What is The Awakening?
This past year God lead us to make a change in the way we ran the First Year Missionary program and did a trial run with our Africa locations. We called it the Awakening. Based upon the fruit we saw from this past Awakening, and after much prayer and discussion, we have decided to adopt the Awakening model for the entire program, beginning in September 2008.
We will have 2 Awakening locations this September, one in Southern Africa and one in Nicaragua. The Awakenings will run from September through December and will include teaching and training in the morning and local ministries in the afternoon. During that time, our staff will also be involved personally in the lives of each participant, through one-on-one times and small groups. You will be given the time for God to work in your life, so you will be better prepared and equipped to minister during the second half of the year.
In January you will then go out to minister in smaller groups. Those who are at the Awakening in Nicaragua will possibly be doing ministry in places like Lima, Peru or Nicaragua. Those at the Awakening in Southern Africa will possibly go to Swaziland; Jeffreys Bay, or Nelspruit, South Africa; Botswanna; or Mozambique. As we get closer we will be finalizing where our January locations will be and will be asking you to give us your top 3 choices as you read about the ministry possibilities at each location.
