A team of young people, four from our church, visited East Timor for the first time in 2007. They went with a group from Yooralla Youth Ministries and worked on the construction of Houses of Hope.  Yooralla Youth Ministries Australia is a non-profit, non-denominational Christian Youth Ministry. They work with local church communities and other organisations both in Australia and overseas to improve the present conditions of people through physical assisatance, emotional improvement and spiritual reconciliation with God. Yooralla's journey started in late 1996 with a small team of friends committed to one thing above all else:-

Impacting lives through the Gospel of Jesus Christ by our actions, our love for others, in our compassion for the lost and also in our words.   (see Matthew 28:19-20)

If you want to know more about the opportunities this group provides, see their website:  http://www.yooralla.org.au/