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Vision | Purpose | Change
This summer you can launch into a new reality. Volunteer at one of three destinations in Africa and experience firsthand the transformational power of God’s Word impacting minority people groups in Cameroon, Kenya and Ghana. Expect outside-the-box adventure, epic discipleship, life-changing times of language and cultural learning, and unexpected insights into Scripture and the global Bible translation movement. Three trips this year:
INSTIGATE:CAMEROON
Registration ClosedLiteracy and Scripture UseRegistration ClosedThis trip is in partnership with the Cameroon Association for Bible Translation and Literacy (CABTAL), one of Cameroon’s national Bible translation organizations working among over 30 minority languages in Cameroon. You will have the opportunity to work under the supervision of, and alongside, Cameroonian Bible translators and literacy & Scripture use specialists. After receiving orientation and teambuilding in Yaounde, your team will spend 4 weeks living in village homes in Aghem, a remote minority language community in the Northwest Province. Your assignment will be spent learning with Aghem translators, and serving in literacy and Scripture use promotion, followed by debriefing and preparations to tell your remarkable story back home. Trip Leaders:Jessica Dempster
Program *
CABTAL’s vision is to see churches and individuals having access to the Holy Scriptures in a language and format they understand best in order to allow spiritual transformation in the community. *Must be 18 years or older to apply and have valid passport good for at least six months after the trip return date. $400 deposit required with application. Program and cost subject to change. Price includes visas, health insurance, return plane tickets from Toronto and all in-country expenses, i.e. accommodations, meals and transportation. Price does not include travel to pre-field orientation (Toronto), passport, immunizations, personal spending money and snacks beyond meals. INSTIGATE:KENYA
Registration Closed
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| May 7 - 8 | Pre-field orientation in Calgary |
| May 9 | Fly to Nairobi, Kenya |
| May 10 | Arrive Nairobi |
| May 11 - 12 | Field Orientation |
| May 13 - 18 | Serve with the Deaf at DOOR |
| May 19 | Travel to Lake Baringo |
| May 20 - 27 | Serve among the Ilchamus |
| May 28 | Return to Nairobi |
| May 29 - 30 | Debriefing in Nairobi |
| May 31 | Team fun day |
| June 1 | Departure from Kenya |
| June 2 | Arrive back in Calgary |
DOOR is the newest member of Wycliffe Global Alliance. This partnership gives DOOR and Wycliffe the opportunity to serve together in training deaf believers to translate the Bible into sign languages. DOOR was formed to give deaf people opportunities to serve and start deaf believers' fellowships. By 2006, DOOR had trained over 300 people among the Deaf from 48 countries in Chronological Bible Storying.
BTL is a Kenyan organization established in 1981 to translate the Bible into the small languages of Kenya. Isolated by harsh climate and rough terrain, many of these small language groups are limited in the areas of education and development. In partnership with the local people, BTL works to develop functional alphabets which form a basis for culturally relevant literacy programs, Bible translation and community development.
* Must be 18 years or older to apply and have valid passport good for at least six months after the trip return date. $400 deposit required with application. Program and cost subject to change. Price includes visas, health insurance, return plane tickets from Calgary and all in-country expenses, i.e. accommodations, meals and transportation. Price does not include travel to pre-field orientation (Calgary), passport, immunizations, personal spending money and snacks beyond meals.
INSTIGATE:GHANA
| Dates | 5 weeks in summer 2013 |
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| Cost | approx. $4,600* |
| Team size | 2 - 3 people |
| Application Deadline |
To be announced |
Discover EthnoArts
Postponed until 2013 - Actual location in West Africa may change
Interested in the arts? Passionate about serving God overseas? This trip targets those who need some hands-on experience in EthnoArts—using the arts to advance God’s kingdom—as they consider where God will lead them in the future. Together with African national arts & music-interested workers, you will participate in a two-week EthnoArts Applied Training seminar. Following this training, you will use the skills gained to help with a Scripture song-writing workshop, while living in and building relationships in a village. Back in the city, your team will receive individual music/arts lessons and debrief as a group.
Prerequisites to Apply
Arts training or experience in a particular area of the arts. (Ethnomusicology/ ethnodramatology education is helpful, but not necessary.) New location may be in Francophone West Africa, so brushing up on your French will be very helpful.
Trip Leaders:
Kember Lillo
Program
This trip has been postponed until summer 2013 but applications will be accepted.
* Must be 18 years or older to apply and have valid passport good for at least six months after the trip return date. $400 deposit required with application. Program and cost subject to change. Price includes visas, health insurance, return plane tickets from Toronto and all in-country expenses, i.e. accommodations, meals and transportation. Price does not include travel to pre-field orientation (Toronto), passport, immunizations, personal spending money and snacks beyond meals.
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