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Thinking about going to the ends of the earth, but not sure it’s worth getting off the couch? Why not get a taste of another culture over a day, a week or a few months... it’ll blow your mind and change your life. (In a good way.)
It will put you in touch with some of the most marginalised and poorest people on earth and in the process enrich your own life. Wycliffe’s running heaps of trips and courses in 2010. Here’s a taste...
Discipleship Initiative
Go Mad Oz
Go Mad Indo
Xplore Your World
PROSHIKKHON
Discipleship Initiative
Without access to additional resources and training many indigenous communities with a Bible in their own language struggle to adequately understand, utilise and apply the basic principles of the Scriptures to everyday situations.
Therefore, the Discipleship Initiative was established by Wycliffe and YWAM with the aim of working together to encourage the national church and individuals in the making of disciples of all nations, using the translated Scriptures in their mother tongue.
This will be accomplished by befriending people, modelling Christ and teaching biblical truths in such a way that people can understand and reason from Scripture, applying it to all areas of their life, as well as helping equip the national church to disciple and teach others in such a way that communities will be transformed.
By using the gifts and abilities that God has already given you (and with some training) you will be part of what God is doing in this area and be able to make an IMPACT for him.
For more information contact: david_wake@wycliffe.org or markevans@wambelt.org.
Download the IMPACT 28 brochure »
Go MAD Oz
Your MAD Oz adventure begins and ends in Alice Springs taking you through Katherine, Kakadu and Port Keats. Having 17 Days of Ministry, Adventure and Discovery within the heart of Australia will give you opportunity to spend time with Aboriginal people and use your gifts and abilities for ministry among them. You will also discover how having God’s Word in their own language has greatly impacted their lives.
1 – 19 July 2010
Cost: $1450 includes meals, travel, entry fees, tent and mattress hire. Does not include airfare to and from Alice Springs. Please apply by 20 April 2010 so the application can be approved in time for you to take advantage of cheaper airfares.
Go MAD Oz to the 2010 MAD Oz Brochure
‘MAD will forever be one of the greatest and most significant times of my life … my eyes and heart were opened to seeing and knowing God in ways I have never imagined’ PAUL – MAD Oz 2009
‘God gave me a glimpse of his heart for indigenous Australians...MAD stretched my faith and stirred my heart in a lasting way.’ KATHRYN – MAD Oz 2009’ ANDREW – MAD 2008
GO MAD Indo
July 2010 - date yet to be confirmed
Your 17 days MAD Indo adventure begins in Darwin with orientation and preparation before spending time in villages between Kupang and Dili in Timor. Interact with communities using principles of cross-cultural communications that you will learn. Then reflect and debrief in Kakadu National Park before travelling down to Alice Springs together.
info@endsoftheearth.com.au
‘This trip changed my life and I believe it will change yours too!’ MELIA 2007
‘When you see people getting their Bibles in their hands for the first time and their eyes full of hope and new life, you will understand how important the work of Bible translation in every tongue is.’ SARA 2007
Xplore Your World
Ready to get your hands dirty? Xplore is a life-changing interaction with a marginalised Filippino group. Live with local believers and engage with their own translated scriptures. Work in small teams with local pastors, leaders and respected community heroes and explore firsthand their cultural DNA.
‘I now realize that I can speak to my friends and relatives about the Lord using our own language and culture and I didn’t know that before. This seminar has given me a new courage and confidence that God made us Ifugaos and he has things he wants us to do. We thought we had to do it all in English and in Western ways but now we know we don’t!’
MIRIAN, an Ifugao from the Philippines 2008
‘The places we have been to – the rice terraces, the wake, shopping, mixing with locals, the church service out in the country, hearing about how the seminar helped the local people learn new things about their culture so that they could understand it better. Helping them to see biblical parts that tell us God made it. A greater realisation that they can use their language and culture to reach out to other Ifugao’s.’
BEN GORMAN.2008
January 2011 - Date yet to be confirmed
PROSHIKKHON
You’ll never regret committing this month of your life. Embrace South Asia and open your eyes to the world of Islam. Learn about the culture, share worldviews, discover the relevance of the Bible in the marketplace of religions and explore the gift of retelling the Good News with others. An unforgettable training experience, with an open classroom that journeys together through a fascinating region. This is an accredited course with several Bible Colleges throughout Australia.
