New Orleans (South, West, and St. John)

Application Information

• Please create an account for both you and your student. Then apply for the trip under the student’s name. 
• There are questions the student will need to fill out in the application and questions that the parent will need to fill out.
• The application will take 15 - 20 minutes. 
• If you are a family that has multiple people applying for trips, check out the ServiceReef How To Guide. 

Vision

"MissionLab is passionate about seeing lives changed through short-term missions. We’ve been loving & serving the city of New Orleans in the name of Jesus since 2000, and we want to help you engage your group in missions. We plan custom mission trips for groups of all sizes and ages throughout the year. We believe that anyone can be a missionary, and New Orleans is the perfect training ground." - MissionLab

The team will get to engage in the following types of ministry: 

• Homeless Ministry
• Food Bank
• Prayer Walking
• Kids Ministry

Support Raising

We encourage all of our students to support raise for their trip. It is an opportunity to invite them to see how God provides. The first training will be going over how to support raise. We will also send out the information following that training.

Financial Notes 

• Budget: The cost of the trip is based on traveling to and from Austin and includes all trip insurance, transportation, supplies, lodging, and meals for the duration of the event. You can see the estimated breakdown of the budget here to learn more. 
• IRS Guidelines: Gifts to the For The Nations Fund are used to support the church's global mission initiatives. You may preference the use of your gift, and we will endeavor to use the funds as you desire, but in order for the contribution to be tax deductible, the church must have ultimate control/discretion as to how the money is spent. This means that any financial gifts towards trips are non refundable. 
• If a trip is canceled due to unforeseeable circumstances, refunds will not be issued in compliance with the IRS guidelines. In some cases, it may be determined to allow raised funds to be applied to future trips.
• Student Drop Deadline: Any student that has to drop out of the trip after April 7 for any reason is required to raise the full amount of $300 to cover the trip expenses incurred by the church on their behalf. Any charitable contributions received that exceed $300 are not legally refundable.

Trainings

There will be a total of 3 trainings leading up to the trip. They are held after the Sunday worship service at St. John Campus and lunch will be provided.

Logistics

• Travel: The team will be traveling in 2 15-passenger vans driven by Austin Stone approved Trip Leaders. 
• Lodging: The team will be staying in dorm-style spaces (bunk beds or twin-sized air mattresses; bringing their own linens & towels) owned by Missionlab.
• The max team size is 24 total people. 

Trip Leaders

Trip Leaders are made up of Students Staff members, parents, or DCOMM leaders. If you are a parent and want to be a leader, please fill out an application as well and we will reach out with next steps to go through an interview process. 
There will be 5 or 6 trip leaders depending on the total trip size.