Short Term Teams

Campus Crusade 
Global Aid Network (GAiN) Short-term trips for 2012  Various dates in 2012     Medical Missions   SE Asia & Australia  

2012 Short-term projects
2. Thailand – Lahu Mission (To be confirmed)
3. China – Medical Mission 2nd April to 15th April
4. Normanton Aboriginal – Mission 1st July to 10th July
5. Cambodia – Medical Mission 27th Sept to 12th Oct
6. Thailand – Medical Mission 27th Dec 2012 to 12th Jan 2013

For enquiries and indications of interest, please contact:
Daniel Win, Director
Global Aid Network (GAiN) Australia PO Box 838 Chester Hill NSW 2162

More details: Daniel Win, Director   gain@globalaid.net.au   (02) 9738 8858   http://www.globalaid.net.au/projects.htm  
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Several opportunities exist to serve in China as part of an International team. Some of these include working in an Orphanage and prayer among unreached people groups.

We have a range of short-term International teams that we are running into China during 2012. These are Mercy, Intercession, Impact Cycle, Come and See China and Pastors/ Leaders teams.

For security purposes we do not announce the actual dates on our website, however we can indicate that the teams will be running in April, July and October. All other information about the teams is available on our website www.am-ccsm.org

More details: CCSM Australia (Sydney office)   mercy@amccsm.org   02 9533 4096   http://www.amccsm.org/short-term-teams  
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Experience India – Delhi, the Taj Mahal, Jaipur – and spend 10 days at Mukti Mission sharing life with the community at Mukti: babies, girls, women, disabled and special needs girls and women. A life changing experience.

If interested in joining or setting up a team, contact: Glenda de Jager at Mukti Australia

More details: Glenda de Jager   glenda@mukti.org.au   03 9890 0211   http://www.mukti.org.au    Download a PDF Flier
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Providing childcare and orientation to the children of new OMF member families while parents participate in the Orientation Course in Singapore.
Do you have a heart to serve children of any age? Do you have a background in teaching and caring for children?

God may have prepared you to help His church in East Asia through KidZone, a program for children of missionaries. KidZone workers will work with a team to provide care for children between the ages of 2 months and 18 years.

Dates for 2012
2012: Jan 30 – Feb 25, April 23 – May 19, July 9 – Aug 4, Oct 29 – Nov 24

More details: Mary Chen   au-qldsa@omf.net   (07) 3343 3893/ 3343 3233   www.au.omf.org  
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Serve Asia Opportunities 2012
Join a team and become a life-changing Agent!

Prayer Journey through a country in the Mekong Region (2weeks at any time throughout 2012)
Why not form a group of people passionate to pray for V. and its people? A local OMF worker will guide you on a unique journey, visiting key locations where you will pray on site with insight. Travel by train from the urban bustle of HCMC through the historical yet spiritually dark central region and onto the North. From the the capital H. travel to pray in rural areas where minority people groups have no gospel witness.

Hope for V.: Mission Exposure (1 month – August 2012)
Individuals with an interest in longer term mission can come and join an international team who will reach out to university students in an urban setting, take a prayer journey through V. meet local OMF workers and get a taste of language and culture learning.

Discipling local believers through English Bible Storying (6months-1 year at any time beginning 2012)
Join a local OMF team in V., participate in language and culture learning and use Bible storying to help local believers grow in Christ while they learn English.

Contact: Mary Chen (Qld) for more details. au-qldsa@omf.net
or
Contact Bronwyn Pitman (WA) au.wasac@gmail.com

More details: Mary Chen / Bronwyn Pitman   au-qldsa@omf.net, au.wasac@gmail.com   07) 3343 3893/ 3343 3233   http://www.omf.org/australia/  
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Web/graphics designer (2 weeks at any time during 2012). A new missional business would like someone to help them create advertising materials in V.

Child care worker (2 weeks- 1month throughout 2012). Help busy families who are serving long-term in V. by caring for their children

Teacher/ Child care worker (6 months- 1 year at any time beginning 2012). Teach elementary studies to a small group of homeschooled 5-8 year olds in V.

For more information, please contact Bronwyn Pitman.

More details: Bronwyn Pitman   au.wasac@gmail.com     http://www.omf.org/australia/  
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India is home to great food, fascinating culture, alluring sights and friendly and inviting people.

On this 21 day visit you will not only see firsthand the wonderful way in which the lives of people affected by leprosy are being transformed, but you will also discover some of the charms and mystery that makes up this incredible country.

You will never be the same again …

Cost: $3,500* p.p. [Ex-Perth]

More details: Peter Warren [team leader]   wa@leprosymission.org.au   (08) 9497 3000 or 0417 916 323   http://www.leprosymission.org.au/Tours/India.aspx  
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Where? Accommodation in Strathfield NSW, ministry in western Sydney
Who? Join a church planting team in Western Sydney for a week in their ministry to unreached peoples. You will be involved in evangelism, discipleship and gathering believers into multiplying churches
As part of a church planting team, you will get to tell people about Jesus, prayer walk, learn about people from other cultures through ethnographic surveys, join a house church, and at the end of the week you will realise you’ve experienced church planting first hand and will be surprised at what God has done through you and in you.

Alternatively contact Sean to arrange a time for a team just from your church!!

More details: Sean Boucher   sean.boucher@wec.com.au   1300 788 566   http://wec.com.au/short-term  
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Volunteers are needed for all the work team projects below. Whether you are skilled in a trade or just willing to help, you are welcome to join a group. The dates are as close as we can plan at this stage although some alterations may happen as the time draws closer.

4 – 15 June Solomon Islands
Establishing a fire protection system and general building maintenance for the Bible Translation Centre in Honiara.

2 – 20 July Saidor, a village out of Madang, Papua New Guinea
Reclaiming old buildings to be turned into a training centre for national translation teams. A plumber is needed to be part of the team for this project. Funding for materials is also needed.

3 – 21 September Kangaroo Ground Victoria
Major building renovations to the SIL/Equip Library are planned. This will require a large team to get the work completed quickly. Skilled and unskilled volunteers will be needed to remove and replace books and to work on the structure.

18 November – 7 December Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Maintenance on the Bible Translation Centre and Sewing classes. Helping our translation partners is an important demonstration of worldwide unity of purpose in supporting Bible Translation

More details: Peter & Yvonne Gillespie   peter-yvonne_gillespie@wbt.org   0427 059 662 or 663   http://www.wycliffe.org.au/about-us/wycliffe-associates/  
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There is an opportunity for a Short Term Trip to assist with Bible Storytelling training. Robert and Margaret Love are leading up to 4 workshops in Fiji, 2 workshops from 13th August to 25th August 2012 in Lautoka and Suva Fiji, and 2 more from 26th August to 8th September 2012 in Labasa and Rakiraki.

Participants will have had to complete a 3 – 4 day workshop before attending the Fiji Workshops. Costs include Airfares, transport, food and accommodation.

Over half the world are oral learners, learning best through stories and discussions, not by reading and studying. In four days learn how to craft tell and teach bible stories that are simple accurate and memorable. Learn how to conduct a Bible study without holding a Bible, based on stories you have learned.

More details: Margaret Love   margaret_love@wycliffe.org   02 67628455 or 0425231333   http://www.wycliffe.org.au/  
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