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Here are things you will want to find out about as you prepare for your team experience:

-What kind of work and ministry is done by the missionary and/or national leader who will host you?

-What is the nature of this project and who is involved on the receiving end?

-How will our team be housed and what should we bring?

-Will the electrical outlets work with the appliances, tools and electronics we will bring?

-What precautions should we take with the local water supply?

-How will we get around and who can drive us?

-What types of security issues will we face and how can we prepare?

-How intense will the sun and what is the best way to protect ourselves?

-What will we do if a team member gets lost or separated from the group?

-When and where will we exchange our currency?

-What type of sanitation can we expect?

-Are there precautions or concerns regarding photography?

-Are there any gestures and phrases we should avoid?

-What type of clothing is best for us to wear, and is there anything specific we should avoid?

-What are the team's plans for regular team meetings and devotions?

-How will we call or e-mail home?

-What shopping and sightseeing opportunities will we have?

-If we want to bring gifts to give away, is this advisable, and what types of items are best? What is the best arrangement for distrubution?

-If we attend church services, should we contribute to the offering, and how much should we give?

-What other questions are on your mind?

Your team host can help with advice, or you can contact VISA Ministries to address your concerns. Call 1-800-342-5531 and ask for VISA or e-mail us at ExploreMissions@gmail.com.

The VISA Ministries staff works continuously with our mission leaders to identify the most urgent team project needs around the world and post them here.

If you have interest in adopting one of these projects, or would like to inquire about other opportunities, contact VISA Ministries. Call 1-800-342-5531 and ask for VISA or e-mail ExploreMissions@gmail.com.

Latin America

Click here to read about an URGENT NEED in Costa Rica!

Colombia: VISA construction teams are needed to help finish the building of a fast-growing FM church in Bogotá, Colombia.

Bogotá is a modern, beautiful and strategic city, and the church there is reaching out in effective and compassionate ways that have great potential to multiply opportunities for the gospel to be shared. Your church's investment in the Colombian FMC will yield great relationships and a chance to have a hand in a truly exciting move of God to expand His kingdom!

Europe

Bulgaria: Evangelistic outreach and youth ministry teams are needed.

Portugal: Teams are needed for outreach, prayer ministry and children's ministry in Lisbon.

Spain: Evangelistic outreach and youth ministry teams are needed in Madrid.

North Africa/Middle East

Interested in opportunities for the North Africa/Middle East region? Write us to find out more (exploremissions@gmail.com).

Asia

Bancasi, Philippines: A team is needed to construct a ministry center at the graduate school. There is an old tennis court over which they would like to place a roof and then perhaps later wall in.

Umri, India: A team is requested to teach English at the Marathi school. Repair and painting teams are also needed.

Nepal: Children's ministry and medical teams would be appreciated.

Thailand: ESL ministry teams have been requested to minister in Bangkok, Zion Land Camp and Chiang Mai.

Africa

Rwanda: 1) The Gikondo church needs additional renovations and completion of the existing church building, as well as construction of a free-standing cement block kitchen; 2) Four other churches need work to equip them to be pastoral training centers; and 3) All of the mission houses at the Kibogora Mission need rewiring and minor upgrades.

Kenya: 1) There are six churches that have been constructed up to the wall plate and now need roofing; and 2) There are between four and six International Child Care Ministries schools that need additional classroom blocks and/or renovations.

Cameroon and Ethiopia both need pastors or teachers who can conduct one to two-week pastoral training sessions.