Restoration will be making its third official mission trip to Cochabamba in August 2018. Our role: We are taking a team to work with our friends at La Trinidad Anglican church, and to spend time with the children of Niños con Valor in Cochabamba, Bolivia. dates: August 3-12, 2018 Cost: Airfare + visas + $900 (includes accommodation, […]
As we approach the end of 2017, Restoration Immigration Legal Aid (RILA) looks back with thanksgiving for Restoration’s support: You helped us achieve a matching grant of $25,000 from the Matthew 25 Initiative. You turned out in large numbers (and brought friends and coworkers) to staff monthly legal aid clinics. You provided meals and hospitality […]
Hey Restoration, I loved being with so many of you at the fall retreat last weekend. Our planning team did a superb job, the weather was perfect, and the content was challenging. As you may know, a couple days after the retreat, Jeff Walton and I went to Singapore for their diocese’s triennial Mission Roundtable. […]
Last week, my husband Simon and I went on a few days vacation. It was soooo delightful – we went to the beach and we walked, laughed, relaxed, ate good food. All those things we do when we’re away. But it was hard not to be aware that we had unintentionally arrived in the middle of a […]
During our time in Cochabamba, Bolivia we traveled through the city in a small bus that had a number 9 written on the front window. It was driven by a very kindhearted man that became known as number 17, “Diecisiete”, on our team because when we would get on we would count off to make […]
Today is the day after the end of the Bolivia trip– the end of the most transformative summer of my life as a whole where I felt God challenging me and pushing me to use my heart in ways I had not done before. This summer I felt the presence of God work through people […]
Short-term mission trips come with their share of challenges. Before the trip, I found it hard to believe that somehow in a 10 day period, a group of 16 people of different ages, backgrounds, and experiences could somehow come together, plant themselves in a foreign country, adjust to new food, language, and culture, and have […]
We are home. Hey Restoration! Our Bolivia Team arrived home around 9pm on Sunday night. Thank you for reading our emails and blogs, for praying, and for generously helping with our trip costs. Some of you came to the Bowlivia Dinner, others of you dropped your kids with us for a Date Night, lots of […]
#RestoBolivia2 – Team reflections #1 Tu fe ha salvado; ve te en paz. These are the words of Jesus as he blesses the woman who washed his feet with her tears. A simple sentence: “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.” These are the words of Jesus that have been on repeat (in Spanish […]
The Restoration Immigration Legal Aid (RILA) team is excited to announce that RILA has received a $25,000 matching grant from the Matthew 25 Initiative. This initiative started with a vision from Archbishop Foley Beach and his desire to use a generous grant from an anonymous donor to help churches reach the poor and needy in […]