Application for 2008 Mission Trips

Application for 2008 Mission Trips

‡Methodist Habitat, Eleuthra Island, Bahamas-March 8-15, 2008, $200

‡Mississippi Disaster Recovery, Pascagoula, Mississippi-March 8-15, 2008, $75

‡Red Bird Mission, Beverly, Kentucky-May 11-18, 2008, $75

‡Tambo de Mora, Peru-May 11-21, 2008, $350

Name______

Box______Phone Number______

R.A.______Academic Advisor______

Email______

Class______

Mark in order of preference (1st, 2nd, etc.) those trips for which you wish to apply.

__ Bahamas __ Mississippi __ Kentucky __Peru

Note: To apply for trips outside the U.S. you MUST bring proof of up-to-date passport to your interview.

October 15, 2007 Completed applications, including letters of recommendation, due by 3:30 p.m.* (In the Hendrix-Lilly Office, 3rd Floor Mills)

October 22-Nov. 2, 2007 Interviews

November 7, 2007 Notification of Acceptance

November 14, 2007 Trip deposit due to the Hendrix-Lilly Office

(amounts listed above)

March 2, 2008 Mandatory Trip Orientation for spring break trips from 6:00-9:00 pm

April 13, 2008 Mandatory Trip Orientation for summer trips from
6:00 pm-9:00 pm

I. Please write brief essays answering each of the following:

1.  Why do you think a “vocations initiative” would have mission trips as part of its program budget?

2. Consider a time that you were involved in a group in which the physical conditions or group dynamics were less than desirable. What was your role in the situation? How did you handle it?

3. Explain why you wish to be apart of a Hendrix-Lilly Mission Trip this year. Why will a week of service work be meaningful for you? What do you hope to offer?

II. Please provide two letters of recommendation: one from a non-Hendrix associate who is familiar with your character and goals (cannot be a family member), and one from a Hendrix faculty or staff (freshmen may substitute a letter from a high school teacher or counselor). It is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY to see that your recommenders send us their letters by the deadline; we will not trace these down for you, and we will NOT consider your application without recommendations.

IV. Please complete the Confidential Information Waiver!

*Applications can be accepted before the deadline.