TEAM MEETING 3

PURPOSE:

To equip team members to share testimonies
To lay groundwork for good health procedures
To begin to use language skills


OUTLINE:

• Devotional (10 min.)

• Testimonies (40 min.)

Divide into 2’s and share testimonies with each other.
Come back together and let 1/3 of group share their testimonies.

• Break (10 min.)

Prayer partners should meet together to share and pray.

• Songs (10 min.)

Review songs from last week
Learn one new song

• Language (15 min.)

Practice what you learned last week and add new words/phrases.
See LANGUAGE LEARNING CENTER for help with Spanish.

• Health Information (10 min.)

Go over guidelines for physical preparation for the trip being careful to explain the rationale for these. It helps to eat yogurt with active cultures each day for several weeks before going.
Mention good health practices to observe while in the foreign country.
(See HEALTH INFORMATION in Forms and Documents.)

• Helpful Hints (10 min.)

Bathroom procedure – Because of sewage problems in third world countries, they do not flush paper down the toilet. There is a trashcan provided for the paper.

Money exchange– Give the current money exchange rate for the country to which you are going. It is generally better for team members to carry cash in smaller bills rather than traveler’s checks. Bills must be clean, i.e. no marks, tears.

Phoning home – It may or may not be possible for team members to phone home. They should not promise to do so. Our policy is that "no news is good news." If you do phone, it is best to purchase a phone card in the country.

• Questions/Answers (10 min.)

Distribute individual financial reports during this time.

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