Language School
French, Spanish, and Russian classes will be offered to provide basic conversational skills for short-term mission trips. Lessons will be designed for listening and speaking needs so that participants will know basic phrases useful in building relationships and have cultural sensitivity. Four classes, 1 1/2 hour long will be held about 6 weeks prior to the trip.
Global Family Rooms A local yet international trip
Now through the end of the school year 2010
Goal
Growing relationships with international students so that they may return to their countries as leaders with truer perspectives about Christianity.
Tasks
opening your home to meet the needs of students far away from their homes, sharing American culture, being transparent in your relationship with Christ.
Trip description
- No passport needed
- Travel the world in your family room
- Interactions in your home and in the area
- Earning the opportunity to share the gospel with gentleness and respect
- Training available
Notes
- Team Leader Tom Pate
- Language spoken: English
Bangui, Central African Republic
March 9 – 26, 2010
Goal
Continue growing a partnership with Bangui Evangelical School of Theology, coming alongside them as they train African leaders.
Tasks
Renovation (electrical, plumbing, painting, and carpentry) of classrooms, nursing, teaching English, micro-business training in handcrafts at the women's school, and teen and children ministry.
Trip description:
- Live on campus in a large house with beds, bathrooms, and mosquito nets
- Visit local churches and ministries
- Spend time building relationships staff and students.
- Gain understanding of:
- African culture and Church
- The impact of B.E.S.T. throughout French speaking Africa
- Trinity's commitment to B.E.S.T. (this is our 3rd trip)
Notes
- Team Leaders John and Marilyn Roughley
- Informational Meeting: Sunday, November 1, 2010, 12:00 p.m.
- Approximately $3200 (covers airfare, food & lodging, construction funds but not shots/medication)
- Language Spoken: French and English
- Prefield orientation and training required
- Language classes available prior to trip
Merida, State of Yucatan, Mexico
June 28-July 8, 2010
Goal
Growing our relationship with San Pablo Seminary into a strong partnership which fosters their successful training of Christian leaders.
Tasks
Finishing work in the library. Skilled and unskilled workers in painting, grout work on tile floor, electric, and assorted tasks.
Trip description:
- Live on campus to get to know staff and students.
- Spend time with Dave and Jean Legters, missionaries there since 1967.
- Worship at local churches where San Pablo students/staff minister
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Gain understanding of:
- Mayan culture and history and the Mexican church
- The impact of San Pablo Seminary in training the next generation of leaders
- Trinity's commitment to San Pablo (this is our 2nd trip)
Notes
- Team Leaders Rob Pray Nan McCallum
- Informational Meeting: Sunday, November 1, 2010, 12:00 p.m.
- approximately $1500 (covers airfare, food & lodging, construction funds)
- Language spoken: Spanish and English
- Prefield orientation and training required
- Language classes available prior to trip
Lanschied, Germany
April 2 – 11, 2010
Goal
Supporting Roger and Sheila Nielson, from Trinity, as they reach out to military personal stationed in Germany.
Tasks
Landscaping, yard work, clean out a large barn and make it usable for activities, painting inside the 10 bedroom ministry house, and cooking for pre-Bible study dinner, and participating in ministry events.
Trip Description
- Stay in the ministry house
- Participate in meetings with the service men and women
- Encourage Nielsons
- Hear from Nielsons how this ministry is impacting lives, including theirs
Notes
- Team Leaders Bob and Kathy Martin
- Informational Meeting: Sunday, November 1, 2010, 12:00 p.m.
- Approximately $1500 (covers airfare, ground transportation, food & lodging, construction funds)
- Language Spoken: English
- Prefield orientation and training required
Tyumen, Siberia, Russia
May 17-28, 2010
Goal
Resourcing Holy Trinity Church as they reach out to their community.
Tasks
Set up a Christian library to be used in English classes. Teach English to college students. Assist in their Pregnancy Resource Center. Finish work on their new church building (skilled and unskilled tasks).
Trip description
- Housing will be either in homes, hotel, or at the church TBD
- Encourage church staff and missionaries (Jim/Sally Foote & Jeff/Natsha Bain serving with Footprints, International and the EPC.)
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Gain understanding of
- Siberia culture and the Russian Church
- The impact and needs of Holy Trinity Church in Tyumen
- Trinity's commitment with Holy Trinity Church (this is our 4th trip)
Notes
- Informational meeting: Sunday, November 1, 2010, 12:00 p.m.
- Approximately $3500 (covers airfare, in country transportation, food & lodging, ministry costs, visa but not construction costs)
- Language Spoken: Russian and English
- Prefield orientation and training required
- Language classes available prior to trip
Team Leader
John Lowrey of Christian Resources International
Trinity contact: Chris Burton
Kenya and Wolisso, Ethiopia
Looking at possibilities in the Fall of 2010 or Spring, 2011.
Goal
Partnering with two local churches, in vastly different cultures, to develop and grow relationships and minister to their needs.
Tasks
Outreaches for elementary children and young teens, develop relationships with the orphans (ages 6-15), small group discipling, medical outreach, home evangelism, pastoral and staff support, and train men/women in income producing skills.
Trip Description
- Stay in guest house and hotels
- Serve the various needs of local national churches in each country
- Grow in cultural understanding and the African Church
Notes
- Team Leader Janni Ruark Working with World Orphans
- Informational Meeting Sunday, November 1, 2010, 12:00 p.m.
- $3000 (includes airfare, ground transportation, food and lodging) Extra: shots and medication
- Language Spoken Kenya: English/Swahili, Ethiopia: English/Amharic
- Prefield orientation and training required
