GlobalX Venezuela Partner Development Construction 2: Our Team

What We Are All About

Trip Summary:

Our team will do construction and renovation projects for Project Jonas, a children's home ministry founded by Good News Church in Barquisimeto, Venezuela. Jonas Project's mission is to rescue children who are orphaned, abandoned, or homeless. Due to poverty and parental drug addiction, the abandonment of children is a major social problem in Venezuela and other countries in central and South America. Our team will work with the staff and volunteers of Jonas Project to impact the children influenced by this ministry. Our mission begins Friday July 8th and ends Friday July 15th.

Monday, April 4, 2011

Our Team

Our group is made up of 18 people who have all decided to step out in faith and hopefully make a difference in the lives of others together. Seven of us have worked together on a previous construction trip through GlabalX to the Dominican Republic. The experience was life changing and the friendships formed are life long. We are excited to do the same with our new group. We have all met and we mesh very well. We have several group meetings, socials, and team building events planned to help us get to know one another and discover our teams strengths. We are all very excited about this opportunity and hope you follow our adventures.

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Kim Gardner- Assistant Leader- Kim is from Detroit, but after 20 years, calls Atlanta home. Kim is a graduate of UGA- "Go DAWGS". She is our "go to girl ", our "get it done girl", or our"tell me what they are saying girl". Kim is fluent in Spanish and using this God given gift to aid all of us English speaking folk on this mission is essential to our team. Language is her way of giving back and so very needed. Kim was part of the Dominican Republic mission trip and attends Buckhead Church.

Nathaniel Giesman- Nate Dogg is originally from Alabama and has been attending Buckhead Church since 2004. His degree in International Business from Auburn will be put to good use since he will be our International Team Accountant. Nate has learned that by replenishing/helping/serving others, you are yourself replenished. Nate knows, because he was on the previous trip to the Dominican, that he is going to get so much more out of this experience than he could ever put into it. Nate is outgoing and a hard worker.

Mindy Castellanos- Mindy is originally from San Diego but made Atlanta her home four years ago with her two beautiful daughters. Mindy worked in full-time children's ministry for five years but has moved to different ventures and now owns a personal training and BootCamp studio. She is also a local actor in Atlanta. Mindy attends Buckhead church and volunteers as a Bible story teller in Upstreet. She is excited to be a part of this specific mission trip. She believes that God has blessed her family beyond measure and is completely thrilled to be contributing to the Jonas Project.