English? Spanish? Native? Urban? Come to Mexico!

Most summers here our team has had the pleasure of hosting interns for 4, 6, or 8 weeks.  And more time and less time, but those are the official time frames for those coming for the internship program.

It has generally been a very good experience for everyone.  Interns and teams allow us to do things in the community that we couldn’t otherwise.  Short termers with different experiences with the Lord, and of different ages (from kids to white-haired adventurers), can reach different people that we might never reach.

Actually, at our recent anniversary service I was reminded of the impact of short term missionaries.  Though many (almost all?) have been impacted by short term teams, one lady shared that she had become connected to the church almost exactly a year ago.  She started coming to the events we had when the team was here from Mirror Alliance and Innisfail Baptist (Alberta, Canada).

Anyway, last year we had teams and interns from all three North American countries – Canada, the United States, and Mexico.  As a matter of fact, this year FAMex (a Mexican mission agency) has teamed up with Camino Global to invite Spanish speaking interns to join us again.  There’s urban ministry in Guadalajara, music, art and sports around here, and outreach to indigenous (generally non-Spanish speaking, or groups that don’t speak Spanish as a first language) peoples in other parts of Mexico.

It’s exciting the opportunities that are available!

Incidentally, I would love to see a team of native believers from Canada come down and do a two-part trip – an outreach to the community in Ixtapaluca and an outreach to a native village.  Any takers?  (Actually, I’ve already talked over the idea with a couple of people from FAMex, so it’s not idle talk…)

Anyway, if you’d like to know more, here’s the brochure for English speakers, and here’s some information for Spanish speakers.  (Remember, this is just information for the internship programs.  If you’d like to come as an individual, family, or team at another time or for a different period of time – let’s talk!)