Team Fee of $650 Due April 30: We have received firm cost quotations for our in-country room and board, the splash party for the children (pictured above), transportation, and other costs from the mission team support office in Santo Domingo, and are pleased to let you know that the 2019 team fee will be $650, the same as in previous years. We need to send our payment for those items to the DR diocesan office on May 3 to make sure the funds arrive at the Campamento at least one month before our arrival on June 17, so please send in your payment by April 30 with a note that it is for the "DR Mission Fund - Team Fee." The church's mailing address is at the bottom of this message. Problem in paying this amount by April 30? Check with Julia (email address below).

One information document is ready for you to review: Packing list. If you have suggestions that might improve this list, please send them in. This new document is posted on the 2019 planning page. The packing list is here. Last week's documents are also on that planning page: the communication document is here, and the lessons learned document is here.

The list of live and silent auction items for the May 3 event is now online here . If you cannot attend that event but would like to place an initial bid on one of the live auction items, please contact me. Need tickets or other information? Contact Julia at < juliacariail@gmail.com>. Tickets will be on sale in the parish hall after the 10 a.m. service on Sunday, April 14 and again (for the last time) on April 28.

Julius

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The planning webpage for the 2019 mission trip is online here. All information about the trip will be added to this page just as soon as it is available.

For information about Christ Church's mission work in the Dominican Republic, including a summary report and photographs from the 2018 trip, click here .