Global Compassion
There is a familiar saying which states: “You can’t really understand another person’s experience until you’ve walked a mile in their shoes.” At Crosspointe Church, we want you to experience what it would be like to walk in the shoes of one of our children from our feeding centers. We know that if you can see what they see, smell what they smell, taste what they taste and touch what they touch, you will have a greater understanding of their daily struggle to survive.
Awareness is our greatest weapon in the fight against poverty.
As more people become aware, the more children we will be able to reach. Last year we took people just like you on multiple trips to visit our projects around the world. We provide opportunities to do community outreaches, and service projects, teach Bible stories, make home visits, sight-seeing, and so much more. And on every one of those trips, people came home changed, their hearts touched by a child they encountered on a trip. All our trips are usually 3 to 12 days. We run trips year-round, but the bulk of these take place from spring through fall. We attempt to schedule trips to visit as many different projects and locations as possible, thus providing you with a wide array of experiences and locations to choose.
Africa
Our Africa trips are life-changing experiences that immerse you in the culture and daily reality of communities facing extreme poverty. You’ll visit feeding centers, schools, and villages — building relationships with children and families who are full of joy despite their circumstances.
Mexico — Tijuana
In Mexico, 7 out of 10 born in poverty will die in poverty. 70 percent of the population in Tijuana — some 1.2 million people — do not earn enough to cover their basic food needs. Due to the great number of migrants from southern Mexican states, and from Central and South American countries, who come to Tijuana in the hopes of making their way into the US, the city is expanding rapidly.
We partner with Manna Worldwide and Centro Shalom Church by sponsoring a nutrition center connected to the local church in Tijuana, Mexico. Daily we are feeding over 60 children physically and spiritually in Jesus’ Name. The cost is only $1 a day to rescue a child from the grip of poverty in Tijuana, Mexico.
Guatemala
Approximately 450,000 orphans live in Guatemala City. With a lack of orphanages to care for these children, kids are wandering trash heaps looking for food, water, and clothing. In addition, due to extreme poverty, parents are throwing their infants away because they cannot afford to care for them.
We are partnering with Manna Worldwide and completed building an orphanage to rescue abandoned children from the trash heaps of Guatemala. The orphanage is able to give them 24/7 care, food, clothing, shelter, and education — the cost is only $10 a day per child. We have an opportunity to offer faith, hope, and love to the world’s neediest children.
Frequently Asked Questions
Our trips are open to everyone 18 years of age or older. Minors between the ages of 12 and 17 may join one of our trips providing they are accompanied by a parent or supervising adult with written parental consent.
Because Crosspointe Church and our partnership with Manna Worldwide operates several different projects in Africa, Mexico, Guatemala and the Philippines, we have opportunities to travel to all our locations on a consistent basis. In any given year, compassion trips are scheduled to visit as many projects as possible. However, not all countries are visited in a given year.
The typical trip is 3 to 12 days in duration. Trip length is determined based upon destination.
You accommodations will be either a hotel or guest house. Crosspointe routinely stays in predefined establishments that are clean, comfortable and safe.
Yes, all compassion trips are to international destinations. If you currently have a passport, it is important that it does not expire within 6 months of your trip return date.
For more information or to acquire a passport: http://travel.state.gov/passport
There is a good possibility you will need immunizations to safeguard your health while on a compassion trip. Your trip leader may inform you of any required and or recommended immunizations you should receive prior to your trip but it would also be wise to consult with your primary care physician.
For more information about immunizations and foreign travel: http://cdc.gov/travel