<p> Application for 2008 Mission Trips</p><p>‡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.</p><p>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</p><p>I. Please write brief essays answering each of the following:</p><p>1. Why do you think a “vocations initiative” would have mission trips as part of its program budget?</p><p>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?</p><p>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?</p><p>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.</p><p>IV. Please complete the Confidential Information Waiver!</p><p>*Applications can be accepted before the deadline.</p>