses built in Los Pinos on Saturday and - tough building locations but our teams were tougher and the houses are excellent. There were over 40 people working on the house teams - the brand new crew from Baton Rouge was able to build their first "from scratch" house and they loved it.
There was a medical clinic in Los Pinos where over 200 were treated for a variety of illnesses. Communities like Los Pinos are always happy to have a team of medical workers because there are so few opportunities. Our medical team was led by Jim Lup and they were awesome. Every person in the community that needed care recieved it.
We closed out our day with a welcome for the balance of our team and a great devotional. There were a large number of our team that shared "where they saw Jesus".
This morning we attended church at Santa Ana. The 86 of us added to the 60 or so local members made today one of the largest since the church was planted there - 2 years ago today.
For the new week before us, we are planning to knock out 3 houses every day - that should get is to over 20 by the end of the week. Right now, wood os our biggest concern - we however have the secret weapon - Timoteo Estrada - Timo is the expert in getting our team wood - even when there are tons of other groups trying to buy materials. Thanks Timo!
We are sending teams to Hospital Esquala every day this week and there are guys and gals that will be staying at Casa de Esperanza to help care for our 16 children.
Our evangelism teams will be working the mountain tomorrow and we look forward to reporting the wonderful results that our God will deliver.
Thanks for reading, praying, and tinking about our team.
Our God is good...all the time.
Another Great Day in Honduras!
Marc

Bad Day? No Way

Yesterday started like almost everyone that we have while working here....early breakfast, short devotional, work plans and off to the buses.
Well, we didn't know it but the day was one that was set to be full of "welcome to Honduras" moments. We planned to build 3 total houses ( one for the group that was already here and 2 for our team - our suppliers only delivered the wood for 2 - "Welcome to Honduras", our hardware supplier was out of roofing material and nails - "Welcome to Honduras", when we found a place that had the hardware and roofing that we needed - it took an hour for the truck to get there because there was a wreck on the highway - "Welcome to Honduras", the flight from Memphis was here on time but nobody from the flight got off because all 25 were stuck in Houston - "Welcome to Honduras" (we did get 14 here and the others will be here at 11:30 today). I could go on about the "Welcome to Honduras" moments of the day but - I'm guessing that you get the point.
Well, the day ended much differently.
We all went to the Jesus Statue for our evening devotional and it was awesome to stand above the city where we will be working to sing praises to our God and to talk about the great things that he has done for us. After returning to the mission house, we were blessed that one of our bus drivers - a new one this year - chose to be a Christian and was baptized in the fountain.
Not such a bad day after all.
Thank you God for reminding us why we are here!
Blessings,
Marc
Today will be another great day in Honduras.

Hit The Road

The travellers from Thursday arrived - all three flights were actually a little early! Everyone hopefully had a great night of sleep and will be ready to Hit the Road Running because that is what we'll do today. We will be a complete team when the 11:30 AM flight from Memphis arrives and there will be 85 of us working to serve Jesus.
The Thursday team will be working in a community called Santa Ana. That is the location of Casa de Esperanza. Casa is a children's home that is part of our permanent ministry in Honduras. There are 16 children there and they are all beautiful and crave love. Our team will be there do deliver on that. While in Santa Ana, we will be working with the local church to help the community - building 2 houses and preparing for a clinic. There is a clinic on our property in Santa Ana and we have access to all of the meds and equipment for our clinic work. This afternoon, we will have a ladies ministry at the church building that will be taught by one of our team members from Illinois.
Thanks for sending your messages to the team. We expect that today will be -
Another Great Day in Honduras
Blessings,
Marc

IT's HERE!

Today I am on my way to the airport to pick up the first 60 of the Mississippi (and all over) team.
WOW! It's gonna be a great day in Honduras.
We have the first load of food arriving at the mission house at about 5 this afternoon. We also have 2 houses of wood arriving in Santa Ana scheduled for tomorrow morning. Tomorrow while the last 25 are flying from Memphis, we'll be building 2 houses, preparing for a clinic, teaching women about Jesus, and playing with the children at Casa de Esperanza. Our God is GOOD all the time.
Dios es bien, todo tiempo.
Please pray every day for our team. You can feel free to post comments to your favorite TORCH member and we will make sure that they get the message.
Pray for the work and that lives will be changed.
Blessings,
Marc

