Team of the Day: Sports Engagement

Location: Laos
Team size: 2

Job description: An opportunity is open through sports to enter an area of Laos that has been unengaged with the Gospel. The smallest & poorest province in the country is undergoing development in the main center yet the rural districts remain much the same as they did hundreds of years ago. A door has opened in this area through a sports business; an artificial turf soccer field as well as other sports courts that have been installed & rented out to paying customers. The primary goal would be assigning in the running & maintaining of the business platform. Also organizing 2 2-week long sports camps (basketball & soccer) and district wide soccer tournament for all ages. Additional goals would be prayer walking, looking for persons of peace, learning about worldview, & sharing Biblical truth/stories in villages throughout the province.

Team of the Week: Coffee Club (New Team!)

Use your ag background & love of coffee to help local farmers. Be involved in coffee production from the field to the cup, learning as much as possible about the coffee business. Share any skills you have with the local coffee production business staff. While in community, you can share your love of Christ with those who are waiting to hear. You will also help with a simple English camp hosted for the local farmers. As you live daily life, there will be opportunity to invest in the lives of local young people.

Your first stop will be a joint orientation with other Nehemiah Teams. Learning the skills needed to carry out your assignment as well as team building will fill these first days. At the end of the summer you will return for a joint debrief.

IMB Job #: 113217

Location: Laos

Team size: 4 guys

Field expense: $1268 plus round-trip airfare, passport costs, & required travel insurance

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Dates for Summer 2017

May 29  Leader pre-training begins

June 1  Member pre-training begins

June 6  Teams travel to the field

Aug 1  Teams return for debrief

Aug 4  Students return home

Lessons Learned... Later On

I can't even express how much I wish I could go back to this moment in Laos heart emoticon
I think with trips like this, the most important lessons you learn are the ones that continue to change you months later. I wish I could go back and do things differently, and take every opportunity I would have to show people love and trust HIM with whatever would come my way. Someday, hopefully we'll meet again!

Khoi yak pai Laos lai lai lai!

-Kyrstin

English Camp

Pictures from the daily activities of Lost of Laos team

Team in front of their school

Please pray:
For opportunities to share with those they come in contact with
For positive attitudes & unity among the team
For good relationships being built with teachers