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Text Box: Letter to the congregation from the high school youth Dear Trinity Members, Thank you so much for all your support towards our mission trip. We couldn’t even consider such a great experience without your generosity. With your (and Thrivent’s) help, we were able to raise an amazing $4500 at the spaghetti lunch and auction! We are closer to our goal for funding out trip but we still need your help. Our next major fundraiser is the annual garage sale in late April. We appreciate your kind support for our summer trip. Thank You and God Bless. Trinity Lutheran High School Youth ********************************************* What are you doing July 26 – August 2nd?? Have you been hearing about how much fun the summer trip is going to be and been jealous? Well, there is no reason for you to be jealous: SPOTS ARE STILL AVAILABLE! Currently, there are seven Trinity members going to Wilderness Canoe Base. Our goal is to have a total of sixteen, enough to fill two full canoe trips (which go out in groups of eight). If I have peeked your interest, here is some more information about the trip: § We will be going with youth from two other churches: Zion Lutheran and King of Glory in Loveland. Prior to the trip, we will be doing several day events in order to get to know one another and practice our canoeing abilities. § We will leave early on the 26th, flying into the Twin Cities. There we will rent vans and drive the remaining six hours to Wilderness. § The first two days will be spent onsite, helping with reconstruction projects after a fire last May burnt 60% of their property. While onsite, we will also worship and do team building activities. § We will then go on a three-night, four-day canoe trip in the Boundary Waters Wilderness. For the canoe portion of the trip, we will break up into groups of eight, in accordance with wilderness regulations. § Upon our return, we will drive back to the twin cities, spend then night at a church in the Twin Cities, and return on August 2nd. Depending on which flight we can get, there may be time for a stop at Mall of America. Interested? Please contact Andy or Erin, and are happy to answer any questions that you may have. If you decide you want to go, all we need from you is a completed information page and a $150 deposit—and as our next fundraisers come around, a helping hand. Since we have so many extra spots, FEEL FREE TO INVITE YOUR FELLOW HIGH SCHOOL FRIENDS. All our welcome! Text Box: Dear Trinity Church, Thank you so soo much for the care package during finals week, it truly made finals week easier. Now that I’m back from American Univ. in Cairo. I can add “church care packages” to my list of “Why I love being in the U.S. and not the Middle East” -along with “sidewalks that work” and a lack of ol-Aqsa martyrs rallies.” Although I’m leaving for Israel in a few days to run around “The Holy Land” for two weeks before classes start up again at U of A. So apparently I just can’t stay away from that region. :) But at least it’ll be warm-unlike past years when I was writing sleep deprived thank you notes in the snow in Wyoming (Arizona has better Arabic, so I transferred). Hope everyone at Trinity is doing well, and thanks again for the package—it made me glad to be in the states this year. :) Sincerely, Sarah Rosenberg