Question 6: What happens after a team leader has selected a team project?

Answer:

Step One

Verify the availability of the project selected with the Student Mobilization Team (1-800-789-4693 or jramirez@imb.org).

Step Two: Team Application

Complete the team registration.

Step Three: Approval Packet Information

The Team Leader will receive an Approval Packet via e-mail which includes:

• Project Description & Field Contact Information
• Travel Agent Information
• Insurance Information
• Security Information (if applicable
• Emergency Contact Information to take on your trip
• Instructions for Registration Part 2

Approval packet information found only on the Web site:

• Immunization information
• Prepare to Go manual for culture and physical preparation
• God’s Heart for the Nations Bible study by Jeff Lewis
• Handbook for Funding Student Missions
• A guide for developing a prayer support team

Step Four: Contact your field supervisor for cultural information, including:
Note: Identify Security Level and Read Security Document (Approval Packet) BEFORE contacting the field!

• What clothes/shoes are appropriate for the culture and the climate
• Housing on the field
• Food on the field
• Specifics about your job
• Information about the religion and lifestyle of the people group
• Gender roles and how men and women relate to each other in the culture
• Receptivity to the Gospel among the people group with whom they work
• How to share the Gospel with this people group
• What ministry materials to bring