Lifetree Adventures (www.lifetreeadventures.com), along with its local partner organization, reaches out to impoverished families and orphans by providing daycare and feeding programs that serve the many kids who come to our partner’s facility each day during our mission trips.

(I-Newswire) March 6, 2010 – Loveland, CO March 5, 2010- Imagine a mother who doesn’t have enough food to put on the table each night. The painful dilemma of either working to support her family or caring for her children is a choice she has to make every day. And even if she chooses to work, she can just barely get by. This is the situation for many parents in Ecuador.

Lifetree Adventures, along with its local partner organization, reaches out to impoverished families and orphans by providing daycare and feeding programs that serve the many kids who come to our partner’s facility each day during our mission trips.More than just food or shelter for the day, the extension of compassion gives new hope and encouragement to the thousands of people who live near the facility. You’ll be humbled by their gratitude for the simplest of life’s necessities, while being transformed yourself by a greater appreciation of all you have back home.

Another dimension of the Ecuador mission trip is working with small business owners who are utilizing micro-economic resources to improve their standard of living, support their families and create jobs in the region. A little bit goes a long way here as these small-scale entrepreneurs bring economic vitality to their towns and villages. This effort includes helping these local entrepreneurs as well as pastors-in-training improve their English language skills through nighttime classes. Your impact here will be felt for generations to come.

Ecuador Mission Trip Itinerary

DAY 1 Arrive in Quito and transfer to your hotel

DAY 2 City tour of colonial Quito, a UNESCO Cultural Heritage Site. Visit the Mitad del Mundo (0º latitude) and stand on both hemispheres

DAY 3 Today begins your time of service. Help with a multitude of needs from home visits, to light repairs and assisting with the ministry’s micro-business program.

DAY 4 Service with home visits, light repairs and micro-business program

DAY 5 Service this morning will take place at the City Dump daycare. Then spend your afternoon at the Teleférico, and ride an aerial tramway ride up the side of the volcano.

DAY 6-7 Service with home visits, light repairs and micro-business program

DAY 8 Depart for a real hacienda in the Andes Mountains. Ride horseback above tree line and take part in a hike/zip-line adventure in the mountain jungle to finish out your time in Ecuador. Enjoy a final dinner tonight with new friends.

DAY 9 Transfer to the airport for your return flight home.

This Ecuador Christian mission will be offered August 7-15 at a cost of $1595 per person. For more information, or to reserve a spot on the new Ecuador mission trip, travel agents and travelers can go to www.lifetreeadventures.com or call 800-747-2157 Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. – 5:00p.m.MST.

About Lifetree Adventures

Lifetree Adventures is a new division of Group Cares™ (formerly known as Group Workcamps Foundation), a leading non-profit mission organization offering Christian travel for youth and adults for over 30 years. Lifetree Adventures offers Christian travel options to Alaska, New Orleans, Navajo Nation, Dominican Republic, Kenya, South Africa, Thailand, Peru, Israel, Egypt, Mazatlan, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Fiji and Vanuatu. Through Group Cares™ over 250,000 volunteers have provided more than 7 million hours of volunteer service to projects in hundreds of U.S. and international locations.About

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Lifetree Adventures
Alexia Nestora
1515 Cascade Avenue
Loveland, CO
80538
Phone : 8007472157

Directors: Rachid Bouchareb
Screenwriters: Rachid Bouchareb, Zoé Galeron, Olivier Lorelle
Producers: Rachid Bouchareb, Jean Bréhat, Mattieu de Braconier, Bertrand Faivre
Director of Photography: Jérôme Alméras
Editor: Yannick Kergoat
Music: Armand Amar
Cast: Brenda Blethyn, Sotigui Kouyaté

On July 7, 2005, four Muslim assassins, traveling on London’s public transport during morning rush hour, activate a series of bombs. They kill 56 people and injure many others on three underground trains and one double-decker bus. Rachid Bouchareb‘s LONDON RIVER tells the emotional story of an unlikely friendship that develops between Mrs. Sommers (Brenda Blethyn) a prejudiced Christian mother, and Ousmane, a Muslim father (Sotigui Kouyaté, 2009 Berlin Silver Bear winner as best actor), who search for their children following the attacks. Though they differ in religious beliefs and cultural background, Ousmane and Mrs. Sommers share the common hope of finding their children alive. When they arrive in the British capital, they discover truths about their children that stun them.

Friday, Oct 30, 2009
7:00 pm
Mann 1
MANN CHINESE 6
6801 Hollywood Blvd.,
Hollywood & Highland Center
AFI FEST Box Office in the Mann Chinese 6 Main Lobby

AFI FEST 2009 presented by Audi takes place October 30th – November 5 in the heart of historic downtown Hollywood at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre, the neighboring Mann 6 Theater (in the Hollywood and Highland Center) and the Roosevelt Hotel, then moves to Santa Monica for two days of screenings at AFM, the American Film Market.

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Seating is limited, so get your free tickets starting OCTOBER 16TH! Festival program schedule details will be announced on October 8 at AFI.com.

About Pan African Film & Arts Festival

Established in 1992, The Pan African Film Festival (PAFF) is a non-profit corporation dedicated to the promotion of cultural and racial tolerance and understanding through the exhibition of film, art and creative expression.

It is PAFF’s goal to present and showcase the broad spectrum of Black creative works, particularly those that reinforce positive images and help to destroy negative stereotypes. We believe film and art can lead to better understanding and foster communication between peoples of diverse cultures, races, and lifestyles, while at the same time, serve as a vehicle to initiate dialogue on the important issues of our times.

(source: PAFF)