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[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<strong>Purpose Statement:</strong>
Give them a fish. Teach them to fish. Help them become fishers of men.

<strong>Verse:</strong>
And Jesus said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you become fishers of men.”
Mark 1:17

<strong>Mission Statement:</strong>
We are here to solve basic human needs by training short term mission’s teams to bring the Gospel to the world. They will bring aquaponics to local churches and missionaries who serve the needy.
The teams will help build community sized systems (10-25 families). Once established and flourishing, the teams will focus on bringing home systems for the families in the community. Our teams will build, train and maintain food systems, share the gospel, perform tasks as directed by the church and aid in family ministries.

<strong>Vision:</strong>
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	<li>Love God/ Love Others</li>
	<li>Meeting peoples most basic needs; salvation and survival</li>
	<li>To create experiences that help people to express their faith, deepen their character, and grow in their relationships with others.</li>
	<li>Challenge the church to see the world’s needs and live out God’s love in physical, emotional and spiritual ways.</li>
</ul>
<strong>What is Aquaponics?</strong>
Aquaponics is the merging of aquaculture (raising fish) and hydroponics (growing plants without soil). In aquaponics the huge expense of adding nutrients and fertilizer is replaced with converted fish waste, bringing the cost down significantly. The result is that plants grow up to eight times faster and produce up to twenty times the output of traditional farming. This is a closed-loop system by plants filtering the water back to the fish. Therefore, aquaponics can use as little as three percent, yes 3% of the water used to produce the same amount of food when compared to regular farming.

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<strong>Our Concept:</strong>
The concept is to take aquaponics and the Gospel all over the world. Through mission’s teams, we will help train and create community systems and then bring home systems so people can take care of their own families. As the spiritual and physical needs of the communities are realized, the gospel will increase and world hunger will decrease.

<strong>Process:</strong>
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	<li>Create a relationship between our organization and the local church or missionary in the target area where we are going to serve.</li>
	<li>Train them so they are ready to receive our people and our help.</li>
	<li>Build their system in a climate controlled greenhouse, in Scottsdale, that mirrors their conditions. Test all parameters for maximum success for plant growth and fish survival.</li>
	<li>Train short term missions teams in the areas of aquaponics, outreach, family ministries and any other specialization for community service.</li>
	<li>Plan for twelve teams to provide support for the community system, by sending one team monthly. Once the community system is totally established, (plants are prolific and fish are breeding) the teams will begin to send family sized systems for people to use in their homes.</li>
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Note: Each community system has the potential to support 2500 home systems.

<strong>Goals:</strong>
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	<li>Establish the organization</li>
	<li>Raise funds for round one ($75,000)</li>
	<li>Establish at least 2 locations for 2016 with 12 teams for each location</li>
	<li>Set up the greenhouses</li>
	<li>Start an intern program</li>
	<li>Research and visit the other community systems that are thriving</li>
	<li>Build 3 Websites
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	<li>Foundation</li>
	<li>Project</li>
	<li>Team Fundraising</li>
</ul>
</li>
	<li>Create 2 Apps
<ul>
	<li>Team App</li>
	<li>Weather programming for the greenhouses</li>
</ul>
</li>
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