Mission field experience

OneAccord · #1 08-10-2008, 10:04 PM

Have you ever wanted to get a taste of what its like to be on the foreign missons field without actually going there? Feel the call to Bolivia, Guatemala, the Philippines, Nepal, Haiti, Liberia or Uganda? Do you want to "learn first hand what its like to exist and survive in these countries by living for a time as close as possible as they would there"? Then visit Alabamas Global Village in Lineville, Alabama. http://www.sifat.org/

Read about this in the August edition of Alabama Living.

Esther · #2 08-10-2008, 10:23 PM

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Have you ever wanted to get a taste of what its like to be on the foreign missons field without actually going there? Feel the call to Bolivia, Guatemala, the Philippines, Nepal, Haiti, Liberia or Uganda? Do you want to "learn first hand what its like to exist and survive in these countries by living for a time as close as possible as they would there"? Then visit Alabamas Global Village in Lineville, Alabama. http://www.sifat.org/

Read about this in the August edition of Alabama Living.

OA have you been there before?

OneAccord · #3 08-10-2008, 10:35 PM

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OA have you been there before?

No, I just found out about it the other day. (FYI, in Alabama "the other day' means any day besides today except tomorrow... could have been yesterday or a month ago). I would like to visit it... seems like it would be an educational and enlightening experience. According to the mag article... they have separate "camps" for the different villages. You sleep in huts with dirt floors, you eat what they eat. In the Haitian village you "forage" for food where ever you can find it. When you get there, you go thru "customs" where your cell phones, IPods and all but ncessary personal items are "confiscated". In some cases you "barter" for food, or even "forage" in a garbage dump. Sounds like a great place to experience the mission field. And, if nothing else, it just might help us to appreciate what we have a little more.

Jermyn Davidson · #4 08-10-2008, 10:42 PM

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No, I just found out about it the other day. (FYI, in Alabama "the other day' means any day besides today except tomorrow... could have been yesterday or a month ago). I would like to visit it... seems like it would be an educational and enlightening experience. According to the mag article... they have separate "camps" for the different villages. You sleep in huts with dirt floors, you eat what they eat. In the Haitian village you "forage" for food where ever you can find it. When you get there, you go thru "customs" where your cell phones, IPods and all but ncessary personal items are "confiscated". In some cases you "barter" for food, or even "forage" in a garbage dump. Sounds like a great place to experience the mission field. And, if nothing else, it just might help us to appreciate what we have a little more.

Sound like a great place to take the family on vacation!!!!

Sister Alvear · #5 08-11-2008, 06:33 AM

I have heard there are several of those in the US but do not know for sure and maybe not by the same organization. I find it quite interesting.

tamor · #6 08-11-2008, 07:07 AM

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No, I just found out about it the other day. (FYI, in Alabama "the other day' means any day besides today except tomorrow... could have been yesterday or a month ago).

It means that in Tennessee too. At least at my house. I groan inwardly when my hubby says something happened the other day. Sometimes it's yesterday and sometimes it could have been several months ago!!

Esther · #7 08-11-2008, 08:11 AM

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It means that in Tennessee too. At least at my house. I groan inwardly when my hubby says something happened the other day. Sometimes it's yesterday and sometimes it could have been several months ago!!

lol Welcome to the south!

Esther · #8 08-11-2008, 08:12 AM

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Originally Posted by OneAccord

No, I just found out about it the other day. (FYI, in Alabama "the other day' means any day besides today except tomorrow... could have been yesterday or a month ago). I would like to visit it... seems like it would be an educational and enlightening experience. According to the mag article... they have separate "camps" for the different villages. You sleep in huts with dirt floors, you eat what they eat. In the Haitian village you "forage" for food where ever you can find it. When you get there, you go thru "customs" where your cell phones, IPods and all but ncessary personal items are "confiscated". In some cases you "barter" for food, or even "forage" in a garbage dump. Sounds like a great place to experience the mission field. And, if nothing else, it just might help us to appreciate what we have a little more.

That is not something that I think I can do. I hope I never have to experience that. I know what it is like to not have plenty of food. I NEVER want to go there again!