OVERVIEW This assignment focuses on establishing local partnerships, planning travel arrangements, and building out your team. Local partnerships, whether through local churches or international missions organizations are just as important as who you decide to bring with you on your team. The goal is of any cross-cultural ministry is to edify and strengthen the efforts of those who are already on the ground. These churches/missionaries will be in-country long after you have left. Many organizations will also be able to help with travel arrangements, so selecting an organization/local ministry is primary.

QUESTION

This portion of your Sports Ministry plan is a reflective assignment that incorporates the location and reasoning for the geographical region chosen in the previous portion (mentioned below). Now that a location has been chosen, it is time to construct a mock exercise of putting the plan into action. Please include the answers to the questions below in an essay format. Make sure you are specific and understand the difficulties at times when traveling abroad, especially if it is to a third-world country.

Answer the following questions about the Bahamas: - How will you plan and prepare for a trip to the Bahamas? - How will you travel? - Where will you stay? - Who will you work with? - What resources will you bring? (Note: if you have selected a region that is hostile to the gospel, this will affect what you are able to bring with you [i.e. Tracts, bibles, etc.] - Who will travel as members of your team and why?