• Visits to several of the Compassion Child Development Centers
• A visit to the One-to-One Child Survival Program that SCC supports
• Opportunities for us to serve the children at the Child Development Center with VBS, games, and sports
• A visit to the Compassion Office in Kigali
• A day with our sponsored children at a zoo or special planned outing
• Time with our Leadership Development Student, Niyongabire Benoit
• Time in the homes and communities of sponsored children
• A safari
• A visit with former Compassion VP, Bishop Mbanda, who directs Project RW836.  We will help serve this project with a clean up day

The dates of the trip are August 2-14 and we will depart from Washington Dulles Airport.

• Seek the Lord in prayer as to His will for you concerning this trip
• If you would like more detailed information on the trip, contact Diane Atkison at atkisond@gmail.com to be added to the trip distribution list.  Signing up to be placed on the distribution list does not commit you to taking the trip.
• Beginning in early February, you will receive detailed information from Compassion about the trip and the necessary online information to submit.
• Secure your passport - make sure your current passport is valid at least 6 months before the dates of travel, August 2-14.  No Visa is required for this trip.
• Pick up a Rwanda Travel brochure for the trip - available in early February at the Compassion Corridor at SCC.

1. As we go in Jesus' Name, we will meet real needs and be a blessing to those we meet in Rwanda
2. We bring honor and glory to God in all that we do
3. Every detail be under God's sovereign care and leadership
4. We carry a loving, growing, serving heart to the people of Rwanda
5. We grasp a deeper understanding of poverty, its causes, and solutions
6. The Father will give us His heart of Compassion - send us/use us/change us - for His Kingdom's purposes

Over the next few months, we will be introducing you to our 2012 deacons. Each of our members are assigned a deacon each year. At Southview, deacons are servants, after the Biblical pattern of Acts 6. The task of the deacon is to serve with the Elders and staff in performing pastoral ministries and caring for the individuals and families entrusted to their care. Deacons care for the temporal needs of the members, visiting them in the hospital, praying with individuals and families in times of crisis, and providing spiritual support in times of need. Deacons strive to protect the unity of the body of Christ, always seeking to resolve conflict within the body and preventing Satan from gaining a foothold within our fellowship.

MEET CISCO BADIOLA

Francisco Badiola (“Cisco”) joined Southview Community Church in 2008 after moving to Northern Virginia from San Diego.  Prior to coming to Southview, Cisco was a member of First Baptist Church Mira Mesa in San Diego, where he came to Christ and was baptized on Easter Sunday 2004.  Cisco served at FBCMM as an SMBS teacher, Children’s Church leader, and assisted in several other church ministries.  At Southview, Cisco is privileged to lead the Red Cows small group and some of the neXt discipleship classes. 

Cisco is a native of Stamford, Connecticut, and moved to Miami at the age of 13.  Four days after graduating high school, he left for the Marines and served from 1999 to 2006.  He was first stationed in Hawaii, where he met and married his wife Iris in 2002 and was transferred to San Diego in 2003.  He is a graduate of Barstow College (AS in Business Management), Chapman University (BA in Social Sciences), and Webster University (MBA and MS in Finance.)  Cisco continues to serve his beloved Corps as a financial manager at Headquarters Marine Corps.  Cisco and Iris are blessed with three wonderful children: Kayla, Alex, and Naomi.  He enjoys reading, traveling, watching movies, using computers and other gadgets, and getting together with all of the Purple Cows.

Cisco feels truly blessed to be a part of what God is doing at Southview and is excited to continue loving, growing, and serving alongside you.  He feels especially honored to have been entrusted to serve as your deacon and looks forward to serving Southview families.

Over the next few months, we will be introducing you to our 2012 deacons. Each of our members are assigned a deacon each year. At Southview, deacons are servants, after the Biblical pattern of Acts 6. The task of the deacon is to serve with the Elders and staff in performing pastoral ministries and caring for the individuals and families entrusted to their care. Deacons care for the temporal needs of the members, visiting them in the hospital, praying with individuals and families in times of crisis, and providing spiritual support in times of need. Deacons strive to protect the unity of the body of Christ, always seeking to resolve conflict within the body and preventing Satan from gaining a foothold within our fellowship.

MEET DAN BROWN (2012 Deacon Team Leader)

Daniel Brown and his wife, Eugenia, joined Southview in 2008. Daniel leads the
Blue Cows small group. Daniel has previously served as an usher at Southview and often lends a helping hand on other projects. Eugenia is a teacher in the Elementary Ministry.

Daniel and Eugenia have been married for eight years. They have two children, Michael and Abigail. Michael is five and Abigail is one.

Daniel is a Security Consultant working with many clients across the region. Prior to civilian life Daniel served in the United States Marine Corps infantry and provided security for US Embassies. His secular hobbies are camping and hiking.