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	U.S.A. Mission Experience
	For the first time, in April 2008, a group of Presbyterian Women traveled within the United States to connect concerns raised by past Global Exchanges with similar issues in the United States. With local mission projects as partners, the participants combined education with hands-on ministry during the weeklong trip. Participants encountered challenges to God’s promise of a beloved community and witnessed the faithful responses of Christians living and working in difficult situations. Participants are available to share their experiences in their synods and raise awareness of the ways people of faith confront the issues that divide us. Find the participant from your synod. You can also learn more about the U.S.A. Mission Experience, immigration and issues relevant to the U.S.-Mexico border by reading the September/October 2008 issue of Horizons. The magazine contains articles about border issues, as well as reflections from participants.


	2010 USA Mission Experience
	Meeting Our Sisters in South Dakota September 9–16, 2010 A group of Presbyterian women will travel to South Dakota in 2010 for the second USA Mission Experience, connecting issues raised during past Global Exchanges with similar issues in South Dakota. Participants will: meet Native American women and learn about the issues that concern them — land development, food, farming, church leadership, health and social issues; visit reservations, schools, churches, tribal colleges and historical sites; and hear the voices of our sisters and respond, building mutually supportive relationships. Learn more about the trip to South Dakota.


	2008 U.S.A. Mission Experience to the United States-Mexico Border
	Beyond Borders: PW Focus on Immigration For the Lord your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who is not partial and takes no bribe, who executes justice for the orphan and the widow, and who loves the strangers, providing them food and clothing. You shall also love the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt. (Deut. 10:17–19) Presbyterian Women will focus on immigration and its relationship to violence, poverty, racism, exploitation of women and children, and global economic policies by hearing the voices of our sisters and responding with compassion, working for the end of all forms of violence, advocating for the rights of women and children, supporting our domestic partners and allowing ourselves to be transformed by partnership experiences. Presbyterian Women’s first U.S.A. Mission Experience took place April 12–19, 2008. Participants (at least one woman from each synod) on the trip visited El Paso, Texas, to learn about immigration, detention centers and related issues. See the itinerary from the trip. Read the commitment statement the participants wrote in response to what they experienced. Download the devotional booklet the participants used to focus on immigration. Download the commissioning service for participants of the U.S.A. Mission Experience.


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