Northern Ireland Trip Team Profile

Introducing the team members of our Northern Ireland trip this summer (find further details about the trip in a previous post):

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Name: Rondel

Age: 13

Where I live: West Oak Lane, Philadelphia

School Name: Fitler Academics Plus

Number in family: 4

Interests/Hobbies: Football

Favorite Food: Pizza

Favorite Subject: Math

Why do I want to go on this trip? To teach kids in Ireland how we learn about God in Philadelphia

How do I feel I can benefit from going on this trip? I can benefit from this trip because I can see how kids in Ireland learn about God

What strengths/gifts do you think you’ll bring to this trip? I can teach the kids American Football

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Name: Michael

Age: 12

Where I live: Germantown, Philadelphia

School Name: Mastery

Number in family: 2

Interests/Hobbies: Skateboarding

Favorite Food: Pizza

Favorite Subject: Everything

Why do I want to go on this trip? Learn from others on how to become a better Christian

How do I feel I can benefit from going on this trip? I can learn how others worship God

What strengths/gifts do you think you’ll bring to this trip? I think I will bring grit and humor

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Name: Lyriq

Age: 12

Where I live: Germantown, Philadelphia

School Name: Mastery Charter

Number in family: 2 sisters, 1 brother

Interests/Hobbies: Dancing, internet

Favorite Food: Fried chicken

Favorite Subject: History

Why do I want to go on this trip? I want to go because I have never been to Ireland before.

How do I feel I can benefit from going on this trip? I can learn about how they do things out of the United States.

What strengths/gifts do you think you’ll bring to this trip? The strength I will bring is my intelligence.

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Name: Kim

Age: 16

Where I live: Germantown, Philadelphia

School Name: Home schooled

Number in family: 13

Interests/Hobbies: Cooking, baking, music and playing the piano

Favorite Food: Italian

Favorite Subject: Music

Why do I want to go on this trip? I think it would be a great trip and experience for me.

How do I feel I can benefit from going on this trip? I’ll learn more than I already know about God, and I’ll meet new people.

What strengths/gifts do you think you’ll bring to this trip? Music, piano, and friendship

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Name: Derek

Age: 16

Where I live: West Oak Lane, Philadelphia

School Name: Military Academy (Leeds)

Number in family: 4

Interests/Hobbies: Football, Basketball and Drawing

Favorite Food: Cheese steaks, hamburgers and fries

Favorite Subject: Math

Why do I want to go on this trip? I think it would be a great trip for me because I enjoy meeting new people and usually work well with them.

How do I feel I can benefit from going on this trip? I feel I can learn from this trip because it will give me a lot of different new experiences.

What strengths/gifts do you think you’ll bring to this trip? I am good at sports and I can also teach about God.

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Name: Anayansi (Ana)

Age: 13

Where I live: Germantown, Philadelphia

School Name: Home Schooled

Number in family: 13

Interests/Hobbies: Walking on the Avenue (this means shopping)

Favorite Food: Sweets

Favorite Subject: Music

Why do I want to go on this trip? I really like the sounds of Ireland I want to travel there.

How do I feel I can benefit from going on this trip? I will learn from a new culture

What strengths/gifts do you think you’ll bring to this trip? I am very good at listening and teaching younger kids

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Name: Kurt

Age: 32

Where I live: Germantown, Philadelphia

Family: 2 brothers, 1 sister, 5 nephews, 1 niece

Interests/Hobbies: Cooking, camping, making sculptures from clay

Favorite Food: Fish that I just caught and fried up at home, mmm.

Why do I want to go on this trip? I have heard about some of the exciting things that God is doing in Portadown and I am looking forward to serving alongside brothers and sisters in Christ there.

How do I feel I can benefit from going on this trip? I am praying God will use this trip to teach me and each of the youth who come more about our gifts and calling from God to build His Kingdom.

What strengths/gifts do you think you'll bring to the table on this trip? I have had the privilege of working with the youth in the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia for nearly 5 years. God has taught me patience and perseverance. I hope to benefit this group by encouraging others to be faithful and consistent in serving others.

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Names: Kyuboem and Christe

Ages: In their 30's

Where we live: Germantown, Philadelphia

Occupation: Q is a pastor, Christe a stay at home mom

Children: Amoz (2½) and Theo (9 months)

Interests/Hobbies: Q likes swimming, running and taking photos. When he has time he likes to draw and paint. Christe likes to cook and take long walks. Amoz loves sports, Curious George and finding ways not to sleep. Theo likes to watch Amoz and just hang out and look cute.

Favorite Food: Q and Christe--Korean Barbeque, Amoz-potato chips, candy and ice cream. Theo-never had anything yet he doesn't like.

Why do we want to go on this trip? We are very excited about the opportunity to lead a group of inner city youth on a mission/Christian service trip abroad. All of the young people coming are from low-income African American families, and live in a economically challenged part of Philadelphia. These opportunities of cross-cultural service, worship and interaction with their Northern Irish peers are unlike any the members of our youth group have experienced. By and large, these opportunities that come regularly to other Christian youths in US aren't considered a possibility for our youths who have grown up in inner city neighborhoods. We are praying that this will greatly impact their worldview, and most importantly, how they understand God and His people worldwide. We are praying that the team will gain a heart of service that extends beyond our own comfort zones, so that we will return changed and eager to be available to serve God and others back home.

How do we feel we can benefit from going on this trip? We are hoping for deeper relationships with the members of the youth group, whereby we can continually help the youth interpret their lives and circumstances through the lens of the gospel of Christ. We are praying God will teach us how to be better leaders and counselors of our youth.

What strengths/gifts do you think you'll bring to the table on this trip? Christe and Q have had many individual and combined cross cultural ministry experiences and hope to bring sensitivity to other cultures and appreciation for the differences and similarities that exist among people who bear God's image.

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