Thank you for your interest in the Prayer Walkers Needed job number
100558 in Pacific Rim.
Additional information on this opportunity has been provided below.
For a people living in darkness, Christ is their only hope, yet many of the Lasa have never met a born again believer, let alone heard the Gospel. The only way this darkness can be penetrated is through prayer, and you could be the one to carry the light to the Lasa. You will enter villages that have never had a believer walk on its rickety planks and pray for families who have never known anything but darkness.
Dates
Any 10 days between Nov. 1, 2009 and Dec. 31, 2010
Specific Date Instructions
The dates for this trip are flexible and can be tailored to the group's schedule.
Team Description
Personnel Type (individual/team)
No Preference
Number of Teams
10*
Number on each team
4
Total Number needed
40
Is team size flexible?
Y
Minimum/Maximum team size
The maximum number is 5 and the minimum number is 1
Are children under 15 permitted?
Y
If Yes, what is the minimum age?
1
Costs
Total on field cost PER PERSON
$370 + airfare
Total on field cost PER TEAM
$0
Instructions for collecting field costs: The individual team members will be expected to collect all field costs. I will not be responsible for any distribution of the team members funds.
Health Considerations
Factors that could influence the volunteer's ability to do
this job
It is quite hot here; the temperature is usually in the upper 80's with high humidity. Tropical diseases are rare, and medical care is excellent. This assignment will involve a lot of walking, but the terrain will rarely be rugged or steep (unless you go mountain climbing). There will be some boat travel as well.
Health care facilities available
We have a very good private hospital and excellent doctors.
Travel, Location and Culture
Geographic Settings
North Borneo has awe inspiring mountains, beaches, islands, and tropical jungles. The villages which the group will focus on are primarily coastal. The team will travel thoughout North Borneo focusing on a Muslim Unreached People Group. The people are very firendly and hospitable especially towards foreigners. The team will encounter many people who speak English. I have travelled extensively throughout SE Asia and this location and people group are my favorite without question.
Other (customs, clothing, shopping, etc.)
The team will be expected to conform to many of the cultural expectations of the people they are ministering among. This will mean things like wearing long pants instead of shorts, drinking and eating what is offered, staying in their houses, using their toilets, and doing whatever it takes to win an opportunity to share the Gospel with these people.
Available Housing
Volunteers will stay in a local hotel; the hotel will be clean but basic. There will be an air-conditioner in each room and hot water for bathing. The team may also stay in Lasa villages, where there will be no air-conditioning and no hot water. Conditions there will be more primitive but it is essential that the team connect with the people, love them, and gain a greater understanding of what life is like for the Lasa.
Mode of in-country travel
bus
Possible Visa/Passport Restrictions
None, the volunteers will be given a 90 day "visa upon arrival" when they arrive in the country.
Items/materials to bring to the field
Bible, sunscreen, mosquito repellant, collection of pictures illustrating your family, work, house, and faith.
Additional information
The Lasa live along the coast of a large island; their homes are generally built on stilts out over the ocean, which allows for a great view and inexpensive plumbing. Having fled the fighting and poverty in their own country, they find refuge here. Most Lasa have never had a relationship with a true believer, let alone heard the Gospel. They are entrenched in darkness, & it often seems that there is no hope for them to find the Savior. Prayer is the light that brings hope to these dark villages; through prayer doors are open for the Gospel. As volunteers come and pray & share their lives & hearts with the Lasa, the Lasa will see what it means to follow Jesus and be drawn to his light. You will walk on rickety boards through these oceanfront villages, seeing the filth, poverty and sin that keep the Lasa mired in the muck. During this time you will be able to love on the Lasa children, to pray for the sick and hopefully to see God move in a mighty way in the hardened hearts of the Lasa.
If you would like to enlist a team and serve as the Team Leader for Job Number 100558, please complete a short Team Leader Information Form, which will be sent to the Field Contact for this job. He/She will contact you with more information. Please be patient while the field considers your request.
*If more than 1 team is needed for this job, please indicate how many teams you wish to lead.
