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Hosting 32 student volunteers involves a lot of preparation. Thankfully, IWC sends a staff ahead of time to get things ready. Here is the Project Coordinator, Vicki; the Ministry Coordinator, Lorie; the Office Manager, Sheila; and the Worship Speaker, Jason. The day before the students arrived we made shopping trip #1 of the week. We made the check-out clerks stop and stare at the amount of toilet paper, bread, ham and turkey, chips, and drinks we bought. They wanted to know where the party was and how they could be invited! 
IWC was split into 4 "crews". Each crew was able to experience a different type of ministry each morning and we all worked together in the evenings. One of the morning ministries was teaching kids English. Above we are using a game (Elbow tag) to keep the students involved and speaking English. 
Two evenings we hosted "Family Fairs". These are block parties where the student volunteers play with the kids (make crafts, etc) while we adults go around and try to get into good conversations with their parents. We have made some very good contacts with this method and are able to invite them to Bible studies and/or worship services. 
And what mission trip would be complete without dancing? We did enough Cha-cha slide this summer to kill ourselves. I bet the guy who sings that never dreamed it would be such a crowd draw-er for mission teams!
Hosting 32 student volunteers involves a lot of preparation. Thankfully, IWC sends a staff ahead of time to get things ready. Here is the Project Coordinator, Vicki; the Ministry Coordinator, Lorie; the Office Manager, Sheila; and the Worship Speaker, Jason. The day before the students arrived we made shopping trip #1 of the week. We made the check-out clerks stop and stare at the amount of toilet paper, bread, ham and turkey, chips, and drinks we bought. They wanted to know where the party was and how they could be invited! 
IWC was split into 4 "crews". Each crew was able to experience a different type of ministry each morning and we all worked together in the evenings. One of the morning ministries was teaching kids English. Above we are using a game (Elbow tag) to keep the students involved and speaking English. 
Two evenings we hosted "Family Fairs". These are block parties where the student volunteers play with the kids (make crafts, etc) while we adults go around and try to get into good conversations with their parents. We have made some very good contacts with this method and are able to invite them to Bible studies and/or worship services. 
And what mission trip would be complete without dancing? We did enough Cha-cha slide this summer to kill ourselves. I bet the guy who sings that never dreamed it would be such a crowd draw-er for mission teams!
I would love more information about your organization. Could you please contact me via email? I saw that you have an IWC project listed for this summer, but the website they have listed doesn't work. An email address or phone number would be greatly appreciated. God bless!
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ReplyDeleteI am moving to seville soon to learn spanish but i am seeking an english speaking church, do you know any?
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