Lakeside Member C.M. "Kip" Robinson serves as the director of the Virginia Conference's United Methodist Volunteers in Mission. He is shown here compacting soil for the Vocational School at Cambine, Mozambique, the first Initiatives of Hope project of the Virginia Conference with Mozambique.

In 2005, UMVIM had 3,899 mission participants in 369 teams who spent $3,289,380 for hands-on missions. Teams traveled to 25 countries, as well as missions right here in the U.S.

Want to get involved? Contact Kip at 804-264-7856 or email him. For more information, visit the web