AMAZON  R.A.C.E.

The objective of the Amazon R.A.C.E.  project is to take the gospel to the river people of the Amazon Basin of Brazil and start churches in the river villages. R.A.C.E. stands for Radical Approach to Church planting and Evangelism.  Participants are part of the IMB   Journeyman and International Service Corp (ISC) programs along with Brazilian nationals. Training will be for 3 months on the Amazon River to prepare teams to share the gospel and plant churches in the villages along the Amazon River water system.  They will also learn how to drive a canoe, survive (survival course), fish, story the bible, missiology, church planting, etc. 

After their 3 months of training, using the Luke 10 model, teams will be sent out  2 by 2 (one American/one Brazilian) to priority river villages anywhere from 3 – 10 days by boat.  Teams will find a family of peace with in the village and work with that family.  They will do whatever that family does to survive which is usually fish.  They will "pull their own weight within the family and village."  This will help build credibility within the family and community.  While living with the family, they will begin storying with the family, and the prayer is that the family will come to Christ and then begina simple church in the village.  The next step will be discipleship and taking the new Christians to neighboring villages to do the same thing there – Bible Stories, Discipleship, new church started and then sharing with other villages.  Teams will live in the villages for 3-4 months at a time during their 2 year term.   For more information about Amazon R.A.C.E. write to info@amazonrace.org and check out their website at http://www.amazonrace.org.

Hands On

• A new pathway for service for college student and young adult volunteers
• Hands On Projects can last from 4 months.  Students will come to serve in the SAM Region during the Spring or Fall semester.
• For students and/or young adults who have completed their freshman year and are 18-29 that are single or married without children
• Missions mentoring experiences for students
• Students will work in teams of two or more (minimum team make-up: 2 male; 2 female; 2 female 1 male or 2 male 1 female)
• Scheduled to begin in mid-January of 2009 in the SAM Region
• Students will go through a
  2-week orientation/training upon arrival to the field before going out to their
  respective assignments.  They will also receive
  a 4-day debriefing at the end of their term of service.