Volunteer

We are trusting God to do a mighty thing among the Basotho in 2008.
Will you join Him?

There are several opportunities in the mountains of Lesotho.

Interested in more information regarding any of these opportunities?
Contact information

FOUR opportunities are available from May to August 2008

These teams are open for 4 - 10 adults, or mature College/Seminary students.
These opportunities involve morning training times followed by afternoon practice in the villages.

* Pastor Evangelism Training - Help train national pastors in the skills of direct-personal evangelism.

* Pastor Leadership/Development Training - Help train national pastors in the skills of establishing and shepherding a church.

* Prayerwalk Team - Prayerwalk and pony trek with national pastors and church leaders while praying for the Basotho.

* Youth Leadership/Development Training - Train national youth in the skills of direct-personal evangelism.

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Other Volunteer Opportunities for 2008

* PrayerWalking Team

A team of three or four ladies is needed to come to Lesotho.
(10 days to 2 weeks)

You will travel throughout Lesotho.... seeing the spiritual and physical needs of the Basotho people and praying for the Gospel to penetrate into Basotho lives.
Your ministry as a prayerwalker is the most vital ministry of all - PRAYER for the Basotho!

Are you available for the next PrayerWalk Team?
PLEASE consider this.
They are not yet filled!

* Mountain Mission Projects

One of the greatest needs in Lesotho is for teaching and training.
(10 days to 2 weeks)

Local church members need to be equipped to join in the Great Commission.
Come and join a team of volunteers to teach and train members of our Basotho Baptist congregations while evangelizing side by side with them throughout the mountains.

Are you available for one of our mountain projects?

There are also volunteer opportunities in the Lowlands of Lesotho

What: Volunteer Mission Trip for the People of God who desire to share their love, faith, and knowledge with a people called the Basotho.

Who: Believers willing to pray and share their salvation testimony, Creation to the Cross, (story form of plan of salvation which can be given in 15 min/ we will provide this in plenty of time for team members to learn) and Bible stories with children, teens, and/or adults in a cross-cultural setting through the use of a translator. All of these teams are open for 4 - 14 mature high school teens 15 yrs. and older, adults, or College/Seminary students.

Qualifications to be a volunteer:

All team leaders must be Southern Baptist.
Assignments for church planting, preaching and teaching, theological education, etc., must be led by a Southern Baptist and include team members who are Southern Baptist.
Members of other evangelical churches can be enlisted as team members on other assignments. These types of assignments include ministry to human needs, Scripture distribution, sports clinics, prayerwalking, HIV/AIDS projects, building relationship in new work areas.
Volunteers must pay their own way.
All volunteers must be willing to work within missionary field strategies and be willing to go where needed.

When: Anytime from Feb. – Nov. of 2008 except for the week of Easter. Note: June- mid August is winter. Days are usually warm but mornings and nights are cold.

Recommended length of trip is two weeks including travel.

Why: In obedience to God’s call of going into all the earth and making disciples of all nations.

Cost: +/- $3000

Accommodations/Other: Most economical will be dormitory style bunks that house 4 – 6 people per room. Bed and Breakfast Facilities as well as 2 nice hotels are also available at a higher cost. Meals will be very eatable. There is a Kentucky Fried Chicken and a pizza place for those who need a food fix. There is a possibility that one or two nights could be spent tent camping near a village for all or some team members. Team members should be in good health and able to walk up and down small rocky hills. Ministry environment will be in poor village areas. Dress code for ladies during ministry will be skirts or dresses below the knee; men trousers and sport shirt. Ladies may wear slacks or capris outside of ministry area. Ground transport in Lesotho will most likely be by van. Due to limited storage space in travel from Johannesburg to Lesotho packing could be limited to one suitcase and one carry on. (It can be done! Our family of four lived in the bush of Zambia for 40 days on one suitcase and 4 carry ons) Basic medical care and hospital 30min. from Maseru in South Africa. Excellent health care two hour drive from Maseru. Emergency transport available through MAF (mission aviators fellowship). Lesotho is not a malarial area. Water is safe for bathing. Bottled water available for drinking.

Recommended Planning Process: + One year no less that 6 months (Volunteers in Missions - Resource Website www.imb.org/vim/default.htm)

Contact Details: Contact information

Tom and Cindi Melvin
P.O. BOX 462
Ladybrand 9745
South Africa