Interesting Facts About PaLM Short-Term Mission Trips (up to and including 2019):
PaLM has sent forth Short-Term Missions teams to the Navajo Reservation from the New York/New Jersey Region since 1992.
Over those years, PaLM has sent out seven different types of teams:
1. VBS teams to the Navajo Reservation: 1992, 1994-2019 2. Reverse Short-Term Missions trip (Navajos to NY) 2008 3. Herald Sports Camp: 1993-1994 4. Evangelistic teams to Guatemala: 1996-2005 5. Evangelistic teams to Spain: 2000-2001 6. Tutorial teams to the Navajo Reservation: 2004-2005 7. Labor team to the Navajo Reservation: 2005 The churches that have the greatest number of participants include: a) Chinese Evangel Mission Church, Queens: 82 participants b) Oversea Chinese Mission: 47 participants c) New York Chinese Baptist Church: 32 participants Excluding couples, 17 complete families [father, mother and child(ren)] have gone on our VBS Navajo Reservation trip....10 from CEMC-Q 01) Howard & Fay Chan and family 1994-2006 (QHC, CEMC-Q) 02) Mon & MIchaeline Chan and family 1996 (CEMC-M) 03) Richard & Edwina Quan Choy and family 2018 (NYCBC) 04) Sam & Diana Huang and family 2009 (CEMC-Q) 05) David & Lois Lee and family 1996, 1997 (CEMC-Q) 06) David & Kathy Yee and family 2001 (CEMC-Q) 07) Dexter & Diane Yee and family 1998 (CEMC-Q) 08) Steve & Anna Wan Yee and family 2009 (CEMC-Q) 09) KaChung & Mee Mei Wong and family 2004 (CUMC) 10) Charles & Rosemary Kim and family 2012 (NLF) 11) Elon & Whoy Shang and family 1998, 2001-2002 (SICCC) 12) Ka Ming & Frances Liu and family 2013-2018 (NYCAC) 13) John & Mui Chiu Wong and family 2013 (CEMC-Q) 14) Billy & Fiona Tan Seah and family 2014 (CEMC-Q) 15) Paul & Tsuner Jiang Cheng and family 2015 (CEMC-Q) 16) John & Karen Lin Tsai and family 2015 (CEMC-Q) 17) Greg & Linda Woo and family 2022 (FBC-Hope Center) Three people have the distinct honor of having gone on our trips while attending THREE different churches: a) Pamela Chan: Queens Herald Church (AZ 94-02), Chinese Evangel Mission Church Queens (AZ 03-05), Connection Alliance Church (AZ 11-16) b) Wing Ng: Queens Christian Alliance Church (AZ 94), Oversea Chinese Mission (AZ 95), Vision Church (AZ 96, GU 99) c) Yan Ng: Oversea Chinese Mission (AZ 97-00), Vision Church (AZ 01), New York Chinese Baptist Church (AZ 02-07, 12, 16) Outside of the Chan family, the top three individuals who have gone on PaLM STM trips the most often include: a) Yan Ng 13 trips: AZ 97-07, 12, 16 b) Diana Huang 10 trips: AZ 09, 10, 11, 12, 13 ,14, 15, 16, 17, 19 c) Judy Chang 7 trips: AZ 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 09, 11 Outside of the Chan family, the family who has gone on PaLM STM trips the most often is: Ka Ming & Frances Liu and family 6 trips: AZ 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 |
From 1992 to 2022:
374 different individuals have participated on our trips. Team Members have come from 47 churches 01. Brooklyn Chinese Baptist Church 02. Brooklyn Community Christian Church 03. Brooklyn First Free Methodist Church 04. Calvary Baptist Church 05. Campemento de Johva Iglesia Cristiana 06. Christ Apostolic Church International 07. Chinese Conservative Baptist Church 08. Chinese Evangel Mission Church, Manhattan 09. Chinese Evangel Mission Church, Queens 10. Chinese United Methodist Church 11. Christian Testimony 12. Church Home 13. Community Church of Great Neck 14. Connection Alliance Church 15. Covenant Church 16. Eagle Christian Church 17. Grace Chinese Alliance Church 18. Grace Faith Church 19. Giving Church 20. Harvest Time Church 21. Hong Kong Baptist Church 22. Hope Brooklyn 23. House of the Lord Church 24. Kalam Lutheran Church 25. Korean Presbyterian Church of Queens 26. King's Cross Church 27. Living Faith Community Church 28. Living Word Foundation Ministries 29. Long Island Abundant Life Church 30. Manhasset Baptist Church 31. New Life Fellowship Church 32. New York Chinese Alliance Church 33. New York Chinese Baptist Church 34. New York Chinese Evangelical Free Church 35. New York Ling Liang Church 36. Oversea Chinese Mission 37. The Plant Church 38. Queens Christian Alliance Church 39. Queens Herald Church 40. Reformed Church of Newtown 41. Redeemer Presbyterian Church 42. Staten Island Chinese Christian Church 43. Transfiguration Church 44. Trinity Baptist Church 45. Trust in God Baptist Church 46. Vision Church 47. Winfield Reformed Church LARGEST and smallest AZ Teams: LARGEST: 2015 - 33 team members Smallest: 1992 & 2010 - 14 team members |