Next Week

Can't believe that we are only a week away from having the team here in Honduras. A bunch of you will arrive on the 19th - my birthday while the remaining 25 will be here on the 20th. everybody here is very excited that all of you are coming. This group is the favorite of almost everybody that works with TORCH. Why - that's because our team ROCKS!
This team rocks because all of you come ready to work and serve the needs of many of the people that you have come ot know and love.
We are going to be a gathering of folks from all over the country - 85 strong. Our team will be building 24 or 25 house, we'll be packing out at least 10 tons of food and we'll have medical clinics that will treat 100's in a single day. All of this while people are on the mountain talking about the good things that Jesus has done for them and helping them learn how much he will do for them.
Get ready! It's going to be a great year in Honduras.
Blessings,
Marc

Phone Revised

Well, if you have ever been to an orientaion of mine, you have heard me say that you can't leave anything that you want to keep laying around on one of the mountains of Honduras. I guess I didn't listen to myself and today I "gave" my cell phone away.
My new number for your relatives and interested parties is
011-504-3313-7826
Please share this with people that need to know.
Blessings,
Marc

Houses

Since coming to a Honduras on the 11th, I have been in several communities and have witnessed some of the worst living conditions that I have ever seen. One story stands out -
In Santa Ana, there is an old man living on a mountain top. His house is literally made of sticks and his floor is dirt. On Sunday afternoon, I slammed my truck into low 4 and headed up his mountain. I met him listening to his transister (pre-digital age) radio - (Sunday was Honduras football). It was close to becoming dark and the house doesn't have electricity. A friend from Tupelo was with me and I told him to do a "food patrol" while I talked to the old guy. We didn't see any evidence of food in the house but, the old man with a thoothless grin pulled out a small bag and inside was 2 small cakes that he told us he had been given at church that morning. He wanted to give the cakes to us - his only food and he offered them as a gift to people that he didn't even know.
I guess that this is what Jesus was talking about when he said "I was hungry and you gave me something to eat" or when he told the apostles about the old woman that gave away her last two copper coins.
We are planning to build this house soon!
Marc

HONDO CELL

Write this down and share it with anyone that might need it.
My Honduras cell number - as dialed from a US phone is
011-504-33-19-9778
This will be for use in an emergency and you will NOT be able to have your mom call it to tell you that they miss you.
WOW! Can you believe that we are only 2 months from our Mission! Plans are coming together and I just know that everyone that is on our team will be blessed and will be a blessing. Start praying every day for our work and for our team. If you are new this year - get ready for the best 2 weeks of your life. If you are returning this year - I know that it is hard to believe but, every year builds on the previous and the work and experience gets better and better.
I'm excited and am really looking forward to seeing what our AWESOME God has planned for TORCH 2007.
Great days in Honduras wll be here soon!
Blessings,
Marc

MAY DAY

In many parts of the world, May Day is a celebration - mostly in places like Cuba and other less than friendly nations - I think.
Here at my house - May Day means that the due date for airfare has arrived. Sort of a "deal or no deal" moment. Either you send the airfare - quickly (deal) or you don't (no deal). I sorta like the show that goes by the same name and for the life of me I don't understand how so many of the folks give up big bucks to take a chance on a "better deal". The situation here is different because if you think that by waiting to send your airfare is going to make you get a better deal - guess again. You snooze - you lose. Don't pay, don't play. All of these little sayings are going to be true and you will be home in July when all of us are in Honduras.
SEND THE AIRFARE PLEASE!
Thanks,
Marc
Ps: for the few of you that have already sent your airfare - get ready for Great DAys in Honduras.

Summer Plans

I was in Honduras for the past week and saw so many of the things that keep me going back. It is amazing that - just like here in the states - we can drive past areas of suffering and never take the time to open our eyes to see what is happening. That was the case for me on Sunday morning. I had to leave Santa Ana early Sunday morning to take a friend to the airport so I decided to go on over to Los Pinos to attend worship. On the way to Los Pinos, I noticed an exit sign into a community called Colonia La Canada. It is in easy view from the highway and I had never noticed it. In Colonia La Canada, there are probably 50 houses and there isn't one of them that doesn't need to be torn down and replaced. Likely there are about 350 to 400 people living in these 50 houses and they need to be noticed. If they are living in places like I saw, then it is obvious that they are hungry and need to be fed too. If they are hungry, then they are probably in need of some "Good News!" too. We have all of the tools that these people are praying for - we can deliver houses, food, & the hope and promise of a better time. All in the name of Jesus.
If you are not praying every day for our mission, it is time to start. Pray today for the people of Colonia La Canada.
We all need to be praying that our God will pour out blessings on the people of Honduras through our team. Please pray that we will have all the resourses that we can use to build, feed, and deliver the good news to people in need.
I am ready for 13 great days in Honduras!
Blessings,
Marc

