What is a typical day like in the field?

Early days and late nights are the best way to describe a day on the mission field. Each morning will begin with breakfast, prayer time and then travel to the village or location. Travel time to ministry location varies by country, but typically no more than an hour travel time.

For medical/dental ministries, you will spend 9-10 hours working to provide services to the local community. In years past we can see up to 600 people in a given day. People are registered in groups of 150 where the adults are taken to the church service and the children to children’s church. After the services, the people proceed to the triage, medical, pharmacy or to the dental area based on their need. Once they have received their services, they will exit the school. This process will be repeated many times during the day based on the volume of people requesting assistance.

For sports camp and Vacation Bible School ministries, the mission pre-arranges with local schools to come in for the day and minister to the children. The team will alternate between soccer camps in the morning and VBS in the afternoon. In both of these ministries, there are countless opportunities to connect with the children and share the Gospel message. It is at the schools that you will witness many coming to know Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. You will go back to the team home with great satisfaction and certainty that God used you and worked through you.

For the construction ministry, a local building project is identified and pre-arranged. The projects vary based on the need and in the past we have been involved with fence building, expansion of a residence and even agricultural activities.

As each mission trip is developed, you will be provided with a more detailed understanding of each ministry available.