You can do things I cannot do, I can do things you cannot do…together we can do great things!
Tom Hackett is the Founder and Director of Alternative Missions and VineAge.com
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Here we are headed “down island” by boat from Oakridge to Helene with the Helene staff and Missionary Care Team (MCT members Danny Machado ( orange Texas shirt), Wendy Grimm (back right woman with white shirt and sun glasses sitting in front of me) Me (standing with black and floral shirt with sun glasses and […]
read more...This year we are beginning a new program we call Missionary Care in Alternative Missions. The purpose is to equip, train, provide counsel and generally help our staff deal with life as a missionary. The plan for this year is to have Missionary Care “Retreats” in Mexico, Honduras and Costa Rica. I leave with a […]
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I leave today with a team including Dr. Tony Burrows (Tucson, AZ), Dr. Joey Gallemore (Yuma, AZ), Dr. Claudia Colorado (Yuma, AZ), Dr. Thuy Ngo (Phoenix, AZ), Trina Siegfried (Yuma, AZ), and Dan Zaugg (Ridgway, CO) heading to Cofradia, Nayarit Mexico for a few days of dental clinics. I will post photos […]
February 1, 2008
Linnea will be having surgery today around 12 noon Mountain Time - Please be praying for her.Linnea fell from scaffolding while working on our house yesterday. She landed with all her weight on her left foot with pressure on her left leg pretty severely injuring the tibial plateau part of her leg/knee (multiple […]
I will be spending time at our mission sites in Cofradia and Tepic. I would appreciate you praying for my time with our staff. As I travel I will add comments and photos in chronological order.
I spent some time at the Mazatlan YWAM base today talking with them about their “Homes of Hope” home building […]
read more...Throughout this year I would like to meet with you, your friends, your home group, church, school, organization, etc. and share the opportunities for involvement that are available through the mission locations and ministries of Alternative Missions. Make this the year you get involved in missions!
For scheduling you can contact me at:
Email: tom@alternativemissions.com
Phone: 623 521-9742
Presenter: […]
There are a couple of churches that request an annual review at this time of year. I enjoy filling them out and wrapping my mind around what we have been up too. I thought it might be helpful for others to produce a generic presentation of this document. CLICK HERE TO READ THE REVIEW
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I had a great trip to Oaxaca with Dr. Tony Burrows (Tucson), Dr. Joseph Gallemore (Yuma), Dr. Tim Lukavsky (Phoenix), Joe Morris (Helene, Honduras staff), and our missionary hosts Jeffrey & Sylvia Simmons. I have great memories of…
The beautiful Oaxacan people and countryside.
How much I enjoy frijoles with every meal.
How remote the villages can be […]
Alternative Missions Directors Meet-Up
We will be meeting to review 2007 and to plan for 2008 and beyond. We would appreciate your prayers for us during this time.
Attending:
Tom Hackett - President & Director of Alternative Missions
Jeremy Dyck - Vice President & Assistant Director of Alternative Missions
David Elias - Cofradia, Nayarit Mexico Location Director
Andy Hackett - Tepic, Nayarit […]
Ridgway, CO - Monday, October 1, 2007 - Alternative Missions, a mission organization committed to finding “creative ways of reaching the world”, is releasing a new community based social networking site called www.vineage.com. Unlike other social networking sites VineAge.com is designed to enable the formation of missional Christian communities. That is communities that are active, […]
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Linnea and I have been so encouraged by those of you who have been part of our support team over the years…Thank you!
At this time, we find ourselves running $1000 a month short of our monthly budget. We are looking for new team members who will commit to $50 […]
Team Steam - Roatan staff debrief from the last year and set goals for 2008.
Heading to Helene from Oak Ridge with supplies.
(L to R) Emily, Dierdre, Joe, Tom, Larry in the middle, Camas, Sheila
Update 9/2
I arrived yesterday and had a visit with Wally and Susie Moore before heading to the West End where I spent […]
We would appreciate prayer as Linnea and I travel to Mexico. For updates of our trip come back to this page every couple of days. I will be adding photos and reports of our trip while we are in Mexico.
Safety and Good Health
Success as I attempt to meet with a lawyer in Mazatlan to amend a non-profit […]
I am spending a lot of my life working on getting VineAge up and running. It will be cool when we get the bugs worked out but until then I am busy creating sites and adding content to see what works and does not work. Please pray that we can get things running smoothly and that VineAge […]
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