{"id":27426,"date":"2024-12-04T15:10:57","date_gmt":"2024-12-04T21:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/?p=27426"},"modified":"2024-12-04T15:10:57","modified_gmt":"2024-12-04T21:10:57","slug":"erik-nilsen-is-going-on-a-short-term-trip-to-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/en\/news\/erik-nilsen-is-going-on-a-short-term-trip-to-mexico\/","title":{"rendered":"Erik Nilsen is Going on a Short-Term Trip to Mexico!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Erik-Nilsen.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-25683 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Erik-Nilsen-240x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Erik-Nilsen-240x300.jpeg 240w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Erik-Nilsen-10x12.jpeg 10w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Erik-Nilsen.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a>I am pleased to announce that I have been green-lit for a three-week mission trip through\u00a0Evangelical Friends Mission\u00a0to Zacatecas, Mexico, from February 17 to March 10! I will be visiting Omar Ramirez and his family, who lead a Friends ministry in that area. I will also be attending the Yearly Meeting sessions in Aguascalientes, which consists of all the Evangelical Friends churches in Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>This will be a great opportunity to build relationships with evangelists and church planters in Mexico, as well as to become acquainted with the area and people I will be sent to serve long-term in the near future, God-willing.<\/p>\n<table style=\"background-color: #6e3420;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"line-height: 14px; word-break: break-word;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff; line-height: 14px;\"><strong>I am fundraising $1,500 for this trip, which will cover travel, food, and lodging for three weeks. If you would like to support me financially, you can follow the link below and enter &#8220;Erik Nilsen&#8221; in the designation line.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #ffffff; line-height: 14px;\"><strong>There are three ways to donate:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"line-height: 14px;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff; line-height: 14px;\"><strong>Online.<\/strong> Donate online <strong><a style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.friendsmission.com\/onlinegiving\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/strong>. Make sure to designate your gift to me.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"line-height: 14px;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff; line-height: 14px;\"><strong>Credit Card. <\/strong>This may be given online (as stated above) or by calling the EFM office (<strong>303-421-8100<\/strong>) to give your information to a live person.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"line-height: 14px;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff; line-height: 14px;\"><strong>Check<\/strong>. Mail a check to EFM, P.O. Box 771139, Wichita, KS 67277. Make sure to mark your check &#8220;Erik Nilsen&#8221;. Pay to the order of \u201cEFM.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Thank you for praying for me and encouraging me all year while I was preparing and seeking opportunities for international missions. I&#8217;m excited for what is next!<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;The same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him, for, &#8216;Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? And how can anyone preach unless they are sent? As it is written: \u201cHow beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Romans 10:12-15<\/p>\n<p>Dutifully yours,<\/p>\n<p>Erik<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am pleased to announce that I have been green-lit for a three-week mission trip through\u00a0Evangelical Friends Mission\u00a0to Zacatecas, Mexico, from February 17 to March 10! I will be visiting Omar Ramirez and his family, who lead a Friends ministry in that area. 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