Notice For MAY

With May 1 coming fast, I just wanted to remind all of you that your AIRFARE will need to be coming my way!
By now you should have completed your application and sent a deposit. If you are behind on that, then go ahead and send your application NOW. We cannot get everything that we need to get done without an application. Even if you don't yet have a passport in hand, send an application and leave the passport number blank. We use the info on your application to secure your short term missionary insurance. This is important because we don't let anyone on a TORCH Team unless they have it.
Now - for those of you that haven't yet done what you need to do to get a passport - WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? Don't think you can wait till June to get this done. There are more applications for passports going through the process right now than ever. That means that it is going to take you 8 to 10 weeks to get your little blue book back in the mail. DON'T WAIT.
How are you doing on raising money to build houses and buy food?
Ask your rich friends and the parents of your rich friends if they would like to build a house for a family that doesn't have one. For $1,000 a family can have a warm & dry place to live.
Don't be afraid to tell people about what you are doing on your summer vacation. You will be amazed at the number of people that will support the work if you just tell them about the needs of the poor.
Have a blessed Easter.
Marc

Get Ready

Can you believe that April 1 is almost here - that means that we are moving fast toward our annual time together. I can't wait.
As you know, we will all be arriving on either the 19th or 20th of July and you can be assured that you will be put to work as soon as you get off of the bus. I just want each of you to make sure that you are able to make the trip because we are going to need every one of you to finish the work that our God has planned for us. That means that you need to be holding a USA Passport. Passports are very easy to get - as long as you plan in advance. Right now it is taking passport offices about 10 weeks to deliver - and that is only if you get all the paperwork that they need - the first time! Even expidited passports are 4 weeks in process. DON'T WAIT!
Next- you gotta get your application to me! We use the info on this form to get your missionary insurance and order your T-Shirt (which you are gonna love) If you don't send the application, don't expect your shirt to fit!
Our work this year is going to be amazing - and as usual, full of different things that none of us expected.
Well, from hear on out, I'll be posting new info about every week - stay tuned for more and more details about TORCH 2007.
Love & Blessings,
Marc
Ps: my new cell is 618-520-0589 - feel free to call if you need anything.

2007 Application

2007 Application
TORCH APPLICATION FORM ’07
Memphis - July 20-31
Others July 19-31
Cost of trip is $1325.
TORCH MISSIONS
124 Spyglass Ct
O’Fallon, IL 62269
Email address___________________Name_________________________________
Date of Birth_____________ Age______
Street Address______________________________________________
Home Phone______________________
Cell Phone_____________________________
Social Security Number_______________________
PassportNumber_______________________
City Issued_________________________Date Issued____________________________
Expiration Date_____________________
Are you a Christian? Yes____ No_____
Name of Church you
Address of Church you attend_______________________________________________
Male____ Female____ Adult____ Teen____ Child____ Single____ Married______
If married are husband and wife on the trip together?? Yes_____ No_____
Adults occupation_______________________________________________
Students academic classification & name of school____________________________
Languages you speak___________________________________________________
Foreign Countries you have visited______________________________________
Are you in good physical condition? Yes_____ No______
Are you taking prescription medication on a regular basis? Yes____ No_____
If yes, List medications and conditions being treated _______________________________________________________
Allergies_________________________________________________
Adult T shirt size Small_____ Medium_____ Large_____ XLarge ______ XXL_____
I have read and accept the conditions listed in the information section of the TORCH Program AND I commit to raising a minimum of $200 over and above the cost of the trip to support the benevolent work of my team.___________________________ _______________________Signature Date
IMPORTANT Everyone traveling must fill out an application
This application is due February 15 & must be accompanied by:$150 deposit
Spanish Parent consent form - signed and notorized
Copy of your passport One Passport sized photo
Letter of recommendation for TORCH trip (if it is your first trip)
Essay: Why do you want to participate in this trip