* All information below is effective January 2012 *
A short-term mission trip to Guatemala typically consists of 1 week living at the House of Prayer in Chichicastenango. From there your team will travel into the mountain villages helping to build widow houses, assisting with children's feeding programs, as well as possible involvement in other projects: water filter projects, stove projects, and projects at Monte Flor.
COSTS
Trip:
$750 + airfare per person from your gateway. This includes 6 nights lodging at the House of Prayer in Chichicastenango and one night lodging at a hotel in Guatemala City. It includes all food, ground transportation, and emergency insurance should something unforeseen take place. Please send all team trip funds to Pray America at least 30 days prior to your trip.
For every mission trip participant, a child is sponsored for one year of meals, twice each week.
Widow Houses
The cost to build a Widow's House is $1350 per house. This money will provide a basic 12'x12' or 12'x16' wood siding structure with a metal roof, a concrete floor, bunkbeds, a locking door and a window. Most groups will build 4 houses in the week that they are in Guatemala. Please plan to have the funds for each house you are building available to Pray America at least 30 days prior to your trip.
Please mail checks for trip payments. A 6% processing fee need to be added to ALL trip payments submitted online from this website, and clearly state the trip church and travel dates please.
stoves, water filters, and coffee
If you wish to bless a Guatemalan family in need with a stove or a water filter please indicate this on your Trip Info Request. The cost for each efficient wood burning stove is $150. There are two types of water filters: a bio-sand 10 year filter costs $150 each and a 1 year filter costs $75 each. Please plan to have the funds for stoves and water filters available to Pray America at least 30 days prior to your trip.
Coffee: Local Guatemalan grown coffee has become a staple at the mission house and can be purchased seperately during you stay in Chichicastenango. Each 1 pound bag of coffee costs $6 each.
Please mail checks for trip payments. A 6% processing fee need to be added to ALL trip payments submitted online from this website, and clearly state the trip church and travel dates please.
GROUP SIZE
A team is considered a minimum 10 people and maximum of 15 (there must be at least 10 team members two months prior to travel or the team may be cancelled). These maximum and minimum requirements allow us the greatest flexibility in arranging meals, ground transportation and staff support to ensure a smooth mission trip.
AVAILABLE TRIP DATES
Year round – see calendar listed below for availability. Reservations are on a first come, first serve basis, and confirmed with a team deposit.
DEPOSITS
A non-refundable deposit of $50 per person is required to hold the dates of your choice. This deposit will apply to your overall cost for participation.
LEADERs Manual
Once your trip date has been approved, please print out, read and follow the instructions in the Leaders Manual. There is much useful information on what is involved with leading a trip and how to prepare your team for an amazing experience serving in Guatemala.
CONTACT
For trip information:
email: trips@prayamerica.org
Mailing address
Pray America
PO Box 14070
Lansing, MI 48901-4070