Guidelines for Check-In & Check-Out

General Visit

• Arrival/Departure Date & Time: Please make an arrangement with the CVA staff before making a flight reservation. We strongly recommend flight schedules between 9am to 5pm on Mondays or Fridays.
• ABQ Airport Ride: Please make a reservation in advance. The ride fare is $200 (1-4 people) or $400 (5-7 people). The fares were calculated using Uber Fair Estimator.

Mission Team Visit

• Make reservations in advance. Please contact the CVA staff and confirm the mission period and number of team members (max. 40 people) by December 31^st for the following year’s mission trip.
• Teams must make a 10% deposit for the accommodations to guarantee the reservation. Please write a check payable to the order of “Christian Vision Academy” and send to “Christian Vision Academy, P.O. Box 88, La Jara, NM 87027” by December 31^st for the following year’s mission trip.
• Teams must make a full payment before arrival. Please write a check payable to the order of “Christian Vision Academy” and send to” Christian Vision Academy, P.O. Box 88, La Jara, NM 87027” before the check-in time.
• Send the mission program and flight schedules in advance to CVA staff.
• Consult the check-in and check-out time with the CVA staff. We strongly recommend a time between 9am to 10pm. If you have any concerns, please contact CVA staff.
• Teams must have a house rule orientation session with a CVA staff upon check-in.
• Team members must be informed of the house rules throughout the mission team training sessions previous to the mission trip.

New Mexico Mission Base and Mission Field Guidelines

Dress Codes

• No tight clothes.
• No low scoop shirts, T-shirts, tank tops.
• No short shorts (only knee length shorts can be won at the mission base).
• No flash jewelry.
• No flip flop, open-toe sandals (recommend sneakers).

Meals / Food

• Do not waste food.
• No food in mission base rooms.
• No outside food.
• No food/drink inside the worship room.

Worship

• Bible, a must.
• Be on-time.

Mission Field (Navajo Reservation)

• Do not promise anything that you cannot or will not keep (for example, coming back next year, keeping in touch etc.) Navajo children, youths and adults will remember promises you make.
• Do not buy, make any type of donation or give to Navajo adults.
• Any emergency situation, consult or contact C.V.A. Staff first.
• Do not over care Navajo children and youths (i.e. piggy back ride). Let no be “no.”
• Safety is important. pick-up/drop-off children make sure team members are helping and watching children for safety.
• VBS: under 5 years of age cannot and is not allowed to participate. they cannot come.
• No physical contact with the opposite gender (for example guys giving hugs to ladies).

Others

• No cell phones.
• No Navajo friends photos shared on social media (privacy is requested).