May 22-June 6, 2010
Where – Suva, Fiji in the South Pacific (just above New Zealand on the map)
Cost – $2100 per person
Includes all air and ground transportation, all meals and lodging for 15 days, training supplies, and a team shirt.
Areas of Ministry – We will be spending 2 weeks at Homes of Hope in a rain forest just outside of Suva. Homes of Hope is an amazing ministry that works with 27 young moms (mostly aged 15-19 years old) and their children. Many of them have been rescued out of the sex trade industry. To see more about this amazing ministry, you can visit hopefiji.org. While there, we will assist them in teaching at the school on site, working in the nursery, helping in the kitchen, working in the gardens (vegetable and flower), helping with beadwork, teaching sewing, and doing some construction work.
Team – 15 adults and youth with a desire to serve God.
Miscellaneous information -
- 10 ½ hour flight (LAX to Nadi, Fiji)
- 19 hour time change (ahead of us)
- Need a passport (Must have receipt of application or photocopy by Feb 7. Passport must be good through Dec 2010)
- Fiji’s weather is tropical – temperatures are in the mid to upper 80’s.
- Languages spoken, Fijian, Hindi, and English
- Currency – Fijian dollar (1 Fiji dollar = 50 cents US currently)
Requirements -
- Application with a $500 deposit (non-refundable once team is selected) due by February 7
- Attend scheduled team meetings (pending location of applicant)
- Complete assigned reading and journals
- Have a growing relationship with God & be open to His leading
Tentative Meeting Schedule -
- March 7 – meeting/training *$600 due
- April 11 – meeting/training *$500 due
- May 2 – meeting/training *$500 due
- May 16 – meeting/training
Team meetings in general will be an hour and a half, (Sunday afternoon), and will include worship, sharing from our journals how God is working in our lives, cultural training, & a team building activity. One date might be changed to a Sat to work with Self Help Enterprises building houses.