Navajo Nation
STL/AIM Tour 2024
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Navajo Nation | June 27 - June 30
The Navajo people are the largest unreached indigenous people group in North America. Join us along with Navajo Pastor and National Native Youth Director, Jackie Holgate, in serving our neighbors who’ve been far too long forgotten. Explore the beauty of this land of enchantment, and learn how God is awakening our First Nations so that together we may reach every nation!
Total Cost Cost: $499
First deposit (non-refundable) of $50 is due March 1, 2024.
Total payment is due: May 16, 2024.
Cost includes insurance, meals/hotels, and ground transportation (in-state).
Not Included: spending money (no passport necessary)
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Activities Including But Not Limited To:
Serving in local communities through conversational evangelism, dramas, music, skits.
Working with light construction tools to repair churches/houses.
Sharing testimonies in church settings and public community settings.
Driving and touring the landscape and culture of Navajo Nation.
First-look at the new water infrastructure through STL/WorldServe.
Hiking trails, viewing scenery of the reservation.
Games, sports activities for ministry.
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Purpose of the Tour
The purpose of this tour is four-fold:
1. Exposure to the Native American context and Navajo culture
2. Experience God’s heart for Navajo Nation
3. Dreaming and praying together with AZAG & AGUSM leadership
4. Capturing stories of STL to take back and inspire students in our churches
Our missions host will be Southwest Native Youth Director, Pastor Jackie Holgate. Dr. Jim Lopez, our Arizona Native American Ministries Director, will lead an orientation on the Native context, and we will also hear from the President of SAGU American Indian College, Dr. Jonathan Gannon. We will experience the ministry of Speed the Light in action, where our funds have directly invested in this region. This will be a great opportunity for us to serve and pray together as we dream of Arizona's future missions endeavors and capture stories to take back and encourage our churches.
Transportation: We will all ride in a convoy of passenger vans from SAGU/AIC campus in Phoenix
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Tentative Schedule
Thursday, June 27th:
9:30am – Check-in at SAGU/AIC campus in Phoenix
10am – Orientation of Native context with SAGU/AIC leadership
12pm – Lunch on campus
1pm – Depart for Flagstaff
5pm – Dinner in Flagstaff near Mountaintop A/G
7pm – Prayer at Mountaintop Assembly A/G
8pm – Drive to Kayenta
*Stay the night at Hampton Inn Kayenta
Friday, June 28th:
8am – Breakfast at hotel
8:30am – Depart for ministry in Navajo Nation
12:00pm – Lunch on site
1pm — Resume ministry in Navajo Nation
5pm – Dinner at Hampton Inn Kayenta
6pm — Tour Monument Valley
8pm – Prayer & debrief at Hampton Inn Kayenta
Saturday, June 29th:
8am – Breakfast at hotel
8:30am – Depart for ministry in Navajo Nation
12:00pm – Lunch on site
1pm — Resume ministry in Navajo Nation
6pm – Dinner at Cameron Trading Post
7pm – Drive to Flagstaff
*Stay the night at Hampton Inn in Flagstaff
Sunday, June 30th:
8am – Breakfast at hotel
9am – Service at Mountaintop A/G
1pm – Lunch in Flagstaff
2pm – Return to Phoenix
5-6pm – Arrive back at SAGU/AIC
What is AIM?
We go to the nations every year on short-term mission trips through Ambassadors In Mission (AIM), the short-term youth missions program of the Assemblies of God. We encourage every student to go on a foreign mission trip before they graduate high school.
AIM trips can either be stateside or international. AIM started in 1966 and now nearly 10,000 students participate on these trips each year. AIM is a coordinated effort between students, leaders, missionaries and host churches. With Assemblies of God missions in over 250 countries, the opportunities are endless!