Canada a good place for a mission?

Q: hey! well i'm going to canada or most likely going to canada for a mission trip. to be more specific i'm going to vancouver my mom said i can go even though it'll cost a lot but she knows i'll learn a lot she's still not really satisfied cus she's been to canada and says that it's pretty rich and has many christians and is beautiful and stuff i looked up vancouver and i have to agree i wanna go to a place like africa or some place with lots of homeless children and stuff but i'm not sure about vancouver so i was just wondering, if you live in vancouver Canada or something or know about it, why is it a good place for a mission to help children or people? if you know please answer and thanks! :)

A: Well my dear, that's great that you want to help out, but as others have said, the only real place that you might help out would be in the "east end" (of Vancouver)...and I'm guessing that you are somewhat young, so I don't think that that would be a very productive/safe place for you to volunteer. The people (to make a HUGE generalization) in the downtown east side of Van need A LOT of help-BUT, they need a lot of professional help. And although the gov't does NOT provide enough help, I don't think that it would be a very safe place for a young person to be. I have volunteered in Mexico quite a few times with children and have had an AMAZZZZING time!!!!!!! I volunteered with an organization called Children of the Dump in Mazatlan, and this past February I volunteered with the RISE Orphanage, and Children of the Dump-both in Puerto Vallarta. Both of these organizations are somewhat connected to a church, so mission trips are happily accepted! Not to be rude, but I think that many Canadians would find it offensive to be offered "missionary help" because we have soooo many different religions here, and many who are not religious, that missionary work may not be appreciated (thus you could do WAY more work/be more helpful in countries like Mexico, Africa ect).... If you are interested in volunteering in Canada, and want to stay in the Vancouver area, then I would suggest checking out: http://www.govolunteer.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?_id=16 However, this is not missionary work, it's volunteer work. Okay, I just thought of one missionary job in Vancouver-providing food, shelter ect for people living on the streets. Many church groups provide these services. Here is a website with a long list of church organizations in Vancouver: http://www2.vcn.bc.ca/directory2?catid=22&subCatID=90 Good luck! Feel free to send me an email if you would like more info on the organizations in Mexico!!

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